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Advice and information for people living in council-owned housing.

This is the current Tenancy Agreement /conditions of tenancy for Council Tenants. It should be read in conjunction with the Tenants’ Handbook

The Tenancy Agreement is also available in BengaliLithuanian, Polish and Portuguese.

Council tenants must obtain advance written permission from Tenancy Services, as the Landlord, to alter or develop their Council property prior to submitting a planning application. Improvements must not be carried out without this consent. This includes outbuildings, sheds and other structures in the garden. Find out more about obtaining advance permission as a Council tenant.

The Council holds personal information about you in connection with your tenancy. It is necessary for us to hold personal information about you, such as your contact details, to administer our responsibilities as your landlord. Read the Privacy Notice for full details about how your information is used and stored.

All Ipswich Borough Council housing repairs are handled by our Housing Repairs Team at the Customer Contact Centre.
If you are a Council tenant it is your responsibility to take out household contents insurance.
You will need to apply for permission to carry out improvements or alterations and must not begin work until you have received our written permission.
Your tenancy runs from Monday to Sunday, and it will continue to do so until you or we legally bring it to an end.
Social housing fraud can take the form of illegal sub-letting or using false information to get a house in the first place.
The Rental Exchange is a way to strengthen your credit report without you needing to take on new credit.
Information on looking after your home and managing your tenancy can be found in the Tenants' Handbook
The assisted gardening scheme helps tenants who, through age or infirmity, are unable to keep their garden in a tidy and manageable state and have no one else to help them.
Under the Right to Buy scheme, you can buy your home at a price lower than the full market value. This is because the length of time you have spent as a tenant entitles you to a discount. 
As landlords, we have a legal duty to ensure that any gas appliances and gas pipes provided in our properties are tested within a twelve month period, as set down in the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.

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Contact Details

Ipswich Borough Council,
Housing Services,
3E Grafton House,
15-17 Russell Road,
Ipswich,
IP1 2DE

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01473 432000