Plain-English breakdown of every UK tenancy type: assured shorthold, secure, flexible, regulated, periodic, family-and-friends arrangements and more. Statute, notice periods and tenant rights for each.
- Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST): Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) explained: the standard UK private rental since 1989, notice periods, deposit rules, and how the Renters' Ri
- Assured Tenancy: Assured Tenancy explained: a long-term UK tenancy under the Housing Act 1988 with stronger tenant security than an AST, rare in the modern p
- Common Law Tenancy: Common Law Tenancy explained: residential tenancies outside the Housing Act 1988, when they arise, and what contractual protections apply.
- Company Let: Company Let explained: when a business rather than an individual rents a property, why ASTs do not apply, and what rights occupiers have.
- Excluded Tenancy or Licence: Excluded Tenancy and Licence explained: lodger arrangements, resident landlords, minimal statutory protection, and the eviction rules that a
- Flexible Tenancy: Flexible Tenancy explained: fixed-term council tenancies introduced by Localism Act 2011, how they differ from Secure Tenancies, and RRA 202
- Joint Tenancy: Joint tenancy explained: when two or more tenants share a single tenancy, the four unities, joint and several liability, and how notice work
- Licence to Occupy: Licence to Occupy explained: non-exclusive residential arrangements, how they differ from a tenancy, and when a court will find a tenancy in
- NI Private Tenancy: Northern Ireland private tenancy explained: rules under the Private Tenancies (NI) Order 2006, notice periods, deposit protection, and landl
- Periodic Tenancy: Periodic tenancy explained: rolling monthly or weekly UK tenancies, how they arise after a fixed term, notice periods, and Renters' Rights A
- Private Residential Tenancy (PRT): Private Residential Tenancy (PRT) explained: Scotland's standard private rental since 2017, open-ended duration, no-fault eviction abolished
- Regulated / Protected Tenancy: Regulated (Protected) Tenancy explained: pre-1989 UK tenancies under the Rent Act 1977 with fair rents, strong security, and succession righ
- Scottish Secure Tenancy: Scottish Secure Tenancy (SST) explained: the council and housing association tenancy in Scotland under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.
- Secure Tenancy: Secure Tenancy explained: the UK council house tenancy under Housing Act 1985 with strong security, succession rights, right to buy, and exc
- Starter Tenancy: Starter Tenancy explained: introductory tenancies at registered providers, probationary twelve-month period, how they convert to full Assure