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Your neighbours and community
- What you can expect
- Behaviour of members of your household, your visitors and animals
Vehicles and parking
Assignment, succession, exchange and transfer
- Assignment
- Succession
- Exchange
- Transfer
- Change of tenant by Court Order
Ending the tenancy
- Your Right to end your tenancy
- In the event of your death
- Our power to end your secure tenancy
Moving out
- Your right to move somewhere else
- Preparing to leave your home
- At the end of the tenancy
Communication and consultation
- How we will treat you
- How we can use your personal information
- Consulting you about things that affect you
- How to make a comment, compliment or complaint
Buying your home
Living in a flat or maisonette
Living in housing for people aged 60 and over
Living in housing for people aged 55 and over
New build homes
Checklist of dos and don'ts

11. Your neighbours and community

In this section:

The term ‘property' also includes the communal or shared areas
The 'Locality' is the general area in which the property sits
Where these tenancy conditions require you not to do something, you must also not permit any of your household or any visitor to do so.
If any joint tenant, or member of your Household or any visitor commits any act which is forbidden by these tenancy conditions you (or in the case of joint tenants, all of you) will be held responsible for that act as if you had yourself carried out that act.

What you can expect

11.1. You have the right to enjoy your life in your own way as long as you do not upset people living near you. This means you have the right to expect to be treated with respect and tolerance by your neighbours.

11.2. If you are a victim of anti-social behaviour or harassment we will help you try to solve the problem. If there is enough evidence and you have given us your permission we may take legal action. We will work with other agencies such as mediation or the Police if we consider it appropriate.

Behaviour of members of your household, your visitors and pets

11.3. As a tenant, you are responsible for the behaviour of every person who lives in or visits the property. This includes any member of your household or a lodger, subtenant, child, visitor or pet. You are responsible for them in the property (including the garden or balcony), on surrounding land, in shared areas (stairs, lifts, landings, entrance halls, pathways, shared gardens, parking areas), in the locality, and in or around Council ofﬁces. Your responsibility includes their behaviour to anyone who happens to be in the area where you live whether they are another resident, a visitor, Council employee or any other person carrying out business or employed work in the area.

11.4. You must not assault, threaten or harass any person living with you or sexually harass or emotionally abuse them or cause psychological harm, such that the person can no longer live peacefully in the Property.

11.5. You, and anyone you are responsible for, must not cause, or permit to be caused, a nuisance, or annoy or disturb any other person in the property, on surrounding land, in shared areas, in the locality or in or around Council offices.

Examples of nuisance, annoyance or disturbance include but are not limited to:

Loud music,
Arguing,
Slamming doors,
Dogs barking and fouling,
Allowing pets to wander or foul common areas,
Keeping unsuitable or dangerous animals,
Not looking after pets properly so that they create a health hazard or produce excessive noise or odours,
Feeding or attracting wild birds or animals in a communal area.
Drunkenness, shouting or swearing,
Dumping rubbish,
Selling or taking illegal drugs,
Vehicle racing,
Playing ball games close to someone else’s property,
Using household appliances at unreasonable times of day.

11.6. We will not tolerate any sort of harassment or victimisation of anyone in the area where our tenants live or towards our staff.

11.7. If you or any member of your household or a visitor harass or victimise anyone, we may apply to a court to make you, and anyone living with you, leave the property. In these circumstances we may not offer you another property.

Examples of harassment include but are not limited to;

Racist, sexist or homophobic behaviour or language
Verbal or written abuse
Threats
Physical violence or assault
Stalking
Persistent or offensive phone calls, texts and/or emails including use of social media
Knocking on doors and/or windows
Sending indecent or abusive material
Deliberate damage to property
Graffiti

11.8. You or any person living with you must not become a member of a gang or allow a member of a gang to visit the Property.

11.9. When we refer to a gang, we mean the definition applied by the Metropolitan Police Authority as amended from time to time which is ‘a group of individuals involved in persistent criminality for some form of personal gain (this includes profit and/or to gain or to demonstrate status) which is causing significant harm to the community and/or is of cross border concern.’ Significant harm can have one or more of the following characteristics: significant profit or loss; significant impact on community safety; serious violence; corruption; exercise of control.

11.10. You or any person living with you, including children and your visitors, must not use the property or the neighbourhood to store any drug (unless there is a lawful prescribed medical use for the drug by the relevant person) or to make, supply, cultivate, manufacture, or sell any drug.

