Can a housing association make you move?

You can apply for a transfer if you’re a council or housing association tenant and you want to move to a new home.

How do I leave my housing association?

Housing Executive (NIHE) and housing association tenants can end their tenancy by sending a Notice to Quit to their landlord, giving at least 28 days’ notice of the date you’re leaving. Tenants who rent from a private landlord will sometimes have to give more than 28 days’ notice.

Will housing association tenants get right to buy?

Right to Acquire allows most housing association tenants to buy their home at a discount. You apply using the Right to Acquire application form. You can apply to buy your housing association home if you’ve had a public sector landlord for 3 years.

When do you become a tenant of a housing association?

You are an introductory tenant for the first year of your tenancy. After 12 months you’ll become a secure tenant. You need to work out whether you’re a secure tenant an unsecure tenant or an introductory tenant. You will be an introductory tenant for the first 12 months of your tenancy.

Can a housing association evict an introductory tenant?

Introductory tenants can be evicted as long as the housing association follows the correct procedure and evicting you is a reasonable step to take in light of how you have behaved during your tenancy. Secure tenants can only be evicted if the housing association gets a court order.

Can a housing association assign you to another property?

This is known as assignment. Your housing association will sometimes allow you to pass your tenancy to someone else if you can’t live there anymore. This can happen if you are exchanging properties with another tenant. Sometimes, a tenancy can be assigned to someone else who has been living in the property if:

Can you be an unsecure tenant of a housing association?

If you rent from a housing association and you share a bathroom, living area or kitchen with other people that aren’t part of your household you could be an unsecure tenant. An unsecure tenancy may be a license agreement, rather than a tenancy.

How does Fair Housing Law affect homeowner associations?

The impact on homeowner associations has been most significant with the additions of familial status and handicap to the protected classes. No longer can communities prohibit children from living in their communities unless the community is qualified under federal law as “housing for older persons.”