Types of tenancy

If you’re a new tenant and are not transferring from another council or housing association, you will probably be given a starter to assured tenancy. A starter to assured tenancy is a week-to-week assured shorthold tenancy, which is a form of assured tenancy, with limited rights and limited security. Your tenancy will be reviewed over a 12 month period. If we are satisfied you have met your responsibilities as a tenant, your tenancy will automatically convert to assured on the first anniversary.

If we are satisfied you have met your responsibilities as a tenant, your tenancy will automatically convert to assured on the first anniversary. An assured tenancy usually means you can live in your property for the rest of your life if you wish to.

An assured tenancy is a lifetime tenancy, issued mainly between 1989 and 2011. It offers similar rights to a secure tenancy. An assured tenancy will now only be issued to:

• A tenant who has completed a starter tenancy which was granted before 7 November 2011
• An existing assured tenant who mutually exchanges in some circumstances
• A secure or assured tenant of another housing association or local authority that transfers to Paradigm or mutually exchanges in some circumstance.

A secure tenancy is a lifetime tenancy, issued mainly before 1989. These are now only issued to existing Paradigm secure tenants who are either transferring to another Paradigm property or to an existing secure tenant who mutually exchanges in some circumstances.

We use alternative tenancy agreements for some specialist schemes and our private sector leasing housing. We also use licence agreements for some temporary accommodation.