Common use of Secure Tenancy Clause in Contracts

Secure Tenancy. If you are an introductory tenant you will automatically become a secure tenant after 12 months, provided you don't breach the conditions of your tenancy. As a secure tenant you have the right, subject to meeting any applicable criteria or gaining any necessary approval, to: • Live in your home for the rest of your life as long as you continue to comply with the requirements of your tenancy agreement • Buy your home at a discount, after a qualifying period • Pass on your home to someone in your family living with you when you die, provided that you yourself had not succeeded the tenancy (subject to certain conditions) • Take in lodgers and sub-let part of your home (although you should note that this may affect any housing benefits that you are receiving) • Have your home repaired (some repairs are the responsibility of the tenant while others are the responsibility of the Council) • Carry out improvements to your home (subject to written consent from your council) • Be compensated for certain improvements you have made if you move home • Take on the management of your estate • Exchange your home with another tenant • Be consulted on housing management matters • Be given information about how the Council runs the homes that it owns You have the right to live in your home indefinitely, as long as the Council does not start legal proceedings to evict you. The Council can only evict you by following the correct procedure and getting a court order. The Council has to give you written notice, and prove a legal reason why you should be evicted before they can get a court order. If tenancy enforcement action is taken against you due to anti-social behaviour, this may lead to your secure tenancy being demoted by the court. This would reduce your rights as a tenant. Demoted Tenancy A secure tenancy can be downgraded to a demoted tenancy. A demoted tenancy is very similar to an introductory tenancy. You have more limited rights and less protection from eviction than a secure tenancy. The Council has to get a court order if they want to downgrade your tenancy in this way. The court can demote your tenancy if you (or someone who lives with you, or visits you regularly) have behaved anti-socially or caused nuisance in the area, threatened to do so, or used your home for illegal activities such as drug dealing. A demotion order will normally last for one year, unless: • The Council starts possession proceedings against you • You leave your home (in which case you will lose the tenancy) • The court overturns the order (for example if the judge believes that it should not have been made in the first place) • You die and no one is entitled to take on the tenancy If you do not cause nuisance or break your tenancy agreement in other ways, you should automatically become a secure tenant again after 12 months. If the Council starts court action during the 12 months, you can be evicted more easily than a secure tenant. Demoted tenancies can be ended much more easily than secure tenancies. The Council does not have to prove a legal reason in court but they have to follow the correct procedure to evict you. The Council must give you at least four weeks' written notice that they are going to ask the court to evict you and explain the reasons why. Get advice immediately if this happens. You have the right to ask the Council to review their decision, but only if you do so within 14 days of receiving the notice. If you miss this deadline, the Council can apply to the court for an eviction order. The court will have no choice but to grant the eviction order if the Council has followed the correct procedure. The right to buy will be suspended until your tenancy becomes secure again. The time you spent as a demoted tenant will not count towards your discount. You do not normally have the right to take in a lodger or sublet part of your home while your tenancy is demoted. If you do so without written permission from the Council, you can be evicted more easily than a secure tenant. You will not normally be able to exchange your home or get a transfer while your tenancy is demoted. Once your tenancy becomes secure, you will be able to apply. You can not pass on a demoted tenancy by assignment (i.e. transfer it to someone else during your lifetime) unless it is done as part of a divorce or other family proceedings. You will be able to do so once your tenancy becomes secure again. Tenancy Agreement

Secure Tenancy. We may end your tenancy if you break a term of this agreement by serving on you the appropriate statutory notice and obtaining a court order for possession. Death of a Tenant How the tenancy can be ended A tenancy does not automatically end when a tenant dies and no one has inherited it. The landlord or the person looking after the affairs of the tenant who died can end the tenancy. By the landlord A landlord must serve a minimum of four weeks’ notice on those looking after the deceased tenant’s affairs or on the Public Trustee. By the person looking after the affairs of the tenant who died If you are an introductory looking after the affairs of the tenant who died you must: serve a minimum of four weeks’ notice on the landlord, or agree a ‘surrender’ of the tenancy with the landlord An agreed surrender will automatically become end the tenancy straightaway. The landlord might not accept a secure surrender if you are still living in the property. If you want to leave, check if the tenancy can be terminated by mutual consent between the landlord and those looking after the affairs of the tenant after 12 months, provided you don't breach the conditions of your tenancywho died. As a secure tenant you have the right, subject to meeting any applicable criteria or gaining any necessary approval, toYou must get our written permission before you: • Live make improvements or carry out alterations to your home (see condition 4d) • run a business from your home (see condition 7f) • put a garage, greenhouse, conservatory, shed or