11.11. You must not keep, or allow to be kept any prohibited weapon, firearm, shotgun, CS Gas, or air-powered weapon (for example, an air rifle) in the Property without appropriate firearms or shotgun certification required by any legislation and (whether or not any certification is required) not without the Council’s written permission. If you are permitted to keep such an item, you must make sure that it is secure and you must comply with any legal requirements or any conditions of our permission at all times.

11.12. You must not discharge any firearm, shotgun, rifle, air weapon in the Property or in the Locality.

11.13. If you or any members of your household are convicted of or we have reasonable belief that such activities during your tenancy or other evidence is collected we will take the appropriate legal action which may include applying to the court to repossess your home.

11.14. You will have to pay for any repair or replacement that is caused by vandalism or wilful damage in the area where you live by you, any member of your household or a lodger, subtenant, child, visitor or pet. Examples of wilful damage include but are not limited to putting grafﬁti on any of our buildings or property, or interfering with or damaging security or safety equipment in blocks of ﬂats or maisonettes.

12. Vehicles and parking

12.1. You, members of your household and visitors must:

Comply with the terms of any resident parking scheme. The transfer, sale or misuse of the permit or visitors permit will be considered a breach of this tenancy agreement.
Park any vehicle including a caravan, motor home or trailer considerately and follow any parking restrictions, signs and markings in the area around the property,
Not park any vehicle including a caravan, motor home or trailer on the grass verges near the property or anywhere that could block access by the emergency services or waste collection services
Not park caravans, motor homes and trailers in any Oxford City Council land designated for parking
Not park an illegal, unroadworthy or untaxed vehicle on the property, on any Oxford City Council controlled land around or next to the property, on car parking areas or on the road, verges or pavements that is non Highway land controlled by Oxford City Council, unless you can provide a valid acknowledgment of a Statutory Off Road Notice (SORN) issued by the DVLA for the period. A copy of the SORN must be visible on the vehicle and vehicles with a SORN must not be parked on our land for more than six months. After six months a vehicle with a SORN will be considered to be abandoned.
If a vehicle, including a caravan or motor home, is preventing Highways work it will be removed as a nuisance vehicle.
Should a vehicle be on any Council land, covered in such a way so as to obscure the registration plates, the Council reserve the right to uncover it enough to determine the make / model / registration number, to enable the status of the vehicle to be determined.

12.2. You must obtain our written permission before you park a motor vehicle, trailer, caravan or boat anywhere in your garden. Permission will not be given to park a caravan or motorised boat next to the property.

12.3. You must also get our written permission to park a commercial vehicle on our land, or on any part of your garden or yard if the vehicle is more than 4.8 metres long, or more than 1.83 metres wide, or more than 2 metres high (a standard short bed van).

12.4. We must give you an answer within 42 days of receiving a letter from you asking for our permission. The letter will explain the conditions that you must comply with before parking the vehicle.

12.5. You must not carry out major repairs including engine changes, body part replacements and paint spraying, to any vehicle at the Property or on our land.

12.6. You may carry out routine maintenance to your own vehicle such as the changing of tyres, plugs or oil, providing that this does not cause a hazard or nuisance or annoyance and must be disposed of correctly.

12.7. You will be responsible for the cost of repairing any damage caused to the Property or Communal Areas as a result of vehicle repairs and maintenance that you have carried out.

12.8. Not keep a mobility scooter designed for external use inside the property or the internal communal area unless in a store specified for that purpose.

13. Assignment, succession, exchange and transfer

13.1. Assignment, Succession and Exchange can only take place under the limited circumstances permitted by the Housing Act 1985 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011) and (in the case of Mutual Exchange) with our written permission which we can only withhold in certain specified circumstances.

Assignment - a tenant passes on the tenancy to an eligible person before they die.
Succession - when a tenant dies their tenancy can be passed to an eligible person.
Mutual exchange - when tenants swap the tenancies of their homes.

Assignment

13.2. As a secure tenant you have the right to assign your tenancy to another person in the following circumstances, in all cases a deed of assignment is required;

You may exchange your property with another secure or assured tenant. You must obtain our written permission before the exchange takes place.
You can assign your tenancy to someone who would be eligible to succeed to your tenancy on your death. You can only do this if there have been no other successions to this tenancy.

Succession

13.3. If you became a tenant before 15th September 2014 and providing there has been no previous succession, when you die your tenancy will pass to your husband, wife or civil partner if they are living with you at the time of you death. If you do not have a husband, wife or civil partner when you die, your tenancy can pass on to another member of your family who has been living with you for at least 12 months before your death. Family members includes your partner, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece but does not include foster children.

