THE TENANCY AGREEMENT

Rights and Responsibilities

Our main responsibilities are to:

• consult you on any proposed changes in the tenancy
• keep the building in good repair and keep all pipes, drains and installations, eg heating and the supply of water, gas and electricity supplies, in good repair and working order.

We have the right to:

• change your rent or other charges provided we tell you within a reasonable time beforehand
• be let into the property to carry out inspections or repairs, or to service heating appliances.

Your main responsibilities are to:

• pay the rent and other charges as soon as they are due
• take care of the property, keep the inside properly decorated, and do any repairs you are responsible for
• ensure that members of your household, visitors or pets do not cause nuisance to neighbours and behave in a reasonable way whilst in and around your home
• not harass or threaten anyone, including our staff
• when moving out, tell us four weeks before you move and leave the place in good and clean condition
• not overcrowd the property
• not misuse any communal or open areas.

You have the right to:

1. appeal against decisions we make that you don't agree with. See COMPLAINTS
2. exercise your legal rights. See TENANTS' RIGHTS
3. live in the property without being unnecessarily interrupted by your landlord.

Breach of Tenancy

A breach of tenancy is the term used for when you break your Tenancy Agreement. The most common breaches are failure to pay rent; causing nuisance to, or harassing, neighbours or our staff; damaging the property; obtaining the tenancy by making false statements.

If you breach your Agreement you can be made to leave your home. We can give you support and advice or refer you to others who can help.

You will be given the opportunity to sort things out. However if you do not do so we will take legal action to make you leave your home. This involves following formal actions.

• We will serve you with a 'Notice of Seeking Possession’. This Notice gives the reasons for serving the Notice and a date when we can start the process of going to court.
• If we decide to go to court, the court will write to you giving a date for the hearing to deal with your case.
• At the hearing, the court will allow you to put your side of the case, and will then decide whether there are good reasons to grant us a 'Possession Order'. This allows us to make you leave your home. The Court may add certain conditions to the Order.

If we are granted a 'Possession Order':

1. you will have to pay for the costs of going to court
2. you will have to leave your home
3. you will still have to pay your arrears
4. you may be considered to be intentionally homeless, and so may not be re-housed by a council if you apply to them.

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