Right to occupy your home
Right to joint tenancies
Right to take in lodgers or sub-let your home
Right to succession
Right to make improvements
The Right to Acquire
The Preserved Right to Buy
You have the right to occupy your home without interference from us. However you must give us access to carry out repairs, servicing work and general inspections of the property. We will give you reasonable notice of any such visit.
You have the right to stay in your home for as long as you want to, providing that you keep to the terms of your tenancy agreement.
We will only take back your home if there is a legal reason to do so eg you do not pay your rent or you cause harassment or nuisance to neighbours. We must apply to the court for a possession order before you can be evicted.
If you have a starter tenancy the right to occupy your home only applies to the length of your tenancy.
You have the right to be a joint tenant with your spouse or partner.
Where more than one person is the tenant, each tenant is fully liable in respect of all obligations under the tenancy agreement.
For example, if there are any rent arrears at your property you and any other joint tenant would be individually liable for the whole amount.
Right to take in lodgers or sub-let your home
You have the right to take in lodgers providing that this does not overcrowd your home. You must tell us the lodger’s name in writing.
If you are in receipt of housing benefit and you take in lodgers your entitlement to housing benefit may be affected. Contact Daventry District Council’s housing benefits section for further information about this.
If you die and did not obtain the tenancy by succeeding from a member of your family, your tenancy can be automatically transferred to either:-
- Your wife or husband if they were living in your home when you died or
- A close relative or your co-habitee if they were living in the property for at least a year before your death.
If you succeeded the tenancy yourself there is no further right to succeed (unless this succession happened before your home was transferred from Daventry District Council to Daventry & District Housing).
Tenants in bungalows and sheltered schemes have the same rights of succession, however special circumstances may apply in these cases. Please contact your Housing Officer on 01327 707500 for more information.
You may carry out improvement work to your home provided you have our written permission before you start any work.
We will not unreasonably refuse permission for improvements or changes but we may impose certain conditions.
If you want to buy your home, you may be able to do so through one of two schemes:
These are called
- The Preserved Right to Buy
The Right to Acquire
This scheme gives some housing association tenants the legal right to buy the home they currently rent. It's based on a grants system. Both the property, and the tenant living in it, must qualify for a purchase to be made under the Right to Acquire.
The home must either:
- Be a property which transferred from Daventry District Council to Daventry & District Housing or
- Have been built by Daventry & District Housing on or after April 1, 1997, with a grant from the Housing Corporation (a national body) or
- Have been bought by Daventry & District Housing on or after April 1, 1997, with a grant from the Housing Corporation.
To be considered, you must meet one of the following criteria:
- Have spent at least two years as a public sector tenant, or in housing provided by the armed forces (if you were a tenant before January 18 2005) or
- Have been a public sector tenant for at least five years (if your first tenancy started on or after January 18 2005)
- And live in a self-contained house or flat, which is your only or main home.
For further information about the Right to Acquire contact 01327 707500.
We will check the application and confirm:
- If you are entitled to buy your home under the Right to Acquire
- The purchase price of the home, based on a market valuation
- The price discount you are entitled to. This is a fixed amount, set by the Government.
The Preserved Right to Buy gives some housing association tenants the legal right to buy the home they currently rent. Only former secure tenants who transferred to Daventry & District Housing qualify. New Daventry & District Housing tenants can't buy their home under this scheme.
The Right to Buy is based on a discount system. This gives a discount on the purchase price of your home, based on the number of years spent as a council or housing association tenant.
The discount grows each year, until the maximum level is reached. If you have transferred from Daventry District Council to Daventry & District Housing, your discount will keep growing until it reaches the maximum of £24,000.
For further information about the Preserved Right to Buy contact 01327 707500.
We will check the application and confirm:
- If you are entitled to buy your home under the Preserved Right to Buy
- The purchase price of the home, based on a market valuation
- The price discount you are entitled to, based on the length of time as a Daventry & District Housing and council tenant.