bird/animal enclosure in the garden (see conditions 11d and 12b) • lay laminate flooring if you live in a flat • lay ceramic floor tiles if you live in a flat • fit a CB aerial or satellite dish (see condition 8n) • use portable oil, paraffin or gas cylinder heaters in your home for the rest of your life as long as you continue to comply with the requirements of your tenancy agreement without our written permission (see section 8) • Buy store inflammable materials or gas anywhere at your home at without our written permission (see section 8) • build a discountparking space, after a qualifying period • Pass on your home to someone in your family living with you when you die, provided that you yourself had not succeeded the tenancy garage or drive (subject to certain conditionssee condition 13a) • Take in lodgers and sub-let remove, add, alter (other than repair or maintain) or replace any walls, hedges, fences or trees(see condition 12c) • sublet any part of your home (although you should note that this may affect any housing benefits that you are receivingsee condition 4g) • Have your home repaired (some repairs are the responsibility of the tenant while others are the responsibility of the Council) • Carry out improvements to exchange your home (subject see condition 4f) Please Note As well as getting our written permission, you may need to written consent from your council) • Be compensated for certain improvements you have made get planning permission and meet building regulations. We may withdraw our permission if you move home • Take cause a nuisance. South Kesteven District Council processes personal data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Xxx 0000. Our data protection policy and further information can be accessed on our website xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. Collecting and storing your data By signing this agreement, you agree and acknowledge that we will hold and process any personal information (including special category personal data such as health information) about you or other family members, household members and visitors to the management property that you provide or which has been or will be provided by third parties for the purposes of performing our functions as your estate • Exchange landlord. Sharing data This may include disclosure to other South Kesteven District Council departments or certain third parties as permitted by law such as other Local Authorities including Lincolnshire County Council, Central Government departments such as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, contractors processing your home information on our behalf, Social Services, Police, Department of Work & Pensions, Home Office, Court Service, Probation, Private Registered Providers (Housing Associations), Health Authorities, Utility companies such as Anglian Water and Support Agencies. Your personal data will be processed in accordance with another tenant • Be consulted on housing management matters • Be given information about how the Council runs the homes that it owns law and no personal data will be sold to third parties. Your personal data will only be shared with others where this is permitted by law. Your rights You have the right to live in your home indefinitely, as long as the Council does not start legal proceedings to evict see data which we hold about you. The Council can We are only evict allowed to refuse you by following the correct procedure and getting a court order. The Council has to give you written notice, and prove a legal reason why you should be evicted before they can get a court order. If tenancy enforcement action is taken against you due to anti-social behaviour, this may lead access to your secure tenancy being demoted by the court. This would reduce your rights as a tenant. Demoted Tenancy A secure tenancy can be downgraded to a demoted tenancy. A demoted tenancy is very similar to an introductory tenancy. You have more data in limited rights and less protection from eviction than a secure tenancy. The Council has to get a court order if they want to downgrade your tenancy in this way. The court can demote your tenancy if you (or someone who lives with youcircumstances, or visits you regularly) have behaved anti-socially or caused nuisance in the area, threatened to do so, or used your home for illegal activities such as drug dealing. A demotion order will normally last for one year, unless: • The Council starts possession proceedings against you • You leave your home (in which case you will lose the tenancy) • The court overturns the order (for example if where information may identify a third party who has not consented and the judge believes that it should inclusion of their data is not have been made in the first place) • You die and no one is entitled to take on the tenancy If you do not cause nuisance or break your tenancy agreement in other ways, you should automatically become a secure tenant again after 12 months. If the Council starts court action during the 12 months, you can be evicted more easily than a secure tenant. Demoted tenancies can be ended much more easily than secure tenancies. The Council does not have to prove a legal reason in court but they have to follow the correct procedure to evict you. The Council must give you at least four weeks' written notice that they are going to ask the court to evict you and explain the reasons why. Get advice immediately if this happenspermitted by law. You have the right to ask request that your data be rectified if incorrect, to object to or restrict data processing and the Council right to review their decisionerasure of your data in certain circumstances. You also have rights relating to decisions made solely by computers where relevant. For further advice and information regarding access to personal information please see our privacy notice for customers at http:// xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx or contact our Data Protection Officer at xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. End