Council Housing - Tenants' Handbook

On this page: Information about the Swindon Borough Council Tenants' Handbook - a copy of which is provided to each tenant.

The Tenants' Handbook contains a wide range of information that is likely to be of use to council tenants and covers all aspects of their tenancy with Swindon Borough Council.

Contents

The handbook is divided into ten chapters:

1. Introduction 
2. Your New Home 
3. The Tenancy Agreement 
4. Living In Your New Home 
5. Tenants Who Live in High Rise Blocks 
6. Repairs and Maintenance See also Repairs and Improvements 
7. Transfer and Exchanges 
8. Your Behaviour 
9. Getting Involved 
10. Useful Numbers

Download a Copy

The handbook is available as a downloadable PDF file: 

• Tenants' Handbook (476Kb)

Printing Pages from the Handbook

If you need to print off information from the handbook for reference, then there's no need to print it all. The Adobe PDF Reader allows you to specify which page(s) you want to print.

Order a Copy

A copy of the Tenant's Handbook is provided free to each council-owned home. If you do not have a copy then please contact us and we will send you one.

Sheltered Housing Handbook

A separate handbook is available for those living in Council-owned sheltered housing. For full details please see Sheltered Housing.

Further Information 

The Tenant's Handbook should be read in conjunction with the Tenancy Agreement, which is available as a downloadable PDF file:

• Tenancy Agreement (456Kb)