Your Tenancy Clause Samples

Your Tenancy. 2.1 By signing a tenancy agreement document you have agreed to enter into a legal contract with the Council. Unless the agreement says so, these tenancy conditions will apply until they are varied by the proper procedure or your tenancy comes to an end. 2.2 Your tenancy agreement document says who the tenants are. All tenants are equally responsible for complying with all of these tenancy conditions – even those who are no longer residing at the Property – until the Tenancy is brought to an end. See your handbook for further details. 2.3 You can get further copies of the tenancy agreement from your Housing Office or through the Council website ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇. 2.4 There are three main types of tenancy which are covered by these tenancy conditions: ⮚ Introductory Tenancies

Your Tenancy. 1.1 You become a tenant of Stevenage Borough Council when you sign this tenancy agreement and you occupy the property as your only or main home. 1.2 Your tenancy includes the property (house, flat, maisonette or bungalow), any gardens, boundary fences, walls, hedges, and any garage, stores, outhouses, sheds, extensions, greenhouses, lean-to’s, hard standings or shared-access footpaths attached to or included within the boundary of the property. 1.3 Secure and introductory tenancies This agreement covers two types of tenancy, which are: • introductory tenancy; • secure tenancy. 1.4 It’s important to note that you have fewer legal rights as an introductory tenant than you do as a secure tenant. 1.5 If you are an introductory tenant, the front of the tenancy agreement will record this, together with the date when the introductory tenancy will end. If there have been no breaches in your agreement, you will become a secure tenant from that date. You will not need to sign another agreement. 1.6 If you are already a secure tenant and you are moving to another council-owned property your new tenancy will be secure straight away. 1.7 If you are an assured tenant of a registered social landlord, such as a housing association, and you are transferring to a Stevenage Borough Council property your new tenancy will be secure straight away. You will not have to be an introductory tenant. 1.8 Your introductory tenancy is for a trial period of 12 months. It is important to note that in order to keep your home you must not: • behave anti-socially; or • cause a nuisance; or • harass other people; and you must: • pay your rent on time; and • look after your home. 1.9 As an introductory tenant you are not permitted to carry out any alterations to your home. 1.10 If you breach your tenancy conditions as an introductory tenant you can be evicted much more quickly and more easily than a secure tenant. 1.11 If you do not meet the terms of your introductory tenancy, the Council has the right to extend it by a further six months. The Council must tell you of its intention to do this and give you the right to ask for a review before it takes action to extend it. The Council can also serve you with a Notice of Intention to Terminate your introductory tenancy. We must tell you why it is doing this and give you the right to request a review of the decision. The Council can apply to the court for an eviction order following service of this notice. 1.12 If the Council has not taken any ac...

Your Tenancy. You have a secure/introductory tenancy so long as you occupy the premises as your only or principal home. If you do not occupy the premises as your only or principal home, you lose your rights some of which are listed in this agreement. We can end your tenancy only by obtaining a Court Order for possession of the premises.

Your Tenancy. 2.1 The tenancy commences on day of Two Thousand and . The first period of this tenancy will be from (insert date of commencement of tenancy as above) to midnight on the following Sunday namely (insert date). Second and subsequent periods of this tenancy are from week to week commencing on the Monday immediately after the first period, namely (insert date).” 2.2 The Current Weekly rent charges for the Property are: Rent £ Service Charge £ Heating Costs £ Special Service Charge £ Support Charge £ £ Total £ 2.3 This tenancy agreement is between Bolsover District Council (“the Council”) and the “Tenants” Name Date of Birth National Insurance Number 2.4 Other Household members Name Date of Birth Relationship to Tenant 2.5 The address of the Property is _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ If there are any gardens attached to the Property which are not communal and/ or any garages within the curtilage of the Property these are included in the tenancy and you are responsible for the maintenance of them 2.6 Type and size of Property House/Bungalow/Flat/ILS Number of bedrooms Garden YES NO Position : Front Side Rear

Your Tenancy. If you apply for the Right to Buy there are strict timescales regarding how much time you have to decide whether to continue with your application. If you do not respond in time you will need to re-apply and if the value of your home has gone up in the meantime then the amount you have to pay may also have gone up. Once you have received an offer letter you have three months to decide if you wish to continue. If you do not reply in this time you will be served a “Prior Notice to Complete” giving you 56 days to complete your purchase. If you do not respond to this, a “Final Notice to Complete” will be served giving you a further 56 days. If you do not reply within this time then your application will be cancelled and you will have to apply again. It is important to remember that if you do buy your home there will be a number of expenses to consider both as part of the house buying process and also ongoing costs as a result of home ownership. If you would like further information about buying your home or flat, please call us on ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ You will also have to pay legal and survey fees and the costs of arranging a mortgage. Once you have bought your home there will be a number of ongoing costs. These include: • Your mortgage (which will probably be more than your current rent if you are borrowing most of the money to buy your house) • Buildings and contents insurance, life insurance and mortgage payment protection insurance • Council Tax • Water, sewerage, gas, electricity and other utility services If you are unable to maintain the payments on your mortgage you are at risk of having your property repossessed. As an owner of a property you will be responsible for ensuring that it is suitably maintained and this may result in significant expenditure. If you buy a flat you will also be responsible to pay ground rent and a service charge which may include a payment for major works to the whole block.

Your Tenancy. SUMMARY OF TENANT RESPONSIBILITIES

Your Tenancy. As an introductory tenant, the law does not give you the right to: ★ Buy your home during the introductory year; ★ Take in lodgers; ★ Sub-let part of the property; ★ Make improvements; ★ Exchange your home with another tenant; or ★ Join the transfer list This probationary period will allow us to assess your suitability to become a secure tenant of the Association over the 12-month period. This means that, as a new tenant, you will have to demonstrate fully that you can keep to the terms of your Tenancy Agreement, look after your home and live peacefully with your neighbours. If there have been no problems at the end of the Introductory Tenancy period, you will automatically become a Secure Tenant with all the rights of a Secure Tenancy, in accordance with the Housing Order 2003.

Your Tenancy. This is an Introductory Tenancy This tenancy begins on: This tenancy will become secure on: Provided you have complied with all the conditions of this agreement and there are no outstanding court proceedings against you or the tenancy has not been extended. This is a Secure Tenancy This tenancy begins on: For a week and thereafter weekly until brought to an end or (if applicable) demoted by a court order. Its terms are set out in this tenancy agreement.

Your Tenancy. 2.1 The tenancy commences on day of Two Thousand and (to be inserted). The first period of this tenancy will be from (insert date of commencement of tenancy as above) to midnight on the following Sunday namely (insert date). Second and subsequent periods of this tenancy are from week to week commencing on the Monday immediately after the first period, namely (insert date).” 2.2 The Current Weekly rent charges for the Property are: Rent Service Charge Heating Costs Special Service Charge