How you might give your tenancy to someone else
In some circumstances you may be able to give your tenancy to someone else. There are a number of ways in which you might give your tenancy to someone else:
- The most common way is through a mutual exchange, where you swap it with another tenant.
- In some circumstances, you may be able to give your tenancy to a family member, such as a son or daughter.
- A court may order you to give your tenancy to your partner if you are joint tenants and you enter into a legal separation, such as a divorce. The court will tell us who should keep the tenancy.
The law sets out the rules as to who can give someone else their tenancy and under what circumstances. There are more details set out in your Tenancy Contract.
How to apply to give your tenancy to someone else
You can find out how to find and apply for a mutual exchanges by clicking below:
If you are leaving Stevenage to live somewhere else, you can apply to assign your tenancy to your partner or a member of your immediate family who has lived with you for at least a year.
If you wish to apply to assign your tenancy to a partner or close relative you should send a signed letter to us. Your application will be assessed within 20 working days.
If a sole tenant dies it is possible for a partner or close relative to apply to succeed their tenancy. This means they effectively inherit it. You should apply by sending a signed letter to Tenancy Services.
In certain circumstances you have a right to suceed someone else's tenancy but there are complicated rules about who has this right and how amny times a tenancy can be passed on. We may allow you succeed a tenancy even if you do not have a right to, we will decide this depending on your individual circumstances. We will be as sympathetic as possible, but must always balance individual cases against the large number of applicants on the Housing Register.
Sometimes we may allow you to give your tenancy to someone else but not allow them to remain in the same property. For example, we might not allow a single person to occupy a family home and may choose instead to rehouse the person you have given your tenancy to.
Further information
You can find out more about your tenancy contract by clicking below: Tenancy contract
You can download a full copy of our assignment policy by clicking here: Assignment policy