Council tenants are to begin voting on the transfer of their homes to a new housing association this weekend.
The ballot to transfer Caerphilly County Borough Council’s housing stock will begin on Saturday and last until February 17.
The final agreement to send out the ballot papers at a special meeting of full council came after months of political wrangling.
Tenants were due to vote on the transfer of the council’s 10,980 houses to social landlord Castell Mynydd in November 2011.
In October, Caerphilly County Borough Council revealed that it could match the £173 million needed to upgrade and maintain its properties to the Welsh Housing Quality Standard.
It had previously stated the only way to get the housing to the WHQS was to transfer the stock to a new social landlord to release Government funding.
The revelation that the council could afford the changes to its homes was forced by Labour councillors, who entered into a political row with the leading Plaid Cymru group over the issue.
Following a meeting between Caerphilly Council, the shadow board of Castell Mynydd, Caerphilly Tenants’ Panel, advised by the Independent Tenant Adviser, and the Welsh Government, it was agreed that further information should be issued to tenants.
Speaking at the meeting on Tuesday, Labour councillor Gerald Jones said: “We are very pleased that the addendum has been passed down to tenants over the last couple of weeks.
“It has, to me, improved the picture, in terms of balance, to tenants.
“Speaking to a number of tenants prior to that, some felt pressured and that they had no choice and that they had to transfer their properties to an organisation.”
The cost so far to Caerphilly County Borough Council leading up to the ballot, including the delays and the extra consultation with tenants, has hit an estimated £1.86m.