13.4. If you became a tenant after 15th September 2014, your tenancy can only pass to your husband, wife, civil partner, or a person who lives with you as if they were a husband, wife or civil partner if they were living with you at your home at the time of your death.

13.5. That person must occupy the property as their only or principal home at the time of the tenant’s death.

13.6. If you have a joint tenancy and one of you dies, the tenancy will pass to the other joint tenant and this will count as a statutory succession.

13.7. If your tenancy passed to you when the previous tenant died, no one else has the right to succeed or take over your tenancy.

13.8. In some special circumstances the Council may grant a surviving member of the household a new tenancy under the terms of our allocations policy.

13.9. That person must be;

Living in the property as their only or principal home when the person dies,
The tenant’s wife or husband or civil partner, or
The tenant’s partner who has lived with the tenant for at least 12 months immediately before the tenant died, or
A member of the tenant’s close family who has lived with the tenant for 12 months immediately before the tenant died.

13.10. If the property does not match the housing needs of the person granted a new tenancy, we have a right to move them to another property. For example, the home may be too large or have special adaptations.
Mutual Exchange

13.11. If you are a secure tenant, you can exchange homes with another Oxford City Council tenant or a tenant of a housing association or another local council but you must get our permission in writing ﬁrst.

13.12. We cannot refuse permission to exchange unless there is a good reason. Examples of such reasons are:

You have broken the terms of the tenancy agreement
We have grounds for possession of the property under housing legislation
You have knowingly given false information or have failed to declare a material change in your circumstances prior to the start of this tenancy
One of the homes has special adaptations for a disabled or elderly person and no one moving into the property needs the adaptations,
One of the properties would have more than the maximum number of people allowed to live in it
One of the properties would be too large for the household moving in
One of the properties is part of a sheltered-housing scheme and the household moving in would be too young for sheltered housing
You have made improvements or alterations without our written permission.

13.13. We may set certain conditions that you must meet before we give permission for the exchange can proceed. These are:• To pay or enter into an agreement to pay any outstanding rent

To clear the garden or property of any rubbish
To make good any damage caused to the property by you or your household.

13.14. You are not permitted to provide any inducement or gift, financial or otherwise to encourage someone to exchange properties with you. If you do this we can apply to a court to repossess the property.
Transfer

13.15. You may apply to move to another property suitable to your needs owned by Oxford City Council or another social landlord by application to the Housing Transfer Register.

Change of tenant by Court Order

13.16 A court can make an order for the transfer of a tenancy in special circumstances. We recommend that you seek independent legal advice in the event of a relationship breakdown or other tenancy dispute.

14. Ending the tenancy

Your right to end the tenancy

14.1. If you want to end your tenancy, you must write to give us notice. You must do this at least four weeks before you want to leave your property. This four weeks’ notice must start on a Monday and end on a Sunday.

14.2. The notice must;

be signed by the tenant
give the date it was signed by the tenant
include the tenant’s full name(s) and address of the property
contain the words; “I give notice to end the tenancy”
include the date that the tenancy will end.

14.3. You must return your keys to us no later than midday on the Monday immediately after your tenancy ends. If you do not do this, we can charge you further rent and possibly other costs.

14.4. Only a named tenant can end the tenancy but if you are joint tenants, either of you can end the tenancy of behalf of both tenants. This will end the tenancy and if the other joint tenant(s) wants to stay we will decide whether to offer the remaining person a tenancy of the property. The Council will still hold the departing tenant individually responsible for any arrears of rent and recharges created up to the date the notice ends.

14.5. We may allow you to hand back the property before the end of the notice period and not charge you the rent for the remaining period. The property must be completely clear of any belongings and furnishings, including the garden and external buildings and no persons must remain in the property.

In the event of your death

14.6. Where there is no legal successor to the tenancy your personal representative can notify us in writing and return the keys for the property to us.

14.7. We can serve a Notice to Quit on the executor or on the deceased tenant's personal representative if they have taken out probate or letters of administration (these are the legal documents entitling the personal representative to deal with the deceased person's estate).

14.8. Where there is no legal successor, executor or personal representative we will serve notice at the property to end the tenancy and send a copy to the Public Trustee Office.

Our power to end your tenancy

14.9. We can apply to a court for a possession order for the property, if:

you, or anyone living with you or visiting you, do something that breaks this Tenancy Agreement, or
you have given false information in your housing application. In these cases we might not offer you another property.