of tenancy If you leave your home owing rent or any other money, but only if we may pass on information about you do so within 14 days of receiving the noticeto any debt recovery or tracing agency that we instruct to recover that debt. If you miss this deadlineleave your home owing money in respect of electricity, the Council can apply gas, water, telephone or other similar charges, we may confirm your contact details to the court for an eviction order. The court will have no choice but company to grant whom the eviction order if the Council has followed the correct procedure. The right to buy will be suspended until your tenancy becomes secure again. The time you spent as a demoted tenant will not count towards your discount. You do not normally have the right to take in a lodger money is owed or sublet part of your home while your tenancy is demotedany agent acting on their behalf. If you do so without written permission from or someone acting on your behalf has made a statement relating to your housing application which you/they knew to be false or could be false or you/they deceived us regarding information supplied on your application, we may take action to repossess the property under schedule ground 5 of the Housing Xxx 0000. We are required under section 6 of the Audit Commission Xxx 0000 to participate in the National Fraud Initiative data monitoring exercise. We advise you that the data held by us in respect of your tenancy will be used for cross system and cross authority comparison purposes for the prevention and detection of fraud. Complaints If you have a problem with your council housing: First speak with the Council about it, either: by telephone on 00000 000000 via our website xx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx or in person If the problem cannot be resolved with the Council, a complaint can be made to your MP or a local councillor If the problem still cannot be resolved, contact can be made to the Housing Ombudsman (contact details are in the Tenants Handbook). South Kesteven has a rich and diverse culture - a community made up of people from different cultures with differing backgrounds, beliefs and experiences. This diversity is one of the things that make South Kesteven such a great place to live and work. To ensure all residents of South Kesteven have access to our information, it is available in a range of different languages and formats, including large print, Braille, audio tape and computer disc. To request a document in a specific language or format, you can ring us or e-mail us: ' 01476 40 60 80 * xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx Large print, Braille, audio tape or computer disc This information can be evicted more easily than made available in large print, Braille, on audio tape or computer disc. If you, or someone you know, might benefit from this service, please contact us. Česky / Czech Tato informace může být dostupná i v češtině. Pokud byste Vy, a secure tenantnebo někdo koho znáte, xxxx využít tohoto servisu, obraťte se prosím na nás. You will not normally be able to exchange your home or get Magyar / Hungarian Ezeket az információkat magyar nyelven is tudjuk biztosítani. Ha Ön, vagy valaki, akit Ön ismer igényt tart erre a transfer while your tenancy is demotedszolgáltatásra, kérem, keressen fel minket. Once your tenancy becomes secureLatviski / Latvian Xx xxxxxxxxxxx xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx. Xx Xxxx vai kādai no Jūsu paziņai šādi pakalpojumi nāktu par labu, you will be able to applylūdzu kontaktējiet mūs. You can not pass on a demoted tenancy by assignment (i.e. transfer it to someone else during your lifetime) unless it is done as part of a divorce or other family proceedingsLietuviškai / Lithuanian Šią informaciją galite gauti lietuvių kalba. You will be able to do so once your tenancy becomes secure againPrašome kreiptis į mus, jei jums xxxx xxxx pažįstamiems ši paslauga galėtų būti naudinga. Tenancy AgreementPolski / Polish Informacja xx xxxx być dostępna w języku polskim. Jeżeli Pańswo albo ktoś kogo Państwo znają, może z tej usługi skorzystać, proszę nas kontaktować. Português / Portuguese Esta informação pode ser disponibilizada em português. Se você, ou alguém que conhecer, beneficiar com este serviço, por favor contacte- nos. Русский / Russian Данная информация может быть предоставлена на русском языке. Если Вы или Ваши знакомые посчитаете такую услугу необходимой, пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами. Türkçe / Turkish Bu bilgiler Türkçe dilinde mevcuttur. Siz veya bir tanıdığınızın bu hizmetden faydalanacağını düşünüyorsanız lütfen bizi arayınız. South Kesteven District Council St. Peter’s Hill Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 6PZ 01476 406080

Secure Tenancy. If you are an introductory tenant you will automatically become a secure tenant after 12 months, provided you don't breach the conditions This agreement is for both kinds of your tenancy. As a secure tenant you have the rightAll parts of this agreement apply to both Introductory tenants and Secure tenants, subject except for those parts which are highlighted as applying to meeting any applicable criteria or gaining any necessary approval, to: • Live in your home for the rest of your life as long as you continue to comply with the requirements of your Secure tenants only. Please read this tenancy agreement • Buy your home at a discount, after a qualifying period • Pass on your home to someone in your family living with you when you die, provided that you yourself had not succeeded carefully before signing the tenancy (subject to certain conditions) • Take in lodgers and sub-let part of your home (although you should note that this may affect any housing benefits that you are receiving) • Have your home repaired (some repairs are the responsibility of the tenant while others are the responsibility of the Council) • Carry out improvements to your home (subject to written consent from your council) • Be compensated for certain improvements you