Housing Act 1988 Tenancies

Question 1

Which Legislation (Act) created Assured Tenancies and ASTs?

Answer 1

The Housing Act 1988 (from 15th January 1989)

Question 2

Originally, an assured tenancy would what?

Answer 2

Be automatically created (unless a Sec 20 notice was served to create an AST)

Question 3

What did the Housing Act 1996 do to ASTs?

Answer 3

Changed tenancies so that ASTs are automatically created

Question 4

How are assured tenancies created?

Answer 4

Express wording

Question 5

What do assured tenancies give to tenants?

Answer 5

Greater security of tenure than ASTs

Question 6

Both Assured tenancies and ASTs can be for a fixed period or periodic… true or false?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

ASTs can be for any fixed period but are often created for how long?

Answer 7

6 or 12 months (and then renewed or allowed to continue as a periodic tenancy)

Question 8

Assured tenancies or ASTs can only be used if what? (4 points)

Answer 8

1. The tenant is an individual
2. The property is the tenant’s only or main home
3. The landlord is not a resident landlord
4. The rent does not exceed £100,000 per year

Question 8

What is the default tenancy if an oral (spoken) tenancy is created? (or if a tenant is allowed to move in and pays rent)

Answer 8

The AST