14.10. If we need to serve you with a Notice of Proceeding for Possession, a Notice to Quit or a Notice of Seeking Possession or any other Notice, this will be done by:

handing it to you in person or to any adult at the property,
delivering it through the letter box of the property, or
sending it by first-class post to the property or to your last known home address.

14.11. We can also apply to a court to repossess the property if we need to move you and anyone living with you out of your property for a special reason relating to the building itself. Examples of such reasons are:

We are planning soon to demolish or rebuild the property or to carry out work which we cannot do unless the property is empty.
The property is specially adapted for a physically disabled person, or is part of a group used for persons with special needs, there is no longer such a person living there, and we require the Property for such a person.
The property has become unsafe for some reason and we need to move you for your own safety.
You are only living in the Property because we are doing work to your home, and your home is now ready for you to move back into.

14.12. If we need you to move out of your property for such reasons, we will offer you a suitable property to move to.

14.13. If a clause of the tenancy agreement is broken we may apply to the County Court for a Court Order to direct you to comply with the Tenancy Agreement.

15. Moving out

15.1. You must tell us if you need to live somewhere else for a while or you are going to be away. If you go away from the property for more than six weeks without telling us or we have good reason to believe you have no intention to return we will treat you as having parted with possession of the Property and take action to repossess the property.

Your right to move somewhere else

15.2. If you are a Secure Tenant you can apply to move to another property belonging to Oxford City Council. This is called a transfer. You must complete a form to be accepted onto the Council’s Transfer Register.

15.3. We will not normally allow you to transfer to another property owned by Oxford City Council or any other social landlord, if:

You owe us any rent,
Your property, including the garden, is in poor condition, or
You have made improvements or alterations to the property without our written permission.
We will allocate any transfer in compliance with our Allocations Policy.

Preparing to leave your home

15.4. You must leave the property (including the garden and external buildings) clean and tidy and dispose of any rubbish or items you do not want to take with you including carpets and laminate flooring.

15.5. You must remove all your possessions from the property (including the garden) unless you have a written agreement with us. Items should not be fly tipped or left out in the street for collection by unknown person(s). Bulky items must be collected before you leave the property.

15.6. This does not include any furniture provided by us under a separate furnished Tenancy Agreement. You must get our written agreement about what to do with such furniture items.

15.7. You agree that if you leave any items in the property without our consent that you are authorising us to dispose of those items as we see fit. We will charge you the full cost of removing and disposing of all the items that are left behind without our written agreement. We will not store any of the items left in the property unless we have agreed this with you.

15.8. You must allow us to inspect the property before you leave. We will provide you with a written assessment of any repair work for damage that has been caused deliberately or carelessly by you, any member of your household or a lodger, subtenant, child, visitor or animal. We expect you to take all reasonable steps to carry out the repair work before the tenancy ends.

15.9. If you do not carry out this work or it is not completed to a good standard and we have to carry out the repair we will charge you the full cost of the work.

At the end of the tenancy

15.10. You need to make sure that everyone living with you in the property leaves when you move out. This includes any member of your household or a lodger, subtenant, child, visitor or pet.

15.11. You must pay all the rent you owe up to the day your tenancy ends.

15.12. You must leave the property safe and secure. This includes making sure that it is properly locked up before you hand in your keys.

15.13. We will recharge you the full costs of work you should have done before you left. These will include:

Repairs that are your responsibility to repair.
Landlord fixtures and fittings that are missing,
Correcting any alterations you have done to the property without our permission, or not done to a satisfactory standard,
Disinfestation of the property, including the garden,
Cleaning the property or clearing your garden if not left in a reasonable condition. If you do not return all the keys of the property to us by midday on the Monday immediately after your tenancy ends you will continue to be responsible for paying for the property. This includes keys to doors, windows, garages and sheds.

16. Communication and consultation

How we will treat you and how we can use your personal information

16.1. Our staff and anyone contracted to work for us will be polite and considerate to all our customers. The Data Protection Act 2018 how the Council can use your personal information. We can only use the information you provide for limited, specifically stated purposes.

16.2. The Council has a duty to share with other public organisations (for example the police, other departments of the Council, the Inland Revenue or the Department of Works and Pensions) certain information you give us or someone else gives us about you. This is done where the information given could help prevent or detect fraud or help prevent risks to the health or safety of anyone living in one of our properties.

16.3. The Council will disclose certain information to utilities companies where a formal request is received to assist with the charging of the person responsible. This may include your name, the date the tenancy started and the forwarding address where a tenancy has ended. By signing a tenancy agreement you agree to the disclosure of this information.

