Renting
The different tenancy types and occupation status that someone may have and the impact this has on their security of tenure.
Tenancy status checker
Our tenancy status checker can help you establish what type of tenancy or licence an occupier has.
Security of tenure
Different types of tenure, categories of occupiers, and common rules and differences between tenancy and license agreements.
How a tenant can end a tenancy
Rules on when a tenant can end a tenancy, including fixed term and periodic tenancies.
Assignment and mutual exchange
When and how a tenant can transfer their tenancy through assignment or swap their tenancy through a mutual exchange.
Succession
Rules governing succession to different types of private and public sector tenancies when the occupant dies.
Relationship breakdown in a tenancy
Rights and options of occupiers after a relationship breaks down in private or social rented accommodation.
Change of landlord
A tenant's landlord could change as a result of the landlord's sale, death, bankruptcy, or repossession.
Assured and assured shorthold tenancies
Features and types of assured and assured shorthold tenancies.
Secure and flexible tenancies
The law regarding secure tenancies and licences, their duration and termination, and the rights of secure tenants.
Public sector tenancies
Information on local authority introductory tenancies, demoted tenancies and family intervention tenancies.
Regulated tenancies
The law governing creation, stages, and termination of regulated tenancies (commonly referred to as protected tenancies).
Occupiers with limited security
Information on occupiers with basic protection under the Protection from Eviction Act, and excluded occupiers with no protection.
Subtenancies
Security of tenure of private and public sector subtenants, and their position when the immediate landlord's tenancy ends.
Tied accommodation
Rights of workers who live in accommodation provided by their employers.
Mobile home occupiers
Rights of mobile home owners and renters, protected sites and the definition of a mobile home.
Agricultural occupiers
Rights of current and former agricultural workers who live in accommodation provided by their employer.