I do come across this view sometimes. Landlords telling me that their tenant has no right to stay on in their property, because he (the landlord) only agreed to let them live there for (say) six months. In a way the law is rather pitched against landlords. Tenants can leave without penalty at the end…
This myth is based on reality, and is due to the history of the assured shorthold tenancy (AST). Protected tenancies under the Rent Act 1977 When the Housing Act 1988 first introduced ASTs, people were still used to the old Rent Act system of protected tenancies (although protected shortholds had been introduced by the 1980…
This post announces an occasional new series I am starting, which I am calling Urban Myths. This will highlight and discuss ideas prevalent among landlords and tenants (and even sometimes their advisors), which may be based on misleading versions of the truth, or a hangover from past laws, or sometimes just wishful thinking. But all…
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