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Your council tenancy agreement explained
Find an example of a tenancy agreement, assured shorthold tenancy (AST) and a breakdown of what the agreement covers; along with the tenants' handbook.
Living in your home (sections 64 to 95)
The "Our responsibilities" section covers our responsibility to continue providing services such as lifts and caretaking and explains the exceptional circumstances when we are able to ask you to move home. It also explains what we’ll do to support victims of domestic violence.
The "Your responsibilities" section explains that you must use your council house as your main home and explains what you’ll need to do if you’re away from home for an extended time. It also outlines the rules on:
- overcrowding
- running a business from your home
- storing items which can catch fire, domestic appliances.
It covers your responsibilities for preventing domestic violence, taking care of your home, putting up sheds and garages, your responsibility for the property’s garden, shared areas, rules on keeping pets and animals and putting up satellite dishes or aerials.
The "Your rights" section explains your right to ‘assign’ your tenancy to someone else in certain circumstances, for secure tenancies it outlines mutual exchange, subletting, lodgers and your right to buy your council home.