Secure tenants

Your rights

• live in your home for the rest of your life as long as you do what your tenancy agreement says
  
• buy your home at a discount, after a qualifying period 
  
• pass on your home to someone in your family living with you when you die (subject to certain conditions) 
  
• take in lodgers and sub-let part of your home
  
• have your home repaired
  
• carry out improvements to your home
  
• be paid for certain improvements you have made if you move home
  
• help to manage your estate
  
• exchange your property for another one
  
• be consulted on housing management matters
  
• 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