16.4. We will disclose certain information to our agents or contractors. This is done where the information given enables them to comply with the terms of our contract with them. This is restricted to housing related activities including, but not limited to repairs, improvements or maintenance.

16.5. As a Local Authority we have a legal duty to cooperate and share relevant information with the Ombudsman in relation to and prescribed functions under;

The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949;
Part 2 of the Public Health Act 1961;
Part 11 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;
The Building Act 1984;
Part 3 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;
Parts 1 to 4 of the Housing Act 2004;
Section 13 of the Building Safety Act 2022;

Or a relevant scheme such as Schedule 2 Housing Act 1996 (Social Rented Sector – Housing Complaints.

16.6. You have the right to make a Data Subject Access Request. This is any information we have about you and your tenancy. You can get copies of the information from us by emailing dataprotection@oxford.gov.uk You will not be allowed to see any information that does not concern you directly or is confidential, has been provided by a third party, or concerns someone else. For more information about how the council handles your data, and your rights please see our Privacy notice pages.

Consulting you about things that affect you

16.7. We may need to alter the terms of this tenancy agreement from time to time. We will usually only do so when there are changes to legislation or Council policy, or we need to clarify some of the terms. The Housing Act 1985 sets out a consultation and notice procedure that we must use to make changes to this tenancy agreement.

16.8. We have a duty to consult with you about any plans we have that will significantly affect the property you live in, the services we provide or your housing situation.

16.9. We will carry out regular surveys to ﬁnd out from you and any tenant representatives whether we are providing you with a good standard of service.

16.10. We must ask your views about any plans we have that will signiﬁcantly affect the property you live in, the services we provide, or your housing situation. Such plans may be to:

carry out modernisation or improvement work to the property or your estate,
change a policy that affects the way we provide services to you, or,
change the facilities or level of services we provide to you.

16.11. We will produce a Resident Engagement Strategy for promoting the participation of relevant persons in the making of building safety decisions living in multi storey blocks of seven storeys or more.

How to make a comment, compliment or complaint

16.12. We welcome feedback that will help us improve our service to you. You can make a comment, compliment or complaint about any aspect of our service.

Comment - any suggestion that will help to shape and improve our services.
Compliment - where our staff, services, policies and procedures have exceeded your expectations
Complaint - when you are concerned or dissatisfied with a service we provide or our policies and procedures do not meet your expectations.
You can do this via the website on our How to complain about us as a landlord page, by calling the Contact Centre to speak to customer services or in writing to the address on the cover of this document.

16.13. We aim to acknowledge your comment, compliment or complaint and give a decision in accordance with the Oxford City Council Complaints Policy.

17. Buying your home

17.1. Secure tenants may have the right to apply to buy their homes under current government regulations covering the Tenants’ Right to Buy.

17.2. Introductory tenants are not allowed to apply to buy their homes. However, if they become a secure tenant at the end of their introductory tenancy, any time spent as an introductory tenant will count towards the years spent as a tenant of Oxford City Council.

17.3. A demoted tenant does not have the right to apply to buy their home unless they become a secure tenant again.

18. Living in a flat or maisonette

18.1. If you live in a flat block, tower block or maisonette (with communal areas) there are added conditions because of the design of your home.

18.2. You must keep the shared areas secure by using the security systems properly and not letting strangers in without identiﬁcation.

18.3. You must not block, obstruct, create or leave any hazard on a landing, corridor, stairwell, lift, refuse chute, access way, fire escape or any other shared area or wedge open a fire door or security door. This includes, but is not limited to personal items, washing, household rubbish, bikes, pushchairs, mobility scooters and pet cages. We will remove any blockage, obstruction or hazard we find in shared areas and charge you for any costs that we incur. This is to ensure Oxford City Council meets fire regulations and for the safety of residents.

18.4. You must not install laminate or other hard floor covering or sanded floor boards in the Property, other than on the ground floor. A reasonable grade of underlay must be used when carpet is laid. If there are complaints then we would have to ask you to remove the floor covering in the Property or take measures to minimise noise being transmitted to adjacent properties. You agree that you will be responsible for any costs incurred in removing any hard floor covering including laminate, ceramic flooring or sanded floor boards that you have installed in breach of these conditions or where access is required to carry out a repair or failed to fit a reasonable grade of underlay beneath carpet.

18.5. You are not allowed to keep or use a barbeque, patio heater or any white goods (e.g. tumble dryer, freezer) on or directly beneath balconies.

