If you are a Council or a Housing Association tenant you normally
have the right to a mutual exchange. This means you can swap your
home with another tenant provided your landlord agrees.
We now keep
our exchange list on a website that also links in with many other
councils and housing associations. If you find someone whose
home you would like and they have seen you home and agreed they
would like yours, you should ask your landlord to approve the
exchange. It is very important that you do not move until you have
your landlord's approval in writing and you have signed the
Assignment documents.
We have 42 days from the date your application is
received to make a decision. An exchange may be refused if one of
the tenants is in rent arrears or under notice to leave. An
exchange may also be refused if the properties are too big or too
small for the family intending to occupy, or if one of the
properties is designated for elderly or disabled persons. If your
request is refused, you have the right to appeal against the
decision.
With a mutual
exchange you will be asked to accept the property in the condition
it has been left by the last tenant. The Council will carry out
routine repairs in accordance with the Tenancy Agreement, but it
will be your responsibility to repair any damage caused by the
previous tenant.
Once you have found a tenant to swap homes with, if you are a
tenant of Waveney District Council you must complete an application
that gives us details about you and who you wish to swap with. This
can be printed off by clicking the link below:
Please return this form to your nearest Council office.
Contact details for all our Local Housing Offices are as
follows:
Mutual Exchange website:
www.waveney.houseexchange.org.uk (Opens
new window)
E-mail: houseexchange@waveney.gov.uk
Telephone:
| Beccles |
01502 523165 |
| Bungay |
01502 523164 |
Carlton Colville/
Kessingland |
01502 523166 |
| Gunton |
01502 523125
01502 523126 |
| Normanston |
01502 523128
01502 523169 |
| North Lowestoft |
01502 523124 |
Southwold/
Halesworth |
01502 523166 |
| Whitton |
01502
523121 |