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Setting up the tenancy

This section provides guidance on setting up a tenancy and details the different types of tenancies that are governed by the statutory code set up in the Housing Act 1988.  The vast majority of tenancies today will be assured tenancies or assured shorthold tenancies.

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  • Types of tenancies

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    • What is a tenancy?
    • ATs and ASTs
    • Ending a tenancy: section 21
    • Periodic tenancies
  • Setting up a tenancy

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    • Deposits
    • The tenancy agreement
    • References
    • Rights to land
    • Requirements for a tenancy
    • Granting a tenancy
    • Multiple tenants
  • Inventories

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    • Items included in the tenancy
    • The need for an inventory
    • Who prepares the inventory?
    • Inventory compilation
  • Changes and discrimination

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    • Changing the tenancy agreement
    • Discrimination in tenancy agreements
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