When a tenant lives in a certain place for considerable duration, he may like to buy that place or home and therefore he is called a council tenant. The tenant also has some rights on repairing or renovating their place of living. Council tenants therefore require funds to maintain the place or home they live in. With their limited income sources, there is no option other then to go for council tenant loan. However council tenant loan providers do not restrict tenants in utilizing loan for different purposes like debt consolidation, enjoying holiday trip, buying a vehicle etc.

Usually tenants do not own property so they can not take a secured loan. Therefore one can say that council tenant loan is normally unsecured loan. Lenders however need to secure the loan in the form of credibility of the tenant. This is done on going through credit history, income source, employment and financial position of the tenant. To take council tenant loan documents of income, employment and others demanded by the lender should be produced.

If the tenant has good credit history, council tenant loan is available to him at easier terms-conditions. He is likely to get higher loan amount at lower interest rate because of his good credentials, though unsecured loans do not come at lower interest rate.

In case tenant has bad credit, council tenant loan is equally available to him. The terms-conditions however may be a bit harder. Because of adverse creditability and history of repeated payment defaults, lenders offer the loan at higher interest rate to cover risk. Bad credit happens to tenants due to payment defaults on their part and County Court Judgments against them.