Decision details

The Housing Landlord Mutual Exchange Policy outlines NFDC’s approach to facilitating home swaps between eligible social housing tenants moving within and out of the district.

It ensures compliance with legal frameworks and aims to provide a fair and transparent mutual exchange process. It supports tenants in finding more suitable housing, addressing under/over-occupation and supports the efficient use of housing stock.

On 9 December 2025, Cllr Steve Davies, the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness made the following decision:

To adopt the Landlord Mutual Exchange Policy.

Once approved, the policy will be formally published within Council documentation and made publicly available to housing tenants via the Council’s webpages.

Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the Council’s intranet / extranet site. Alternatively, notice can be given to the Monitoring Officer (Matt Wisdom) (in writing or by e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm on 16 December 2025.

Details of the document the Portfolio Holder considered are attached below.

The Housing Landlord Tenancy Policy was approved in October 2025. It was felt that tenants would be offered a fair and transparent mutual exchange process by creating a new Housing Landlord Mutual Exchange policy.

See report.