Common use of Secure Tenancy Clause in Contracts

Secure Tenancy. 1.9.1. If you have a Secure Tenancy your rights are set out in the Housing Act 1985. The Council will not interfere with your right to live in the Property unless the Council has to take legal action to end your tenancy such as if you have broken any of the conditions of this tenancy agreement. The Council is not allowed to evict you from the Property without proving our case in a court of law. If the court agrees with the Council, they will give us a court order that allows us to end your tenancy. However, if you, a member of your household or a person visiting the Property has been: • convicted of a serious criminal offence, e.g. violent and sexual offences and those relating to offensive weapons, drugs and damage to property; • found by the court to have breached a civil injunction • convicted of breaching a criminal behaviour order; • convicted of breaching a noise abatement notice; or • the Property has been closed for more than 48 hours under a closure order for anti‐social behavior. the Council may apply for a possession order under section 84A of the Housing Act 1985 and the court can make a possession order without the Council having to prove its case. You will have the right to seek a review of the Council’s decision to rely on section 84A following the service of a notice of proceedings upon you.

Secure Tenancy. 1.9.1. If you have a Secure Tenancy your rights are set out in the Housing Act 1985▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇. The Council will not interfere with your right to live in the Property unless the Council has to take legal action to end your tenancy such as if you have broken any of the conditions of this tenancy agreement. The Council is not allowed to evict you from the Property without proving our case in a court of law. If the court agrees with the Council, they will give us a court order that allows us to end your tenancy. However, if you, a member of your household or a person visiting the Property has been: •  convicted of a serious criminal offence, e.g. violent and sexual offences and those relating to offensive weapons, drugs and damage to property; •  found by the court to have breached a civil injunction •  convicted of breaching a criminal behaviour order; •  convicted of breaching a noise abatement notice; or •  the Property has been closed for more than 48 hours under a closure order for anti‐social behavior. the Council may apply for a possession order under section 84A of the Housing Act 1985 ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and the court can make a possession order without the Council having to prove its case. You will have the right to seek a review of the Council’s decision to rely on section 84A following the service of a notice of proceedings upon you.