have made if you move home • Take on the management of your estate • Exchange your home with another tenant • Be consulted on housing management matters • Be given information about how the Council runs the homes that it owns You have the right to live in your home indefinitely, as long as the Council does not start legal proceedings to evict youdeclaration below. The Council can only evict you by following the correct procedure and getting a court order. The Council has to give you written notice, and prove a legal reason why you should be evicted before they can get a court order. If tenancy enforcement action is taken against you due to anti-social behaviour, this may lead to your secure tenancy being demoted by the court. This would reduce your rights as a tenant. Demoted Tenancy A secure tenancy can be downgraded to a demoted tenancy. A demoted tenancy is very similar to an introductory tenancy. You have more limited rights and less protection from eviction than a secure tenancy. The Council has to get a court order if they want to downgrade your tenancy in this way. The court can demote your tenancy if you (or someone who lives with you, or visits you regularly) have behaved anti-socially or caused nuisance in the area, threatened to do so, or used your home for illegal activities such as drug dealing. A demotion order will normally last for one year, unless: • The Council starts possession proceedings against you • You leave your home (in which case you will lose the tenancy) • The court overturns the order (for example if the judge believes that it should not have been made in the first place) • You die and no one is entitled to take on the tenancy If you do not cause nuisance understand any of the conditions or break you need more information, please contact your Housing Office, a solicitor, a Law Centre, the Citizens Advice Bureau, a Housing Advice Centre or Shelter for help. Repayment of former tenancy agreement in other waysarrears This term applies where, immediately prior to the date of this agreement, you should automatically become were a secure tenant again after 12 monthsof other premises owned by us (the ‘previous tenancy’). If Where you owe rent or any other outstanding sum to us at the Council starts court action during end of the 12 monthsprevious tenancy, then you agree to repay that sum in accordance with the agreement set out in Schedule 1 (agreement left blank if not applicable), or any subsequent agreement entered into by you with us. Where you fail to keep to any repayment agreement, you can be evicted more easily than a secure tenantare in breach of this term of the tenancy. Demoted tenancies can be ended much more easily than secure tenanciesFraud detection We may use the information you provide to us to prevent or detect fraud or other crimes. We may also share this information for the same purposes with other organisations that handle public funds or who enforce any criminal laws. The Council does not have information may also be used for statistical surveys, which means we may pass this information in confidence to prove a legal reason in court but they have government departments and agencies. Data Protection By signing this Agreement, you consent to follow us processing your personal data. We will comply with the correct procedure Data Protection Xxx 0000 and any replacement legislation including the General Data Protection Regulation. We will allow you to evict you. The Council must give you at least four weeks' written notice that they are going to ask the court to evict inspect personal information held by us about you and explain the reasons why. Get advice immediately if this happens. You have the right to ask the Council to review their decision, but only if you do so within 14 days of receiving the notice. If you miss this deadline, the Council can apply to the court for an eviction order. The court will have no choice but to grant the eviction order if the Council has followed the correct procedure. The right to buy will be suspended until your tenancy becomes secure again. The time you spent as a demoted tenant will not count towards your discount. You do not normally have the right to take in a lodger or sublet part of your home while your tenancy is demoted. If you do so without written permission from the Council, you can be evicted more easily than a secure tenantask us to correct or record your disagreement with the information held. You will not normally be able By signing this Agreement you give consent to exchange your home or get a transfer while your tenancy is demoted. Once your tenancy becomes secure, us to disclose personal information which we hold about you will be able to apply. You can not pass on a demoted tenancy by assignment (i.e. transfer it to someone else during your lifetime) unless third parties if it is done as part of a divorce or other family proceedings. You will be able reasonable for us to do so once in the course of our business as a housing provider. Examples of third parties we may make disclosure to are benefit agencies (such as the DWP and housing benefit departments), other landlords, the police or other public agencies; tracing/debt collection agencies. We will not disclose sensitive personal information (e.g. medical records) except with your tenancy becomes secure againexplicit consent or if otherwise authorised under the Data Protection Xxx 0000 or any replacement legislation. Tenancy AgreementXXXXXX BOROUGH COUNCIL | HOUSING DEPARTMENT TENANCY AGREEMENT

