Succession
Rules governing succession to different types of private and public sector tenancies when the occupant dies.
Rules when no one can succeed to a tenancy a tenant or licensee
A tenancy counts as property and can be passed on when the tenant dies. Common law rules apply where no one has a statutory right to succeed.
Secure, flexible and introductory council tenancies
When a secure, flexible or introductory tenant dies, the tenancy can be passed on to a successor where the rules allow.
Joint occupation
Remaining tenants succeed to joint tenancies under the right of survivorship, while the rules for the joint licences depend on the terms of the licence.
Demoted tenancies
Rights to succeed to a demoted tenancy may be altered for the duration of demotion depending on the type of landlord.
Periodic assured and assured shorthold tenancies
The rules of statutory succession to periodic assured and assured shorthold tenancies and passing on the tenancy under a will or the intestacy rules.
Fixed-term assured and assured shorthold tenancies
General rules for succession to fixed term assured or assured shorthold tenancies and exceptions for tenants of some landlords.
Regulated tenancies
Regulated tenants have the right to one or two successions depending on whether the first succession took place before 15 January 1989.
Agricultural occupiers
Succession rights depend on the type of agricultural occupancy the occupier has and whether the agreement was entered into before 15 January 1989.
Mobile homes
Categories of people with rights to succeed to a mobile home pitch agreement and the rules for when no one is entitled to succeed
Rent arrears and possession orders after the death of a tenant
The successor's liability for the deceased tenant's rent arrears and the impact of suspended or outright possession orders.
