You can ‘swap’ homes with other social housing tenants who are looking for a move. You can move more or less anywhere within the country, or even just next door.
If you find someone you’d like to swap homes with your landlord will carry out some checks to make sure the properties are suitable for swapping and that there have been no problems with the tenancies. If everyone is ok, you arrange a date for a move and off you go.
Visit our mutual exchange page for more information and some suggested mutual exchange websites where you can register and advertise your property. Your landlord may also subscribe to other mutual exchange schemes, so ask them for details.
You can also advertise privately, for example in newspapers, magazines and online, to advertise to swap properties, but you will still go through the same process if you find someone you'd like to exchange with.