Family Succession to Secure Tenancies – Court of Appeal Clarifies the Law
11th January, 2024In the realm of social housing, there are few more controversial issues than a child's entitlement to succeed to the secure tenancy of a parent on the latter's death. As a Court of Appeal ruling showed, however, succession rights may quite easily be secured by those who seek legal advice before it is too late. The case concerned a woman in her 60s who, for many years, lived with her mother in a council-owned house of which the latter was the secure tenant. After the mother developed dementia, she had...