More Housing Associations Consider Ditching Fixed-Term Tenancies

London’s largest housing association announced last week that it would offer lifetime tenancies to all its residents, scrapping fixed-term tenancies across its stock. Housing associations were given the option to offer fixed-term tenancies under the Localism Act in 2012, replacing the previous position where all tenancies in the social housing sector had been for life. Most housing associations offer both life and fixed-term tenancies – typically of five years. Brendan Sarsfield, chief executive of Peabody, told Inside Housing that his association was “looking at the issue”. Read more on Inside Housing.

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