Right to succeed. On the death of the Tenant, a person is qualified to succeed the tenant under a secure tenancy if the person occupies the dwelling as the person’s only or principal home at the time of the tenant’s death and is the tenant’s spouse or civil partner, or is a person who was living with the tenant as if they were a spouse or civil partner.
Right to succeed. 2.3.1 By law, there is only one right to succession. Only the spouse or civil partner of a tenant may succeed to the property. If you are a successor yourself there cannot be a further succession.
2.3.2 All claims to succeed to the tenancy must be made to us in writing within three months of the death of the tenant.
2.3.3 If a joint tenant dies, the tenancy will pass to the other joint tenant and this will count as a succession. In these circumstances, we will not ask the joint tenant to move out.
Right to succeed. If a joint tenant dies, the tenancy will pass to the other joint tenant [this is called survivorship] and will count as a succession.
Right to succeed. When you die your tenancy will pass to your husband, wife or civil partner or cohabitee of more than 12 months’ duration if they were living with you at the time of your death. This is called ‘succession’. If you do not have a husband, wife, civil partner or cohabitee of more than 12 months’ duration, the tenancy can pass on to a member of your family if they had been living with you continuously for the 12 months before your death. If a joint tenant dies, the tenancy will pass to the other joint tenant and this will count as a succession. The law only allows one right of succession.
