lol nah even simpler than that mate,takes 12 months tho.....
Basically find someone in a council house/flat that will be getting a mortgage n buying their own house in about a years time, get them to put you (on paper only) as their "partner/boyfriend etc" on the tenancy (of course you will sort em out a drink/weed/money for this lol), once you have been on the tenancy for 12months and 1 week without incident n the rents been paid on time then they can move out/remove themselves from the tenancy as you "broke up and he/she is moving back in with their family" which will leave you as the sole tenant on the tenancy, at this point you should roll a fat blunt, spark up and sit back and admire YOUR new council place.......an its all perfectly legal lol
For this to work you will need to go onto the local councils website and read through their housing policy to confirm the minmum time needed for you to be on the tenancy before it can be transferred into your name only as it differs council to council