The Housing Minister, Grant Shapps, announced last week that he wants to introduce a new National Affordable Home Swap Scheme. This will give tenants the chance to see details of every council and housing association tenant looking to exchange homes – not just in their area but across the country. He also announced that he will work with two London landlords to explore whether they can offer a new ‘Right to Move’ for tenants. The London Boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea and Hamersmith and Fulham will look at whether they can develop a scheme under which some of their tenants could ask their landlord to find them a home in the area they want to live. He wants to see tenants helped to move and threatened that if he doesn’t see improvements, he will take tough action to make it happen – including a ‘Right to Move’ for tenants in law.
I’d be interested to hear what residents think about this proposal.