Secure Tenancy. We may end your tenancy if you break a term of this agreement by serving on you the appropriate statutory notice and obtaining a court order for possession. Death of a Tenant How the tenancy can be ended A tenancy does not automatically end when a tenant dies and no one has inherited it. The landlord or the person looking after the affairs of the tenant who died can end the tenancy. By the landlord A landlord must serve a minimum of four weeks’ notice on those looking after the deceased tenant’s affairs or on the Public Trustee. By the person looking after the affairs of the tenant who died If you are an introductory looking after the affairs of the tenant who died you must: serve a minimum of four weeks’ notice on the landlord, or agree a ‘surrender’ of the tenancy with the landlord An agreed surrender will automatically become end the tenancy straightaway. The landlord might not accept a secure surrender if you are still living in the property. If you want to leave, check if the tenancy can be terminated by mutual consent between the landlord and those looking after the affairs of the tenant after 12 months, provided you don't breach the conditions of your tenancywho died. As a secure tenant you have the right, subject to meeting any applicable criteria or gaining any necessary approval, toYou must get our written permission before you: • Live make improvements or carry out alterations to your home (see condition 4d) • run a business from your home (see condition 7f) • put a garage, greenhouse, conservatory, shed or bird/animal enclosure in the garden (see conditions 11d and 12b) • lay laminate flooring if you live in a flat • lay ceramic floor tiles if you live in a flat • fit a CB aerial or satellite dish (see condition 8n) • use portable oil, paraffin or gas cylinder heaters in your home for the rest of your life as long as you continue to comply with the requirements of your tenancy agreement without our written permission (see section 8) • Buy store inflammable materials or gas anywhere at your home at without our written permission (see section 8) • build a discountparking space, after a qualifying period • Pass on your home to someone in your family living with you when you die, provided that you yourself had not succeeded the tenancy garage or drive (subject to certain conditionssee condition 13a) • Take in lodgers and sub-let remove, add, alter (other than repair or maintain) or replace any walls, hedges, fences or trees(see condition 12c) • sublet any part of your home (although you should note that this may affect any housing benefits that you are receivingsee condition 4g) • Have your home repaired (some repairs are the responsibility of the tenant while others are the responsibility of the Council) • Carry out improvements to exchange your home (subject see condition 4f) Please Note As well as getting our written permission, you may need to written consent from your council) • Be compensated for certain improvements you have made get planning permission and meet building regulations. We may withdraw our permission if you move home • Take cause a nuisance. South Kesteven District Council processes personal data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Xxx 0000. Our data protection policy and further information can be accessed on our website xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. Collecting and storing your data By signing this agreement, you agree and acknowledge that we will hold and process any personal information (including special category personal data such as health information) about you or other family members, household members and visitors to the management property that you provide or which has been or will be provided by third parties for the purposes of performing our functions as your estate • Exchange landlord. Sharing data This may include disclosure to other South Kesteven District Council departments or certain third parties as permitted by law such as other Local Authorities including Lincolnshire County Council, Central Government departments such as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, contractors processing your home information on our behalf, Social Services, Police, Department of Work & Pensions, Home Office, Court Service, Probation, Private Registered Providers (Housing Associations), Health Authorities, Utility companies such as Anglian Water and Support Agencies. Your personal data will be processed in accordance with another tenant • Be consulted on housing management matters • Be given information about how the Council runs the homes that it owns law and no personal data will be sold to third parties. Your personal data will only be shared with others where this is permitted by law. Your rights You have the right to live in your home indefinitely, as long as the Council does not start legal proceedings to evict see data which we hold about you. The Council can We are only evict allowed to refuse you by following the correct procedure and getting a court order. The Council has to give you written notice, and prove a legal reason why you should be evicted before they can get a court order. If tenancy enforcement action is taken against you due to anti-social behaviour, this may lead access to your secure tenancy being demoted by the court. This would reduce your rights as a tenant. Demoted Tenancy A secure tenancy can be downgraded to a demoted tenancy. A demoted tenancy is very similar to an introductory tenancy. You have more data in limited rights and less protection from eviction than a secure tenancy. The Council has to get a court order if they want to downgrade your tenancy in this way. The court can demote your tenancy if you (or someone who lives with youcircumstances, or visits you regularly) have behaved anti-socially or caused nuisance in the area, threatened to do so, or used your home for illegal activities such as drug dealing. A demotion order will normally last for one year, unless: • The Council starts possession proceedings against you • You leave your home (in which case you will lose the tenancy) • The court overturns the order (for example if where information may identify a third party who has not consented and the judge believes that it should inclusion of their data is not have been made in the first place) • You die and no one is entitled to take on the tenancy If you do not cause nuisance or break your tenancy agreement in other ways, you should automatically become a secure tenant again after 12 months. If the Council starts court action during