Sheffield council houses - what happens after death?

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Who could then apply then apply to county court to absolve themselves of the responsibility and have a new trustee appointed could they not?

No- because a Local Housing Authority are obliged to house people, rather than putting their LHA ownership into trust.

[Metroidx 10]

Would this not be the case if the property was occupied by the minor and the trustee? (Thanks for the advice by the way).

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Well, an attempted letting to an adult and a minor (jointly) would avoid the problems.

The letting would be valid as a letting to the adult alone; so no 'trust' problems arise for L.

 

But the mere fact that an adult co-occupies with the minor won't assist if L attempted to let to the minor alone.