Statutory right

Secure tenants

Introductory tenants

Notes  - see relevant guidance if you are giving advice on succession, assignment or the RTB.  

Repairs

Y

Y

To improve

Y

N

ITs do not have the right to carry out improvements or to compensation for any improvements they have carried out if they move out.

Succession

Y

Y

If the tenant was an IT the successor will also be an IT until the tenancy becomes secure at the end of the trial period.

To assign

To exchange

Y

Y

Y

N

ITs have the same right to assign as secure tenants (ie by court order or to a person who would have the right to succeed) apart from the right to exchange.

To buy

Y

N

Effectively there is little difference as there is no RTB unless someone has been a tenant for 5 years & the trial period counts towards any discount.

To have lodgers

Y

N

To sublet part

Y

N

To be consulted

Y

Y

Same right to be consulted on housing management matters

To vote on stock transfer

Y

N

ITs do not have the right to vote on stock transfer but a landlord can decide to allow them to.