Joint Tenancies. 6.1 A Secure or Flexible (fixed-term) Tenancy can be held by one person or by up to four Joint Tenants all of whom must be qualifying persons. However many Tenants there are, there is still only one Tenancy and the rights and duties relating to the Tenancy apply jointly and severally to all Joint Tenants.
Joint Tenancies. If you are signing this agreement with someone else - such as your husband, wife, civil partner or partner or in some cases a family member - you will be a joint tenant. In joint tenancies, each tenant is jointly and individually responsible for all of the conditions of this agreement. This means that if one tenant leaves the home, both tenants remain responsible for the conditions of the tenancy until the tenancy is ended. Sample Contents
Joint Tenancies. 4. Assignment, Succession, Sub-letting and Lodger
Joint Tenancies. If a group of you are renting a property together and you are all named on the contract, it is likely that you will have what is called a joint tenancy. A joint tenancy means that you are each liable for the whole rent of the premises and for any other obligations under the tenancy. For example: There is a group of four tenants on a joint tenancy for 9 months and one tenant decides to leave in the sixth month because they are fed up that no one else does any cleaning. Each joint tenant was paying an equal share of the rent. In this case, the landlord is entitled to collect the shortfall in rent from any or all of the remaining tenants or their guarantors. These remaining tenants may subsequently be able to recover this money from the missing tenant. In the above circumstances, the best solution is for the leaving tenant to find someone to replace them. More information is available in our self-help guide on leaving a tenancy early. Not all joint tenancies have an equal share of the rent; some rooms may cost more or less depending on the size. If you are unsure about what you are being charged for a room in a shared house compared to the others, please have the contract checked with the Student Advice Centre.
Joint Tenancies. 1.6 If you are joint tenants, the term tenant refers to each of you individually and collectively. This means that you are each responsible for keeping to this agreement. In law, this is known as joint and several liability.
Joint Tenancies. If you are a joint tenant we can enforce the tenancy conditions against either or all the joint tenants together or as individuals. As a joint tenant you also have equal rights and obligations. This means each tenant is responsible for adhering to the terms and conditions and either tenant can be held responsible if this Tenancy Agreement is breached. If you are already a Council tenant and want to add someone to your tenancy, you will need to apply to the Council. The granting of a joint tenancy is always at the discretion of the Council. Type of tenancy There are two types of tenancy entered into by the Council namely; introductory and secure. If we allocate you an introductory tenancy, the first 12 months of your tenancy period is a trial period. During this trial period the courts will allow us to end your tenancy as long as we have followed the correct legal procedures. We reserve the right to extend this trial period in certain circumstances. As an introductory tenant you will have fewer rights than a secure tenant, these are explained on pages 9-10 of this agreement. If we allocated you this tenancy while you were part way through an introductory tenancy with another housing provider, you must serve the rest of the 12 month trial period and any extended period before you become a secure tenant with us. When the trial period and any extended period ends, you automatically become a secure tenant unless we have issued court proceedings to end your tenancy. If we give you a secure tenancy or you become a secure tenant you will have
Joint Tenancies. Joint tenancies may be permitted, with the written permission of North and West Housing, where the conditions set out in the ‘Common Selection Scheme’ have been met. A joint tenancy creates equal rights and obligations for each tenant. Where permission is not granted, a reason will be given in writing. See Section 5.0 for further details.
Joint Tenancies. North and West Housing Ltd will allow joint tenancies to be created, only where one of the following requirements has been satisfied: • The current tenant is the husband, wife or civil partner of the proposed joint tenant. • The proposed joint tenant is, at the date of application for approval, a person who would be entitled to succeed in the event of the existing tenant dying at that date. • The proposed joint tenant was part of the current tenant's household when the current tenant was awarded the tenancy by North and West Housing. • The current tenant and the proposed joint tenant have been living together as part of the same household for at least a period of 1 year immediately prior to the date on which North and West Housing’s approval was sought. In certain circumstances, a Designated Officer may decline to approve a joint tenancy under this category if he/she has compelling evidence that the existing tenant is likely to move out of the property in the short-term future.
Joint Tenancies. 3.1 If more than one person is named as the "Tenant", the tenancy shall be deemed to be a joint tenancy. The Landlord is entitled to treat the persons named as the "Tenant" as a group, and the Landlord is not obliged to deal with each person individually (although the Landlord may do so).
Joint Tenancies. Where two or more persons have signed the tenancy agreement a ‘joint’ tenancy exists. Each joint tenant is equally liable to pay the rent and to keep to the other tenancy obligations. There is no obligation on the Council to agree to a joint tenancy.
