Where would you like to live?
Swap your council or housing association home with another tenant - free. Start by choosing a town, city or village.
Everything You Need
Up Size Or Down Size
Tell us what you're looking for and we'll flag it clearly on every listing with simple icons families understand at a glance.
Pinpoint Matching
Powered by Google Maps, our matching engine compares real distances and desired areas — not just postcodes.
Instant Notifications
Get notified the moment a match appears, or someone requests to view or exchange with your home.
Private Messaging
Chat safely with other tenants inside the platform before you agree to arrange a viewing.
Built For Every Household
From flatlets for one to family homes with gardens — every property type and every life stage is welcome.
Verified & Secure
Email verification and secure accounts keep the community genuine and safe for families of all ages.
The features that find swaps fastest
Tenants who use these regularly swap in weeks rather than months. Everything sits on one page you can arrange how you like, and the counters tell you what needs your attention today.
- Get your listing to 100%Photos, an honest description and your landlord's name. Complete listings get roughly three times the requests.
- Add the areas you'd move toType them on your listing or press "I'd move here" on any place guide. Matching uses them to find people heading your way, and they show on your map.
- Check My matches every few daysEach match is scored on what you both want: size, area, tenancy type and adaptations. New homes are listed daily.
- Send a request, then messageA request tells the other tenant you are serious. Messages stay on the site until you both choose to swap numbers.
- Say yes to swap chainsNo direct match? A three-way chain finds a third home that completes the loop. Accept or decline from the overview.
- Save homes and set alertsSave any listing to compare later, and set an alert on a place guide to be emailed the moment a home appears there.
- Promote your exchangeShare your ready-written post to WhatsApp and Facebook groups, and refer a friend who is also looking.
Your dashboard does the homework for you
List your home and your dashboard fills itself with the things that actually get a swap done: who your landlord really is, what the places you want are like, and the quickest ways to get your home in front of the right tenants.
- Learn about your landlordRegulator grades, what tenants say, Ombudsman record and homes owned, plus the 42-day rules, so you know what to expect before you apply.
- Places you want to move toHomes to swap there, how many others want it too, what it's like to live there and the biggest landlords in the area, with their grades.
- Promote your exchangeA ready-written post and one-tap sharing to WhatsApp, Facebook groups, X and email. Most swaps are found by telling people, not waiting.
- Matches and swap chainsPotential matches scored on what you both want, three-way chains when no direct swap exists, and requests and messages in one place.
Swap From Whatever You Have
Your phone is all you need. Mutual Home Exchange works the same on a phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to download, so you can list your home, check your matches and reply to messages wherever you are.
Use whichever you have to hand: your listing, matches and messages are always up to date on all of them.
- Phone
- Tablet
- Computer
Learn about your landlord
Regulator grades, what tenants say, Ombudsman record, size and typical rents, for every social landlord in England, Wales and Scotland. Check yours, and check the landlord of any home you want to swap into.
Can't find a direct match?
Sometimes the perfect swap isn't a straight trade - it's a chain. MultiSwap links three or more tenants together so everyone gets the move they want, even when no single match exists between any two of you.
MultiSwap will up your chances.
A wider pool of matches
Works even when nobody wants your exact home directly - as long as the chain closes, everyone moves.
Fully consent-based
Every person in the chain has to agree before anything is arranged. One decline and it's off - no pressure on anyone.
Completely optional
MultiSwap is opt-in. Turn it on in your profile whenever you're ready to widen your search.
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Sources: Local Authority Housing Statistics (MHCLG), Tenant Satisfaction Measures and registers (Regulator of Social Housing), Welsh Government and the Scottish Housing Regulator. Updated as new figures are published.
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Guides & stories
The Night Everyone Finally Got Their Own Room
Two kids, one bedroom, and a nightly negotiation over the good side of the curtain. Here's the moment that ends - and the small print worth knowing before you get there.
Use the desire you have to find an exchange, to tidy and clean up your house
We’ve all done the pre-guest panic clean. The difference with a home exchange is that the guests are usually staying longer than an evening, and they’re living in your space the way you lived in it.
The Sofa, the Stairwell, and the Longest Twenty Minutes of the Move
Every mutual exchange has one piece of furniture that nearly doesn't make it. Here's what nobody tells you about measuring twice - and what actually matters once it's finally through the door.
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