Succeeding to a tenancy
Your right for somebody to take over your tenancy when you die
When you die, your tenancy will pass to your husband, wife or someone you lived with as your husband or wife (this includes a same-sex partner), as long as they lived with you in your home when you died. This is called ‘succession’.
If you do not have a husband, wife or partner or you do not want your tenancy to pass to them, it can pass to any member of your family who has been living with you for 12 months in a row before you died. If more than one person qualifies to take over the tenancy, we will give priority to your husband or wife.
By ‘member of your family’, we mean parents, children, grandparents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins, step-relatives and adopted children.
By law, it is not possible for someone to take over the tenancy after the first succession. But, in certain circumstances, we may pass the tenancy to a relative.
If a member of your family takes over your tenancy when you die and we think your home is too big for their needs, we may move them to a more suitable home.
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Document Created:
01/09/2009 11:30
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16/06/2011 14:21