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        Assured Shorthold Tenancy 
        Agreement 
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
                                             
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
            
            
            
           Assured Shorthold Tenancy 
           Agreement 
            
           This is a legal contract. It describes the rights and responsibilities of you 
           (the tenant) and us (your landlord). 
           It creates an Assured Shorthold tenancy within the meaning of the Housing 
           Act 1988 
            
           This Tenancy Agreement is between                                                     sAs
           Our Name           Sovereign Housing Association Limited                              uer
                              (referred to in this Agreement as “we”, “our”, or “us”)            d S
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                              We are an exempt charity, a housing association within the         h
                              meaning of section 1 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 and      d lo
                              a registered provider of social housing under section 111 of the   T
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           Our Address        Sovereign House, Basing View, Basingstoke, RG21 4FA                ync
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           Your Name(s)       Click here to enter text. 
                              (referred to in this agreement as “you”) 
                              If more than one person is named as being the tenant, you will 
                              be joint tenants and references to ‘you’ means to both or all of 
                              you. Each tenant individually has the full responsibilities and 
                              rights set out in this Agreement 
           Address:           This Agreement relates to: 
                              Click here to enter text. 
                               
           Tenancy Ref        [Tenancy Ref Number] 
                              (referred to in this Agreement as “your home”). 
           Description  
                              Property Type:           Click here to enter text. 
                              Number of Bedrooms       Click here to enter text. 
                              Garden                   Click here to enter text. 
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                             Parking                 Click here to enter text. 
                             Service Charge          Fixed 
                             Rent Type               Choose an item. 
                             Your home includes any balcony, garage, outbuilding, shed, 
                             fence or wall let with it. 
                             It begins on: 
          Start Date         [Tenancy Start Date and is a weekly assured shorthold tenancy, it 
                             can be ended by us or you can end it in one of the ways set out 
                             in this Agreement. 
                 
                             You must make the following payments for your home: 
           
          Net Rent                             £Click here to enter figures. 
           
          Service Charge                       £[Click here to enter figures 
           
   As     Support Charge                       £Click here to enter figures. 
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   dS     Heating charges                      £Click here to enter figures 
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   hlo    Water charges                        £Click here to enter figures 
   d       Not eligible for Housing Benefit or Universal Credit 
    eT    Other charges                        £Click here to enter figures. 
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   nc     Total Weekly Rent                    £Click here to enter figures 
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          Not applicable unless a figure is entered below 
          You must in addition repay to us money that you owe to us or an associated 
          company in respect of your occupation of a previous property. The money that you 
          owe us is: 
          Debt                                 £Click here to enter figures 
                 
          and the weekly payment that you must make in addition to your Total Weekly Rent 
          is: 
          Former Tenancy Arrears Payment       £Click here to enter figures 
           
          The terms of this agreement are divided into the following sections: 
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            1.  ASSURED SHORTHOLD PROVISIONS .................................................. 4 
            2.  GENERAL TERMS .............................................................................. 4 
            3.  PAYING FOR YOUR HOME .................................................................. 6 
            4.  REPAIRING YOUR HOME.................................................................... 9 
            5.  OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................. 11 
            6.  YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................ 12 
            7.  YOUR RIGHTS ................................................................................ 16 
            8.  ENDING THE TENANCY ................................................................... 18 
             
             
            1.     ASSURED SHORTHOLD PROVISIONS 
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            1.1.   This agreement makes you an assured shorthold tenant.                                      s
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            1.2.   As an assured shorthold tenant, you have no long term security. We can end                 Sd 
                   the tenancy by serving a notice on you and asking the court to make a                      rtoh
                   possession order as set out at section 8 of this agreement. 
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            2.     GENERAL TERMS                                                                              nyc
                   Changing this Agreement                                                                     
            2.1.    Except for changes in the Net Rent, service charge or other charges, the 
                    terms of this Agreement may be altered only if either; 
                   2.1.1 both you and we agree in writing; or 
                   2.1.2 by us following a procedure similar to that set out in sections 102 and 
                          103 of the Housing Act 1985 in respect of Secure tenants. This means 
                          that we will: 
                          (a)   Serve you with a Notice of Intended Variation which will provide 
                                you with written details of the proposed variation and a statement 
                                which explains the effect of the proposed variation; 
                          (b)   Give you a reasonable period of time (normally 28 days) to make 
                                any comments to us about the proposed variation; 
                          (c)   Consider any comments that you make before making any final 
                                decision; 
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