Secure tenants. 4.3.1 Secure tenants have the following rights, which do not apply to introductory tenancies (written consent may be required before exercising these rights): the right to apply to buy your home; the right to apply to exchange your home with another tenant; the right to take in lodgers; the right to apply to sublet part of your home; the right to apply to make improvements and apply for compensation for improvements to your home (introductory tenants have some discretionary improvement rights); the right to vote in a ballot to transfer to a different landlord.
Secure tenants. If you are a secure tenant this would be on one of a number of grounds listed in Schedule 2 of the Housing Xxx 0000 as amended by the Housing Xxx 0000. These grounds can include rent arrears, causing nuisance or annoyance in the area of your home, the condition of your home becoming unacceptable due to you neglecting your home, getting the tenancy by providing false information on your housing application. This list is not exhaustive.
Secure tenants. A secure tenancy does not have an expiry date. If you have a secure tenancy we will not interfere with your right to live in your home unless you break any of the conditions of your tenancy agreement. If we need to take legal action to end your tenancy we cannot evict you from your home without a court of law agreeing that there is a legal reason to do this. Secure tenants living in sheltered accommodation have the same rights as other secure tenants except where set out in this document at section four.
Secure tenants. You must pay your rent, service charge and other charges (as set out at the end of this tenancy agreement) on the day your tenancy starts for the week ahead, whether lawfully demanded or not and thereafter every Monday. Payments made less frequently than every week must be made wholly in advance.
Secure tenants where the tenancy started before 1 April 2012 For secure tenancies which started before 1 April 2012, succession rights are those allowed by section 87 of the Housing Act 1985. In general, this means that on your death your tenancy may pass to:
Secure tenants. Secure tenants have the right to improve their home as long as they receive written permission from the Council first. Permission will normally be approved subject to a number of conditions and subject to the permission request being appropriate. This includes but is not limited to: • Building an extension • Removing internal walls • Changing the use of a room e.g. a living room to a bedroom • Adding, changing or replacing the fixtures and fittings • Installing a water meter • Decorating the exterior of the property • Erecting an aerial or satellite dish; • Installation of CCTV and monitored door bells • Building a structure e.g. car port, garage, hard standing, driveway or shed • Create ponds and/or carrying out major landscaping • Removing any tree, hedge or boundary fence or wall • Installation of hard/fixed flooring • Electric charging points for vehicles
Secure tenants. We can only ask the court to grant a possession order if one or more of the reasons set out in the Housing Xxx 0000 (as amended) exist. We have described these reasons in the Tenants’ Handbook. If one or more of these reasons does exist, we will serve a Notice of Seeking Possession on you. This Notice will say that the court will be asked to make an order for possession and give the reasons why this action is being taken. It will also tell you the date that possession proceedings will start. This will be at least four weeks after the Notice was served.
Secure tenants. This section applies to secure tenants only.
Secure tenants. To obtain written permission before you carry out any improvements or alterations to the property. Permission will not normally be given for ponds or swimming pools on safety grounds, and where it is, it will be subject to the pond/pool being properly filled in if the address is vacated. Introductory Tenants – Not to carry out any alterations or improvements to the property.
Secure tenants. Secure tenants have a number of legal rights subject to the guidance contained in the following pages. The main ones are listed below: • Right of succession • Right to take in lodgers • The right to sublet part of your home • Right to exchange • Right of assignment • Right to buy - This does not apply to a Supported Housing property within a complex in accordance with the Housing Xxx 0000. Some properties currently identified as older person housing which do not meet the minimal criteria may be still be eligible for the Right to Buy. In these instances you must seek advice if you would like to exercise this right BEFORE signing this agreement • Right to repair • Right to make improvements • Right to compensation for improvements • Right to see your housing records • Right to be consulted • Right to manage
