Introduction
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council is committed to working with its Registered Provider partners to make best use of social housing stock in the borough. There is a limited supply of rented social housing and adapted social housing in the borough. This Transfer Incentive Scheme (the scheme) is aimed at social housing tenants under-occupying their homes or who no longer need an adapted home.
The scheme outlines the Council’s approach to enabling tenants to move to smaller homes if they are under-occupying their current home. The Scheme is for Registered Provider tenants who are living in family size accommodation, have one or more bedrooms they no longer need and are interested in downsizing or ending their tenancy. Tenants have the option of transferring to another social housing property or moving to the private sector.
The scheme is also available for tenants living in an adapted property who no longer require those adaptations and could move to another home without adaptations (even with the same number of bedrooms), freeing up an adapted property for someone who needs it.
The scheme relates to tenants of social or affordable rent properties. It does not apply to intermediate affordable housing tenures such as shared owners, leaseholders or intermediate rent or any accommodation occupied on unsecure terms such as temporary accommodation or licence agreement.