Have i any rights to be housed

[eric2656]

I have been asked to leave the house by my partner whose name is on the council tenancy agreement ... we did apply to have my name included about a year and a half ago ?

[albaqwerty]

Am not interested in why your partner asked you to leave, but why weren't you put on the agreement 1 1/2 years ago?

I have a feeling that you will have to visit the Homeless Unit to see where you can live. It'll be for a while as you know Council properties are a bit like hens teeth these days.

[JimmyCooper]

Unless you are classed as a priority you will have more chance of becoming Pope than getting housed by the council. By me the waiting list is a minimum of 5 years

[boxtops]

I don't think you have a right to council housing, just because you lived for a while in a house let to a council tenant. If you weren't the tenant or co-tenant, I think your case would be poor.

What happened to the application to add your name, how come you haven't chased it up over the last 18 months?

[ojread2]

Do you work?
Are you on benefits of any kind?

And, I will assume you are a man and that any children there may be will remain with the tenant?

[EvianBaby]

The reason for leaving may have a baring on whether you are entitled to housing.

Go through the below questionnaire and see take steps from there.

http://england.shelte...ols/emergency_checker

[tonywiltshire]

I assume it is a public sector tenancy where a secure tenant may have the right to take in lodgers, but not part with possession or sublet the entire house, if you do not want to leave you can remain at the moment. As a lodger you are probably a common law tenant and a court order may be required to make you leave. If the police are called they may say it is a civil matter and they will not wish to be involved. You can contact the local authority to find out what happened to you application to have your name added to the tenancy agreement (they would probably have issued a new tenancy agreement with you included). If you just leave you may have made yourself intentionally homeless.

If you apply to the Local authority to be housed you may have a very long wait if you are not responsible for children or in a priority group. The LA will probably suggest you look at private renting which may be your quickest answer if you do leave.

[EDDIE51]

I know a person who was in this position, he went to the council who just gave him a list of rooms available to rent. To be housed as an emergency case you need to be a 'priority case' mainly disabled, under 19 or over 60, pregnant or have children who live with you.
Even if you were on the tenancy agreement I do not think that the council have to rehouse you just because the other tenant has asked you to leave.
Same situation if a couple are divorced the parter who has the kids gets the house the other has to fend for themselves.

[ojread2]

If eric were to come back .....

[eric2656]

I am a 55 year old man unemployed with a heart condition had a bypass a few years ago... sorry have not been able to access the internet till today .. have been rushing around from pillar to post trying to sort out some kind of accommodation .... have had to fill in forms for being homeless ... also the ex will not give me any answers as to if i am on the tenancy ..just feels like i am banging my head against a brick wall.

[ojread2]

you could call the council and ask if you are?
As you have filled out all the relevant forms then that is a start
As Evian says, the reasons you are homeless will have a bearing on whether you are entitled and being thrown out of your home, is a reason - it works for children leaving their parents homes, so it must work for you
Keep on at your local council and don't leave the house you are in just yet

[lcg]

no. you left a joint tenancy voluntarily which makes you intentionally homeless. only if you are vulnerable in some way would they consider housing you (i.e. severe mental health problems, physical disabilities, learning difficulties). every homelessness unit would decline your case and you would be lucky to get a hostel space or 28 day b+b maximum. you should never have walked away from the tenancy - talk to your local homelessness unit or housing office and see if there is a way of you going back (if it is safe to do so) and getting housing from that standpoint. either way....as a single, healthy male (which i assume you are) you don't stand a chance. sorry x

[ojread2]

lcg, please read the OP
He did not leave, and has not indicated that he has left anyway, voluntarily
He doesn't even know if the house is in joint names or not - this will give him rights to stay if it is