regulars will know my special needs adult daughter and her boyfriend have been on the council housing list for 4 years. Everything has ground to a halt due to the pandemic. no houses are being allocated only to homeless and street sleepers and people in sheltered housing.
here is my predicament! we have a small house which we have rented out to some lovely elderly people for nearly 10 years. We call it the pension fund as hubby is self employed and only gets a state pension as the private pension he took out years ago was losing money so we cashed it in.
last night they gave us a month’s notice to leave as they have been offered a Sheltered housing bungalow as the husband is now quite disabled.
Daughter and boyfriend have often hinted that it would be perfect for them but we always said The tenants were so reliable we would never get rid of them. We have been so lucky with the tenants and never a problem in all that time.
I feel they are close to getting a council property as they are in the priority band and the rent would be a lot more affordable for them than what we would have to charge them. On the other hand at least we would know them and they would keep it nicely as you hear so many stories of rotten tenants.
I also need to think about whether we should just let it in her name or the boyfriend’s as well, if we went down that route. He is not very reliable with money although if I keep on top of it he is OK. If we let them rent that they will never get a council property.
here is my predicament! we have a small house which we have rented out to some lovely elderly people for nearly 10 years. We call it the pension fund as hubby is self employed and only gets a state pension as the private pension he took out years ago was losing money so we cashed it in.
last night they gave us a month’s notice to leave as they have been offered a Sheltered housing bungalow as the husband is now quite disabled.
Daughter and boyfriend have often hinted that it would be perfect for them but we always said The tenants were so reliable we would never get rid of them. We have been so lucky with the tenants and never a problem in all that time.
I feel they are close to getting a council property as they are in the priority band and the rent would be a lot more affordable for them than what we would have to charge them. On the other hand at least we would know them and they would keep it nicely as you hear so many stories of rotten tenants.
I also need to think about whether we should just let it in her name or the boyfriend’s as well, if we went down that route. He is not very reliable with money although if I keep on top of it he is OK. If we let them rent that they will never get a council property.