20 November 2009
Your rights as a secure tenant
In general, as long as you keep to the rules of your tenancy agreement, pay your rent and are not involved in anti-social behaviour:
- you can live in your home for the rest of your life as long as you do what your tenancy agreement says.
- You can buy your home at a discount.(subject to right to buy restrictions)
- You can pass on your home to someone in your family living with you when you die.
- You can take in lodgers and sub-let part of your home.
- You can get certain urgent repairs done quickly and at no cost to you.
- You can carry out improvements to your home.
- You can be paid for certain improvements you have made if you move home.
- You can help to manage your estate.
- You can exchange your property for another one.
- You must be consulted on housing management matters.
- You must be given information about how your council runs the homes it owns.
Your responsibilities as a secure tenant
- You must keep to the rules in your tenancy agreement.
- You must pay your rent.
- You must be a good neighbour and not annoy other tenants.
Anti-social behaviour is taken very seriously and may result in the loss of your tenancy.
For more information see the Highland council web site "Information for Council Tenants"
There is also a useful guide for tenants from the Scottish Government "Scottish Secure Tenancy"