18.6. We will not allow you to keep a dog in a tower block flat. Permission must be sought to keep an animal, reptile or bird in a low level block flat or maisonette.

18.7. We will only give permission for you to keep a pet in a low level block flat or maisonette if we believe your pet is suitable to be kept in the property. We will not give you permission to keep dangerous animals as defined by the Dangerous and Wild Animals Act 1976 (as amended).

18.8. If we give permission you must be a responsible owner and the animal must not annoy, disturb, intimidate or attack other people, or cause damage to the property.

18.9. You are allowed to keep assistance dogs for either yourself or members of your household.

18.10. When permission is given for you to keep a dog, it will be on condition that the dog is micro chipped and relevant owner details recorded and kept up to date. You must keep control of the dog at all times and move the animal to another room when requested by Council officers or our contractors visiting the property. Under the Control of Dogs Order (1992) a dog must wear a collar and tag giving the owner's name / address at all times while in public and must be kept on a lead at all times when walking on estates.

18.11. Permission will not be granted for dogs covered by the Dangerous Dogs Act, such as pit bull terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, Fila Braziliero or any other especially dangerous dogs.

18.12. You must take all reasonable steps to prevent your pets or visitors’ pets from fouling the inside of your property or any shared areas. We will charge you the costs if we have to clean up after a pet, or repair damage caused by a pet, which is owned by you, a member of your household, a lodger, sub-tenant or visitor.

18.13. You must not throw anything out of the windows of the property or from balconies or landings.

18.14. You and anyone living with or visiting you must not smoke in any shared area, including shared walkways, lobbies and staircases.

18.15. If you live in a flat block, you may be provided with a storage shed. If we intend to refurbish or remodel the area we may no longer be able to provide a shed or may provide you with an alternative shed.

18.16. We are unable to give permission for the erection of padding pools or trampolines in communal gardens. Any pool or trampoline erected will be removed.

18.17. The Building Safety Act 2022 states that a resident;

must not act in a way that creates a significant risk of a building safety risk materialising;
must not interfere with a relevant safety item;
must comply with a request, made by the appropriate accountable person, for information reasonably required for the purposes of a duty under section 83 or 84. For the purposes of the Act a person “interferes” with a relevant safety item if they, without reasonable excuse -
1. damage it,
2. remove it, or
3. do anything to, or in relation to, it that interferes with its intended function.

19. Living in housing for people aged 60 and over

If you live in a home designated as suitable housing for people aged 60 and over there are added conditions because of the design of your home.

19.1. You may only take in a lodger or relative if they are aged 55 or over, a spouse or civil partner, or somebody who will live with you as such.

19.2. You must not exceed the permitted number of occupiers for the property.

19.3. You must not permit your friends and family who are not members of your household and are not named in this tenancy agreement to use the communal kitchen and laundry. You must request permission from us to hold a large gathering in the lounge. We may consult the other residents for their views when permission is sought. The event must comply with fire and insurance regulations.

20. Living in housing for people aged 55 and over

If you live in a home designated as suitable housing for people aged 55 and over there are added conditions because of the design of your home.

20.1. You may only take in a lodger, relative, spouse, civil partner or live in partner if they are aged 50 or over.

21. New build homes

If the property was built in or after 2014 it may be subject to additional terms and conditions. We will attach these conditions to this document.

22. Checklist of dos and don'ts

This is not a complete list of what you should and should not do. However, you must sign to commit yourself to this checklist. It forms part of your conditions of tenancy. If you do not sign it we will withdraw your offer of accommodation.

I agree to do the following:

Live in the property as my only or principle home
To pay all my rent on time or in advance.
Not to harass, or let my family or friends harass anyone.
Not to commit or permit any criminal act at or near the Property.
Not to damage the Property and to return it to the Council in a good state when I leave. Where I have a garden, TO KEEP it tidy.
Not to commit Housing Fraud
To dispose of my rubbish in the appropriate bins provided.
To be responsible for the good behaviour of my family, friends and visitors in my home, on the estate and local areas.
To ensure that any pets the Council has given me permission to keep are kept under control and do not make a mess, bark or in any other way cause a nuisance, or damage my home, other property or land in the area where I live.
To abide by all parking schemes regulations in the area and ensure that any vehicle used by me or my household is taxed and insured, unless I produce a valid DVLA acknowledgement of a Statutory Off Road Notice (SORN), for the period which will not exceed 6 months.

I understand and agree to the conditions listed above and that if I break this agreement the Council has the right to take action to enforce the terms of the tenancy agreement.

Sample tenancy agreement