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We have developed a range of ways to help you move home.
HomeSwapper
Sovereign Twynham is pleased to announce that it has signed up to a mutual exchange matching website for use by it’s residents who have an assured non shorthold tenancy and the service is free to use.
HomeSwapper is the UK’s largest community of social housing tenants looking to swap homes. Thousands of tenants join every month to use HomeSwapper to find a local or national home swap. 10,000 families a year swap homes with them.
If you register at www.homeswapper.co.uk, once your entry on the website has been approved by us, you will be able to access information about tenants locally and nationally who wish to exchange properties, as well as details of those wishing to move here from outside the district.
HomeSwapper will also email you at regular intervals with details of suitable exchange partners. If you do not have access to the internet, HomeSwapper will send you details of suitable exchange partners via your mobile phone every two weeks.
If you do not have access to the internet yourself there are other ways for you to register and access the Homeswapper website;
- Family or friends
- Local libraries have internet access available to the public, as well as internet cafes
- Internet access to the site is also available in our offices
If you have any queries with this scheme please feel free to contact your Resident Services Officer or contact us on 01202 460346
Mutual exchanges
A mutual exchange is where you exchange your home with another of our tenants or with a tenant of another housing association or local authority.
We keep a list of residents looking to exchange their homes in our offices at Dolphin House. If you currently have a probationary tenancy, you do not have the right to exchange your home.
Before you can exchange your home, you must first get permission in writing from us. In some circumstances we may set certain conditions before giving permission for the exchange to go ahead, these may include:
- clearing your rent account, if you are in arrears
- repairing any damage you may have caused to your home
- not allowing exchanges where the property will be too large or too small for the proposed tenant, or
- not allowing exchanges where the home has been adapted and the proposed tenant does not require an adapted home.
If you want to move, we will help you find another tenant you can swap homes with. If you would like to know more about how you can swap your home with someone else, please speak to your resident services officer.
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