the 12 months, you can be evicted more easily than a secure tenant. Demoted tenancies can be ended much more easily than secure tenancies. The Council does not have to prove a legal reason in court but they have to follow the correct procedure to evict you. The Council must give you at least four weeks' written notice that they are going to ask the court to evict you and explain the reasons why. Get advice immediately if this happenspermitted by law. You have the right to ask request that your data be rectified if incorrect, to object to or restrict data processing and the Council right to review their decisionerasure of your data in certain circumstances. You also have rights relating to decisions made solely by computers where relevant. For further advice and information regarding access to personal information please see our privacy notice for customers at http:// xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx or contact our Data Protection Officer at xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. End of tenancy If you leave your home owing rent or any other money, but only if we may pass on information about you do so within 14 days of receiving the noticeto any debt recovery or tracing agency that we instruct to recover that debt. If you miss this deadlineleave your home owing money in respect of electricity, the Council can apply gas, water, telephone or other similar charges, we may confirm your contact details to the court for an eviction order. The court will have no choice but company to grant whom the eviction order if the Council has followed the correct procedure. The right to buy will be suspended until your tenancy becomes secure again. The time you spent as a demoted tenant will not count towards your discount. You do not normally have the right to take in a lodger money is owed or sublet part of your home while your tenancy is demotedany agent acting on their behalf. If you do so without written permission from or someone acting on your behalf has made a statement relating to your housing application which you/they knew to be false or could be false or you/they deceived us regarding information supplied on your application, we may consider taking action to repossess the property under schedule ground 5 of the Housing Xxx 0000. We are required under section 6 of the Audit Commission Xxx 0000 to participate in the National Fraud Initiative data monitoring exercise. We advise you that the data held by us in respect of your tenancy will be used for cross system and cross authority comparison purposes for the prevention and detection of fraud. Complaints If you have a problem with your council housing: First speak with the Council about it, either: by telephone on 00000 000000 via our website xx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx or in person If the problem cannot be resolved with the Council, a complaint can be made to your MP or a local councillor If the problem still cannot be resolved, contact can be made to the Housing Ombudsman (contact details are in the Tenants Handbook). South Kesteven has a rich and diverse culture - a community made up of people from different cultures with differing backgrounds, beliefs and experiences. This diversity is one of the things that make South Kesteven such a great place to live and work. To ensure all residents of South Kesteven have access to our information, it is available in a range of different languages and formats, including large print, Braille, audio tape and computer disc. To request a document in a specific language or format, you can ring us or e-mail us: 🕾 01476 40 60 80 🖂 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx Large print, Braille, audio tape or computer disc This information can be evicted more easily than made available in large print, Braille, on audio tape or computer disc. If you, or someone you know, might benefit from this service, please contact us. Česky / Czech Tato informace může být dostupná i v češtině. Pokud byste Vy, a secure tenantnebo někdo koho znáte, xxxx využít tohoto servisu, obraťte se prosím na nás. You will not normally be able to exchange your home or get Magyar / Hungarian Ezeket az információkat magyar nyelven is tudjuk biztosítani. Ha Ön, vagy valaki, akit Ön ismer igényt tart erre a transfer while your tenancy is demotedszolgáltatásra, kérem, keressen fel minket. Once your tenancy becomes secureLatviski / Latvian Xx xxxxxxxxxxx xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx. Xx Xxxx vai kādai no Jūsu paziņai šādi pakalpojumi nāktu par labu, you will be able to applylūdzu kontaktējiet mūs. You can not pass on a demoted tenancy by assignment (i.e. transfer it to someone else during your lifetime) unless it is done as part of a divorce or other family proceedingsLietuviškai / Lithuanian Šią informaciją galite gauti lietuvių kalba. You will be able to do so once your tenancy becomes secure againPrašome kreiptis į mus, jei jums xxxx xxxx pažįstamiems ši paslauga galėtų būti naudinga. Tenancy AgreementPolski / Polish Informacja xx xxxx być dostępna w języku polskim. Jeżeli Pańswo albo ktoś kogo Państwo znają, może z tej usługi skorzystać, proszę nas kontaktować. Português / Portuguese Esta informação pode ser disponibilizada em português. Se você, ou alguém que conhecer, beneficiar com este serviço, por favor contacte- nos. Русский / Russian Данная информация может быть предоставлена на русском языке. Если Вы или Ваши знакомые посчитаете такую услугу необходимой, пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами. Türkçe / Turkish Bu bilgiler Türkçe dilinde mevcuttur. Siz veya bir tanıdığınızın bu hizmetden faydalanacağını düşünüyorsanız lütfen bizi arayınız. South Kesteven District Council St. Peter’s Hill Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 6PZ

