Supplementary A - London Borough of Hillingdon

Neighbour 1.14 Everyone living in the locality, including people
who own their own homes, tenants of other
councils or social landlords or tenants of private
landlords and those in temporary accommodation.
Notice 1.15 This is a formal written document, given either by
you or the Council.
Examples of Notices given by the Council would
include, but are not limited to, a Notice of Seeking
Possession, a Notice to Quit or a Notice of
Variation.
Partner 1.16 A husband, wife, civil partner, same sex partner or
someone who lives with you as your husband or
wife.
Penalty Notice 1.17 This is a notice which can be issued by council in
order to deal with problems such as litter and
noise. The notice will normally require a fine to be
paid for the alleged wrong doing.
Permission 1.18 If, in this Agreement, it says that you must ask for
permission to do something, you must put your
request in writing. The document must be signed
by you or somebody on your behalf and posted or
delivered to the relevant Housing Office. You must
then obtain written permission from your housing
officer before doing whatever it is that requires our
permission.
Possession Order 1.19 This is an Order from the Court granting us
possession of your home.
The Order can be outright or postponed. If
postponed, it is only enforceable (and you will only
lose your home) if you break the condition of the
postponement or commit some other breach of
your tenancy agreement or do something that
gives rise to a ground for possession.
Probationary Tenancy 1.20 The Housing Act 1996, Part 5, allows us to create
‘Introductory Tenancies’ which are defined in
section 124 of that Act. Introductory tenancies
last only for a limited time before they become
secure tenancies; introductory tenants have fewer
rights and less protection from eviction than
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