Exchanging homes in the Selby area

Find out how can you exchange your tenanted property with another tenant.

A mutual exchange occurs when a secure, flexible or assured tenant applies to their council landlord or registered provider to exchange their property with another secure, flexible or assured tenant.

Who is eligible?

There are certain conditions that must be met before we will approve an application in accordance with housing legislation.

You must not carry out an exchange without our permission.

Apply for a mutual exchange through Homeswapper

Homeswapper offers a service that helps council and housing association tenants to exchange their homes. It is the largest home swap service and gives access to half a million homes across the country.

As one of our tenants you can register for free for a mutual exchange on the Homeswapper website. 

Once you've registered you can set up your search criteria, create a favourites list and direct message other people.

Other mutual exchanges

You can also register online with North Yorkshire Home Choice to transfer to another property with other landlords who are part of the scheme.

If you wish to swap homes with a tenant of a landlord outside of the North Yorkshire Home Choice scheme you should speak with the landlord directly to check how they facilitate mutual exchange or register with one of the other providers.

Some schemes charge for advertising your home with them.

Transfer incentive scheme

The transfer incentive scheme is to help you downsize to a smaller home if you need to.

The scheme is open to all tenants wishing to downsize either within family accommodation, or transferring out of family accommodation into older persons' accommodation or one-bedroom general needs accommodation.

More information about the transfer incentive scheme

You may find that when your children have grown up and moved on you no longer need as many bedrooms or as much space, or perhaps you are starting to have difficulty with the stairs or general upkeep of your home.

Smaller properties usually benefit from lower council tax and lower rent and they should cost less to heat meaning that gas and electric bills should be cheaper.

We can offer a financial incentive and support to tenants who are interested in downsizing by arranging and paying for your furniture removals, assisting with Housing Benefit claims and by giving you a £500 cash incentive. We can also offer additional priority on our housing register to help facilitate a move to a smaller and more manageable property.

You must be one of our secure or flexible tenants downsizing to another of our properties in the Selby locality and have a satisfactory tenancy report, which shows that:

  • your home meets our standards
  • we are not taking any anti-social behaviour action against you
  • you do not have any rent arrears outstanding

The transfer incentive does not apply to home swaps or mutual exchanges.

If you are interested in the scheme and would like to see if you qualify, contact us. 

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