If a tenant dies
This content applies to England only.
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If your home is rented and someone living with you dies, there are two main questions you have to ask to work out whether or not you can continue to stay there: was your name on the tenancy or license agreement? And do you have succession rights?
Whose name the tenancy was in
Explains your rights if you live in rented accommodation and someone in your household dies.
Succession rights
Explains the rules of tenancy succession if one tenant dies
