At least three major housing associations have said they will seek to introduce minimum tenancies of less than the default five years proposed in the government’s Localism Bill. A sample survey by Inside Housing of 25 of the largest associations in England - which own 767,000 homes between them, according to Tenant Services Authority figures - revealed 18 plan to implement fixed-term, rather than lifetime, tenancies in some form for new tenants, pending approval from their boards and councils. Three plan to keep lifetime tenancies and four have yet to decide. Home Group, Bromford Group and Trafford Housing Trust, which own and manage 80,000 homes between them, said they would offer two or three-year tenancies in some circumstances. Read more on Inside Housing.
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