What happens to my existing tenancy agreement after 1 December?
Your tenancy agreement will convert into an ‘occupation contract’, which will replace your tenancy agreement.
Many of your existing tenancy terms will remain the same, but others such as us as your landlord needing to give greater notice of a rent increase will replace those terms in your existing contract.
There are two types of occupation contract:
- Secure occupation contract: This will replace secure tenancies and assured tenancies and will be the main contract we issue; and
- Standard occupation contract: This is the contract that will mainly be used in the private rented sector (where you have a landlord who is not a council/local authority or a housing association), but some of our tenancies will be issued this contract.