Secure Tenancy. We may end your tenancy if you break a term of this agreement by serving on you the appropriate statutory notice and obtaining a court order for possession. Death of a Tenant How the tenancy can be ended A tenancy does not automatically end when a tenant dies and no one has inherited it. The landlord or the person looking after the affairs of the tenant who died can end the tenancy. By the landlord A landlord must serve a minimum of four weeks’ notice on those looking after the deceased tenant’s affairs or on the Public Trustee. By the person looking after the affairs of the tenant who died If you are an introductory looking after the affairs of the tenant who died you must: serve a minimum of four weeks’ notice on the landlord, or agree a ‘surrender’ of the tenancy with the landlord An agreed surrender will automatically become end the tenancy straightaway. The landlord might not accept a secure surrender if you are still living in the property. If you want to leave, check if the tenancy can be terminated by mutual consent between the landlord and those looking after the affairs of the tenant after 12 months, provided you don't breach the conditions of your tenancywho died. As a secure tenant you have the right, subject to meeting any applicable criteria or gaining any necessary approval, toYou must get our written permission before you: • Live make improvements or carry out alterations to your home (see condition 4d) • run a business from your home (see condition 7f) • put a garage, greenhouse, conservatory, shed or bird/animal enclosure in the garden (see conditions 11d and 12b) • lay laminate flooring if you live in a flat • lay ceramic floor tiles if you live in a flat • fit a CB aerial or satellite dish (see condition 8n) • use portable oil, paraffin or gas cylinder heaters in your home for the rest of your life as long as you continue to comply with the requirements of your tenancy agreement without our written permission (see section 8) • Buy store inflammable materials or gas anywhere at your home at without our written permission (see section 8) • build a discountparking space, after a qualifying period • Pass on your home to someone in your family living with you when you die, provided that you yourself had not succeeded the tenancy garage or drive (subject to certain conditionssee condition 13a) • Take in lodgers and sub-let remove, add, alter (other than repair or maintain) or replace any walls, hedges, fences or trees(see condition 12c) • sublet any part of your home (although you should note that this may affect any housing benefits that you are receivingsee condition 4g) • Have your home repaired (some repairs are the responsibility of the tenant while others are the responsibility of the Council) • Carry out improvements to exchange your home (subject see condition 4f) Please Note As well as getting our written permission, you may need to written consent from your council) • Be compensated for certain improvements you have made get planning permission and meet building regulations. We may withdraw our permission if you move home • Take cause a nuisance. South Kesteven District Council processes personal data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. Our data protection policy and further information can be accessed on our website xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. Collecting and storing your data By signing this agreement, you agree and acknowledge that we will hold and process any personal information (including special category personal data such as health information) about you or other family members, household members and visitors to the management property that you provide or which has been or will be provided by third parties for the purposes of performing our functions as your estate • Exchange landlord. Sharing data This may include disclosure to other South Kesteven District Council departments or certain third parties as permitted by law such as other Local Authorities including Lincolnshire County Council, Central Government departments such as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, contractors processing your home information on our behalf, Social Services, Police, Department of Work & Pensions, Home Office, Court Service, Probation, Private Registered Providers (Housing Associations), Health Authorities, Utility companies such as Anglian Water and Support Agencies. Your personal data will be processed in accordance with another tenant • Be consulted on housing management matters • Be given information about how the Council runs the homes that it owns law and no personal data will be sold to third parties. Your personal data will only be shared with others where this is permitted by law. Your rights You have the right to live in your home indefinitely, as long as the Council does not start legal proceedings to evict see data which we hold about you. The Council can We are only evict allowed to refuse you by following the correct procedure and getting a court order. The Council has to give you written notice, and prove a legal reason why you should be evicted before they can get a court order. If tenancy enforcement action is taken against you due to anti-social behaviour, this may lead access to your secure tenancy being demoted by the court. This would reduce your rights as a tenant. Demoted Tenancy A secure tenancy can be downgraded to a demoted tenancy. A demoted tenancy is very similar to an introductory tenancy. You have more data in limited rights and less protection from eviction than a secure tenancy. The Council has to get a court order if they want to downgrade your tenancy in this way. The court can demote your tenancy if you (or someone who lives with youcircumstances, or visits you regularly) have behaved anti-socially or caused nuisance in the area, threatened to do so, or used your home for illegal activities such as drug dealing. A demotion order will normally last for one year, unless: • The Council starts possession proceedings against you • You leave your home (in which case you will lose the tenancy) • The court overturns the order (for example if where information may identify a third party who has not consented and the judge believes that it should inclusion of their data is not have