3-594: The Rent Act 1977 (c. 42) was an act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom. The act introduced the protected tenancy in England and Wales. The organization setting the rent, the Valuation Office Agency , was known as the "Rent Office". This article related to English law is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Protected tenancy A protected tenancy
6-545: Is a kind of tenancy in the United Kingdom under the Rent Act 1977 , which governs the law concerning regulated tenancies . Protected tenancies give a tenant both security of tenure and the right to a fair rent. Protected tenancies are relatively rare since the passage of the Housing Act 1988 but protected tenancies that existed prior to the passage of this law continue to enjoy the greater security. A protected tenancy
9-470: Is an ordinary contractual tenancy that protects the tenant's possession while it is in operation. If a protected tenancy comes to an end and the tenant remains in occupation of the property than a statutory tenancy is created. Due to the passage of the Housing Act 1988 contractual tenancies entered into after 16 January 1989 cannot be protected tenancies subject to exceptions outlined in section 34 of
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