Housing

Conditions of Tenancy - Chapter 2

Tenancy agreement

This section sets out the basic parts of the tenancy agreement. By signing it you are agreeing to become our tenant.

A legally binding contract

2.1 You are entering into a legal contract with us. This agreement tells you what we expect from you as our tenant and what you can expect from us as your landlord. If there is anything in this agreement you do not understand, you should contact your local housing office or you can get independent advice from a solicitor, a law centre or the citizens advice bureau.

Equal responsibilities

2.2 Your neighbours have exactly the same rights and responsibilities as you. Some of your responsibilities apply to you, your friends and relatives, and any other person living in or visiting your home, including children. This will include the responsibility not to commit nuisance. It also applies to animals at your home, where they are allowed.

2 kinds of tenancy

2.3 There are 2 kinds of tenancy.

Secure tenancy
Non-secure tenancy used in exceptional circumstances

2.4 This agreement is for both kinds of tenancy. It tells you which parts apply to each type of tenancy.

2.5 This agreement gives you the right to live in the property. We will not interfere with this right unless any of the following apply.

You break any of the conditions in this agreement. If you do, we may take legal action to force you to meet the conditions, or we may ask the court for permission to evict you
We built or adapted the property for a physically disabled person so it is substantially different from an unadapted home, and you no longer need that type of home and we need the property for someone else with specific needs
We need to carry out redevelopment, improvements or major repairs to the property which we cannot do unless you move out
You find another home and stop using the property as your only home
There is any other reason under housing legislation, for example, the Housing Act 1985, the Housing Act 1996 or any future law, where we need to take some form of action

Contact

Stephen Clarke

Divisional Director of Housing Services

Roycraft House

15 Linton Road

Barking

IG11 8HE

Tel: 020 8227 3738

Fax: 020 8227 5730

Textphone: 020 8227 5755

Email: stephen.clarke@lbbd.gov.uk|