About joint tenancies
If you are a sole tenant and you live with a partner or spouse who you now wish to share the rights and responsibilities of tenancy with, you need to apply for a joint tenancy.
You can download the necessary form, and covering letter giving you information, to apply for a joint tenancy here:
Completed applications should be returned to tenancy services who will inform you of a decision within 15 working days.
What to do if a joint tenant dies or wishes to leave the property
If you are an existing joint tenant and your partner dies or leaves the property you can take over sole tenancy of the property.
In the event of one tenant dying this will happen automatically, the remaining tenant only need notify us of their partner's death.
In the event of one tenant wishing to leave the property the tenant should give 28 days notice. This should be in the form of a signed letter. You will also need to include a forwarding address so yu can be contacted to confirm the end of your tenancy. As with a tenant's death, the remaining tenant will take over sole tenancy of the property.
If you are a joint tenant and you leave the property it is important that you notify us. If you do not inform us that you no longer wish to be a joint tenant you can, by law, still be held responsible for the payment of rent, the maintenance of the property and everything else you were responsible for under the terms of your Tenancy Contract.
It is also important that if you are a joint tenant and you leave the property you ensure that you do not leave rent in arrears. By law, both tenants will be jointly responsible for any arrears accumulated during their joint tenancy, even if one tenant has subsequently terminated their tenancy.