Letting out a discounted sale affordable home
First homes can be let in certain circumstances, for a total period of up to 2 years where the owner:
- is required to live elsewhere by their employment;
- is an active member of the Armed Services and is deployed elsewhere;
- is at risk of harm and so has to live elsewhere;
- has to leave the First Home due to the breakdown of a relationship;
- has to live elsewhere due to redundancy; or
- has to live elsewhere to offer care and assistance to another person.
The period of renting does not need to be continuous and can be to different tenants. You need to notify the Council if you plan to rent out your home, advise why you wish to rent it out and ask for permission. Letting your home will also be subject to the terms of your mortgage; permission of the mortgage lender may also be needed or letting may simply not be permitted.
The DOMV homes currently in the borough at Leybourne Chase cannot be let out in line with the relevant S106.