Swap your current council or housing association home
This is another way to move to another council or housing association property. A mutual exchange is where a tenant swaps their council home with a tenant from another council or housing association. A mutual exchange can be agreed anywhere in the country.
To be eligible, tenants must be up to date with their rent and their property must be in a good state of repair. They should also make sure that the property they are moving to is in good condition, as they will take on all the responsibilities for damage or alterations to the property caused by previous tenants.
Tenants of properties with built-in adaptations for people with disabilities or tenants of sheltered housing for older people can only exchange with someone who needs this type of property. Tenants will need council permission to exchange. To exchange with the tenant of another landlord, they will need permission from both Central Bedfordshire Council and the other landlord, in writing.
Home Swapper
Home swapper is a national service to help tenants move from one area of the country to another. Details about mutual exchange schemes and Home swapper are available from the Housing Options team. You can also visit the Home swapper website.
For more information, please use the following link to open the 
Mutual Exchange leaflet (application/pdf; 43kB).