A mutual exchange is where two or more Council or Housing Association residents wish to swap their homes. This is an alternative for residents who don't have a high enough priority or banding to be able to access a home through the normal allocation process. 

For details on how to register for a mutual exchange please either download our 'Swapping your home' leaflet, fill in our 'contact us' form, phone us free on 0800 0421 800 or contact the local authority in the area that you wish to move to.

You have a statutory right to exchange your tenancy with another tenant with the landlords permission. We can only stop you exchanging on certain grounds and these are laid out in Section 92 of the Housing Act 1985. For example:

• If you have a court order for possession of your property against you.
• If you have been served with a Notice of Seeking Possession against your property which is still current or possession proceedings have been started.
• If your home is bigger than is reasonably needed by the new tenant.
• If the property is not reasonably suitable to the needs of the new tenant.
• If the property is specially adapted for a disabled person, and the proposed tenant does not need these facilities.

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