Giving up council house to private rent?

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I live in a council house but I am really desperate to move areas, mutual exchange is out of the question as I live in a rough area and no one would move here, I’m thinking of giving up my house to private rent but would I be mad to do this? Has anyone done this? Did you regret it? I don’t want my kids growing up here.

No its new landlord now, he contacted me because he just wanted to know if there was any issues in the house and he asked if i wanted it back

Yes I was on the council housing list for 3 YEARS as I was under council care and classed as high risk, young, disabled and homeless (I was placed in a hostel for a short while but it was so dangerous it was safe on the streets) and the list was so long I was nowhere near the top.

They 'advised' me at 16 to 'get pregnant' to even stand a chance as teen mams with dependent children jump to the top of the list otherwise there was little to no chance.

I am forever curious how these people who are so very proud of 'not being poor' and who think 'council houses are for anyone who want one' (might have been the case before the huge sell off but even back in the 80s there was years of waiting lists, my parents where on it for 4 years) actually even got a house when waiting lists are insane and people who need them can't.

Where do they live that there are so many council houses and no waiting lists that you can just have one when you have no real need of one?

My friend moved into private rented accommodation from council and she loves it. She now has a garden and what she wanted after being stuck in the flat for years. The landlord is also quite good not every landlord is going to chuck you or give you hell - plus there is a new law coming out now where a landlord cannot evict you through no fault of your own

I'm in social housing and my rent is not cheap it's £800 a month and I'm not in a city yes it's cheaper then some private let's but in general even social housing can be expensive if my rent was £450 a month then yes that would be totally different I have also lived in private and loved the homes I had I moved through choice only the landlord was fantastic I now live in a house with the world's shittest neighbour's you can imagine ever and no one wants my house to swap with because it's a bad area and expensive rent compared to theirs so on flip side I can't wait to go back to private rental

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I am in social housing and my rent is 1500 a month in London!!

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I wouldn’t do it. Every day I think of my social housing home that I gave up for private rent. Private rent is soooo expensive we signed up for 1050 a month 4 years later our rent is now £1500 a month. And this is cheap considering rents for same sized properties in the area. The landlord we believe is trying to match local rents in the area so we expect our rent to become as high as £2100 in the next 2 years. I moved thinking of better area etc for my children but if I could do it again I would have really saved a deposit for maybe like a shared ownership. This literally feels like throwing money away.

Have you looked into shared ownership? We were renting for 10 years, our landlord decided to sell up. We didn't think we could get out of renting but we were eligible for shared ownership and ended up getting our home. It is secure, no one can sell it under us. Worth a look!

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I’m in social housing on my rent is 1500 a month
these days council houses are very scarce and they nominate you to housing associations who charge over £1000 a month in rent- in my case £1500 which I have to claim some housing benefit for-my council gives one offer only there are no bidding schemes. You get what you’re given
for those of you have been on council housing on waiting lists. Don’t get your hopes up that you will definitely get a council place with cheap rent. You might get a house in Association property as there are more of these available. I might aswell Have private rented and got something I really wanted with a garden.

Only thing is I have an assured tenancy I can have it for a lifetime but a lifetime of £1500 a month rent which goes up each year does not appeal to me even if the flat is nice. Im on homeswapper for exchange for council property however the people who want my flat property don’t have a property That suits my needs, i.e. high rise buildings or have mould issues .

So weigh up your current rent versus private rents . I also suffered with two years of very antisocial behaviour from one of the flats in my block . They just put anyone and everyone in them with problems usually from council estates because the councils nominate them to get rid of them so they are no longer responsible for the problems they cause- there was a stabbing in the stairwell and Two years of use smoking drugs in the stairwells and my next door neighbour who has schizophrenia burnt his flat down after throwing kitchen knives out the window and i inhad to be evacuated in the middle of the night at this point in time, private renting seems like a dream to me but I cannot afford a deposit and I’m recovering from my spinal operation

Hi I'm a single parent with two kids one Is in a wheelchair and the other has a mental disorder and I wanna move from Oxford to Leeds asap I've been put on the housing list.(How long will it take ) Will I get any benefit/help due to my kids 🤔

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You'd be better starting your own thread. This thread is from 2023 and people will reply to the OP

I have done a council exchange from Kent to Wales to be with my granddaughter unfortunately the work situation is very bad my hubbie has no work if we don't get back to England we will lose everything financially I can not get a council exchange and will have to rent private IV been a council tenant for 37 years I'm in a terrible situation can someone give advice

Do your own thread. People will just respond to an ancient OP.