Lottery winner refuses to move out of lifetime council house The issue was debated by councillors on the housing advisory panel of Stroud district council in Gloucestershire. It is considering ending lifetime tenancies. "We had someone who won on the lottery a large, significant sum," Sue Leighton-Boyce, Stroud's housing advice manager, told the meeting. They are still our tenant although they clearly had enough money to go out and buy several homes. We have had another lady who married a very nicely-off gentleman. They chose to live in their council house but he has another property, has a house abroad and a yacht abroad. She added: "Tenants were quite miffed about this and said: 'Why can't you do anything? Why are you still allowing them to live there?"" Last night Mattie Ross, the councillor responsible for housing on Stroud's executive, told The Daily Telegraph that the first tenant "came into some money several years ago." She added: "As the law stood then and as it still stands for anyone who had a tenancy before April this year, they would still be entitled to stay in their home as their tenancy would be protected until they chose to leave." The council, controlled by a coalition, refused to release any information about the person or where they lived, citing data protection laws. There are 3,200 people on Stroud's waiting list for council housing and councillors were discussing issuing fixed-term agreements to new tenants instead of lifetime contracts. The change was made possible under the Localism Act. Under current laws, tenants in social housing can pay a fraction of what a similar property would cost on the open market. Ministers also promised earlier this year that as many as 34,000 high-earning council tenants faced paying full market rates for their homes. Under government plans, couples earning more than £60,000 would face sharp increases in the rent they paid for social housing. This week, it emerged that most jackpot winners have more modest tastes than the stereotypical champagne life of fast cars and five-star holidays. The average winner was likely to buy a caravan, volunteer for charity and even return to their day job, according to a study by Oxford Economics. Rather than a Ferrari, the most popular car among lottery winners was an Audi. The average overnight millionaire took a holiday in the United States rather than travelling to more exotic locations.