Rachael Maskell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if
he will bring forward legislative proposals to review succession rules to
prevent the next of kin from being evicted in the event that the registered
tenant in social housing passes away.
Eddie Hughes:
The Localism Act 2011 has made changes to the rules on succession to social
tenancies. From April 2012, rather than being limited by law to providing only
one statutory succession, social landlords are able to give to new tenants
whatever additional succession rights they deem to be appropriate in the
tenancy agreement. This means that, for example, adult children who have lived
in a property for many years can be provided with the assurance of a right to
succeed to the tenancy regardless of whether a previous succession has already
taken place. Where family members other than a spouse or partner have a
statutory right to succeed to a local authority tenancy, the landlord may seek
to evict them if the property is or will become under-occupied. However, the
landlord must ensure that suitable alternative accommodation is made available.
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