Supplementary A - London Borough of Hillingdon

co-operatives.
Secure tenant / tenancy 1.23 A secure tenancy is one:
• that is not excluded from being a secure
tenancy by Housing Act 1985
• that is not a probationary tenancy and has
not been made into a demoted tenancy
• that grants exclusive occupation of a
separate dwelling
• of which a local authority like us is the
landlord
• where the tenant lawfully occupies the
property as her/his only or principal home
A secure tenant is someone who is granted a
secure tenancy and occupies the property as
her/his only or principal home.
Security of Tenure 1.24 This refers to the rights and benefits attached to
secure tenancies.
Service Charges 1.25 These are charges that must be paid in addition to
the rent for the property. They are for services or
facilities that you benefit from.
They do not apply to all tenancies. Most often
these are charged to people who live in properties
where there are shared or common facilities that
need maintaining, for example communal lighting
and door entry systems, or where there are
common areas that need cleaning and
maintaining.
Shared or Communal
Areas
1.26 When we use the words ‘shared or communal
areas’ we mean stairs, lifts, landings, foyers,
entrance halls, roofs, paved areas, shared
gardens, bin stores, parking bays and any other
area accessible to more than one person.
Statutory Undertakers 1.27 Persons authorised by an enactment or statutory
provision to carry out certain public functions (e.g.
Transco).
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