Secure and flexible tenancies
The law regarding secure tenancies, flexible tenancies and secure licences, including their duration and termination.
Last updated: 15 February 2021
Secure tenancy or licence definition
The key features of a secure tenancy or a secure licence, and the duration of fixed-term, periodic and statutory periodic secure tenancies.
Tenancies that cannot be secure
Tenancies cannot be secure even when they fulfil the conditions of a secure tenancy if they fall within one of the statutory exceptions.
Rights of secure tenants
Statutory rights of secure tenants around assignment and succession, subletting, exchange or management of the property.
Landlord ends a secure tenancy
How a landlord can bring a secure tenancy to an end and when the conditions for a secure tenancy are no longer met.
Local authority flexible tenancies
A flexible tenancy is a form of secure tenancy granted for a fixed term and a prospective tenant can request a review of the length of the term offered.