Common use of Introductory Tenancies Clause in Contracts

Introductory Tenancies. All new tenants are given an introductory tenancy that lasts for 12 months. The introductory tenancy is a trial period for you to show us that you can keep to this tenancy agreement. If you have kept to this tenancy agreement, your tenancy will automatically become a secure tenancy. We can extend an introductory tenancy to 18 months if we are not sure whether you are keeping to the tenancy agreement, for example if you have rent arrears. As an introductory tenant, if you fail to keep to your tenancy agreement and we decide to take action to end your tenancy, we can do so more easily and quickly than with a secure tenancy. This is because the court has only limited powers to prevent a possession order being made against an introductory tenant. If we decide to take action to end or extend your introductory tenancy, we will serve you with a statutory notice to terminate or extend. If this happens you will have the opportunity to ask us to review our decision to serve you with a notice. You must make this request within 14 days of receiving the notice.