Ending a tenancy when someone dies

If the Council isn’t given vacant possession by family or an Executor after a tenant dies there are set legal ways to bring the tenancy to an end. This guidance explains those and also explains who deals with a tenant’s belongings and affairs if there is no known next of kin or Executor.

Previously part of the "death of a tenant and succession procedure". Read the full guidance here

Death and Covid-19

Death management process

Remember to add a case to LWP and add an expected end date to the tenancy when we have been told someone has died. Do this even if you think someone might succeed to the tenancy (in which case the termination reason would be SUC or NSS rather than deceased).

Afterwards, update the arrears action page on Northgate with the DECD code adding in the date of death and noting if it was Covid-19 related in the drop down.

Added 10/4/20

Updated 14/5/20

Last updated: 14 May 2020