Council tenants

Find information about keeping your home safe, your key rights and responsibilities and get advice on notices, permissions and complaints.

Find out the different ways to pay rent and get advice if you are struggling to pay rent or other housing related charges such as council tax or service charges

Find information about your right to repair and your responsibilities; how to deal with damp and mould, requesting a repair or gas safety appointment and fire safety in tower blocks

Apply to rent a council garage or request a council garage repair

Access information on how Reading Borough Council is performing as a landlord and the housing service standards

Find out if you qualify to buy your council home and how to make an application to do so

Information about how you as a council tenant, can get involved in decisions regarding your home and the local community

Get advice on dealing with domestic abuse, noise nuisance and reporting antisocial behaviour

Tell us about the death of a tenant, or a change in the members of your household; and get advice on succession of a tenancy (taking over a tenancy)

Get advice on how to find an alternative council home, how to mutually exchange your home and what to do if you are under occupying your council home

Details on policies that exist to manage some of our communities in Reading

Guidelines around making adaptations to your council home

Access the contact details for a range of council housing teams you may wish to reach out to

Find out how to get important insurance to cover your belongings and potential recharge costs

Get permission to get a pet, take in a lodger, put up a structure or make alterations to your home

Find out about our scheme to encourage tenants to downsize their homes.

Find out about the 2 stage complaints process.