been made in the first place) • You die and no one is entitled to take on the tenancy If you do not cause nuisance or break your tenancy agreement in other ways, you should automatically become a secure tenant again after 12 months. If the Council starts court action during the 12 months, you can be evicted more easily than a secure tenant. Demoted tenancies can be ended much more easily than secure tenancies. The Council does not have to prove a legal reason in court but they have to follow the correct procedure to evict you. The Council must give you at least four weeks' written notice that they are going to ask the court to evict you and explain the reasons why. Get advice immediately if this happenspermitted by law. You have the right to ask request that your data be rectified if incorrect, to object to or restrict data processing and the Council right to review their decisionerasure of your data in certain circumstances. You also have rights relating to decisions made solely by computers where relevant. For further advice and information regarding access to personal information please see our privacy notice for customers at http:// xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx or contact our Data Protection Officer at xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. End of tenancy If you leave your home owing rent or any other money, but only if we may pass on information about you do so within 14 days of receiving the noticeto any debt recovery or tracing agency that we instruct to recover that debt. If you miss this deadlineleave your home owing money in respect of electricity, the Council can apply gas, water, telephone or other similar charges, we may confirm your contact details to the court for an eviction order. The court will have no choice but company to grant whom the eviction order if the Council has followed the correct procedure. The right to buy will be suspended until your tenancy becomes secure again. The time you spent as a demoted tenant will not count towards your discount. You do not normally have the right to take in a lodger money is owed or sublet part of your home while your tenancy is demotedany agent acting on their behalf. If you do so without written permission from or someone acting on your behalf has made a statement relating to your housing application which you/they knew to be false or could be false or you/they deceived us regarding information supplied on your application, we may take action to repossess the property under schedule ground 5 of the Housing Act 1985. We are required under section 6 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 to participate in the National Fraud Initiative data monitoring exercise. We advise you that the data held by us in respect of your tenancy will be used for cross system and cross authority comparison purposes for the prevention and detection of fraud. Complaints If you have a problem with your council housing: First speak with the Council about it, either: by telephone on 00000 000000 via our website xx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx or in person If the problem cannot be resolved with the Council, a complaint can be made to your MP or a local councillor If the problem still cannot be resolved, contact can be made to the Housing Ombudsman (contact details are in the Tenants Handbook). South Kesteven has a rich and diverse culture - a community made up of people from different cultures with differing backgrounds, beliefs and experiences. This diversity is one of the things that make South Kesteven such a great place to live and work. To ensure all residents of South Kesteven have access to our information, it is available in a range of different languages and formats, including large print, Braille, audio tape and computer disc. To request a document in a specific language or format, you can ring us or e-mail us: 🕾 01476 40 60 80 🖂 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx Large print, Braille, audio tape or computer disc This information can be evicted more easily than made available in large print, Braille, on audio tape or computer disc. If you, or someone you know, might benefit from this service, please contact us. Česky / Czech Tato informace může být dostupná i v češtině. Pokud byste Vy, a secure tenantnebo někdo koho znáte, xxxx využít tohoto servisu, obraťte se prosím na nás. You will not normally be able to exchange your home or get Magyar / Hungarian Ezeket az információkat magyar nyelven is tudjuk biztosítani. Ha Ön, vagy valaki, akit Ön ismer igényt tart erre a transfer while your tenancy is demotedszolgáltatásra, kérem, keressen fel minket. Once your tenancy becomes secureLatviski / Latvian Šo informāciju var iegūt arī latviešu valodā. Xx Xxxx vai kādai no Jūsu paziņai šādi pakalpojumi nāktu par labu, you will be able to applylūdzu kontaktējiet mūs. You can not pass on a demoted tenancy by assignment (i.e. transfer it to someone else during your lifetime) unless it is done as part of a divorce or other family proceedingsLietuviškai / Lithuanian Šią informaciją galite gauti lietuvių kalba. You will be able to do so once your tenancy becomes secure againPrašome kreiptis į mus, jei jums xxxx xxxx pažįstamiems ši paslauga galėtų būti naudinga. Tenancy AgreementPolski / Polish Informacja xx xxxx być dostępna w języku polskim. Jeżeli Pańswo albo ktoś kogo Państwo znają, może z tej usługi skorzystać, proszę nas kontaktować. Português / Portuguese Esta informação pode ser disponibilizada em português. Se você, ou alguém que conhecer, beneficiar com este serviço, por favor contacte- nos. Русский / Russian Данная информация может быть предоставлена на русском языке. Если Вы или Ваши знакомые посчитаете такую услугу необходимой, пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами. Türkçe / Turkish Bu bilgiler Türkçe dilinde mevcuttur. Siz veya bir tanıdığınızın bu hizmetden faydalanacağını düşünüyorsanız lütfen bizi arayınız. South Kesteven District Council St. Peter’s Hill Grantham Lincolnshire NG31 6PZ 01476 406080