Successions

The right to succeed was introduced by the Housing Act 1980. It has been amended since by the Housing Act 1985 and the Localism Act 2011. How we deal with cases is also influenced by our own Housing Policy and our Tenure Policy.

Successions

Succession can be complex and the legal position is sometimes surprising so it can be helpful to refer to the full guidance note when dealing with a case. The succession flowchart summaries the things you need to establish before you can decide whether a succession has taken place.

Because succession depends on the law and formal council policy agreed by Councillors this guidance is necessarily prescriptive in parts.

The guidance deals with both statutory successions (where someone has a statutory right to succeed according to the law) and also situations where the Council can grant a tenancy to someone who can't succeed. You can read the full guidance covering both here

Updating Northgate

Remember that as soon as you know someone has died an expected end date is needed on the tenancy on Northgate in the same way you would do if you were aware that a tenancy will be ending.

This will create a PRE void.

If you know that someone wishes to succeed (either statutorily or may qualify under policy) amend the Termination reason on Northgate to either SUC or NSS.

The full guidance (link above) outlines all other stages you need to take on Northgate.

If you need to amend the Termination reason at any time this guidance shows you what to do.

Guides to a range of NEC processes can be found on this link

Last updated: 01 November 2024