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My mum is wanting to move to another council house can we stay in her old house?

Me and my girlfriend moved in my mum when we came into financial difficulties 6 months ago. She lives in a 4 bed council house. She's getting on a bit now and wants to move to a bungalow. Me and my girlfriend aren't on the tenancy and are planning to start a family when we get back on our feet. Can we stay on in the house we're living in now with my mum or not? What are the rules regarding this? Sorry, I'm 23 and my girlfriend is 25. We would consider moving into a smaller council house but don't know if they would offer us one seeing as we're not on the tenancy?

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1. As it's a council house, you'd have to ask your local council about this (sooner rather than later if they're anything like my local council), but as there are only 2 of you, it's most likely they would want you to live in a smaller house and free up that one for a larger family, who actually need 4 bedrooms.
2. A similar thing happened to Me. My parents moved out of a long-term tenancy where every other flat was occupied by 800 quid a week tenants, whereas we'd been paying 400 quid a month because we'd been there for so long. The landlord allowed the contract to be passed on to Me, but as soon as I left, he tenancy was over and My brother who was not on the lease had no rights and had to move out. To be honest they'd wanted us out for years due to lost profit,we had the best flat in the block with a value of about 800k. Edit: It was privately owned, but I hope I've been of some help.
3. The council will not suddenly provide 2 flats for the people who were living in one - that would be a waste of their resources. You and GF need to get on the council waiting list - but be warned that your situation is not priority and that although you will eventually get offered somewhere, it will be quite a long wait. Better stay with mum or save for a private rent.
4. There is a procedure where your mum could "assign" the tenancy to you, but you need to have been living with her for at least a year, and as other answers have said the council would probably not agree to it as they would regard the house as being too large for you, hopefully they would offer you somewhere smaller, but you never know with the demand for council places. More info here:
5. They might say it's not fair that people who are homeless now should wait so that your family can enjoy the convenience of two council houses. Isn't expecting a 4 bedroom house a little bit greedy considering a comparable couple would get a bedsit or a 1 bedroom? I'm not criticising you but you should not be surprised if they say no.
6. u will need to contact your council housing options team but i dont think u will be able to just stay in the house, u will need to apply yourself and as a couple will not be entitled to 4 bedrooms only 1. normally i dont think u would have much chance of getting anything but as yr mum is having to move out u r technically homeless if u r living with her, and whilst if u do not have children they are under no obligation to house u , u should find it give s u more priority.