social housing is allocated on a needs and points basis..if you already own a property you will not win any points !! that is my understanding anyway...
It would appear that a Housing Association Tenant may be allowed to own another property as long as the Housing Association property remains the main home of the Tenant and is not sub-let. See:-
Your are not at all naive. The information in the previous AB link I gave is at least 4 - 5 years old. Things may be different now and the rules/regulations may have been updated/chamged. Your local HA may be able to confirm this?
oh, some would and some wouldnt depending on their own rules
I have bought housing association stock - some is well built and the seller (HA) didnt give a toss about the status of their tenant and part owner ( also seller ) so long as er I had the moolah
Once you are already a housing association tenant you can buy another house as long as you can afford it. You just can't have you own house first and then get a housing association house. The other way round where you are a tenant first then buy the other house is ok.
Under recent rules social housing is only on a 15 year agreement, after the 15 years are up you are accessed to see if you still have a need for the social housing. So someone who is a recent ( last 2 or 3 years) tenant would have to move out after the initial 15 years was up if they had another house they could use.