housing association v private renting

[louloopylou]

Hello, I'm a long time lurker on here but now I need some advice.
My DS 4 and I live in 2nd floor flat with no garden or lift its Housing Association,
It's a lovely area with nice parks & woodland, my DS is in a lovely nursery & due to start school in September,
We have a chance of renting a bungalow which is not anywhere near where are now so would have to think about settling DS in another nursery reapply for another school place etc but I really don't know if it's a good move or not,
I've never felt settled here in this flat as it to far from my family and even though where we live it's a nice area our block of flats seems to be a Haven for boy racers thanks to a neighbouring flat out communal car park is full up with next doors mates on a night,
This bungalow is in a village with a nice big garden abit closer to my family, it's about £150 more than my flat which will be really tight on my budget,
Then there's the fact it's private rent which means I'm giving up a secure tenancy for something that might not be secure,
I watch my little boy when we're down my parents and loves helping my dad do the garden and he loves being outside playing even at nursery he's constantly out in there garden,
I really don't know what to do there pro's & cons on both but mainly the biggest thing is giving up a housing association tenancy for a private tenancy,
What would you all advice?

[SugarK]

A shared allotment?

[whiskyowl]

As others have said, I would be very careful about giving up the security of a HA tenancy. Even though they keep trying to make them less secure, you still have a lot more protection than you would in the private rental sector.