The government is planning to scrap lifetime tenancies
for new social housing tenants in favour of fixed-term contracts. Under
government plans, social landlords would no longer be able to automatically
issue tenancies on a lifetime basis and would instead be forced to offer
fixed-term lets for prospective tenants. Since 2012, councils and housing
associations have been able to offer five-year fixed-term tenancies to new
tenants. However, according to official figures, just 13% of new general needs
social housing lets were made on a fixed-term basis in 2014/15, compared with
9% in 2013/14. Read more on the Independent website.
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