Category: Council Tenants law

Public Landlords and Council Tenants

A tenant is anyone who has an exclusive right to use premises, for a particular length of time, in return for payment. The test of whether a person is a tenant is whether they have ‘exclusive possession’ of the premises. Therefore anyone living in a hostel or temporary accommodation is unlikely to be a tenant.

A public landlord will include local authorities, district councils and most housing associations.
A council tenant will be a person who takes a tenancy from any of these.