If you’re thinking about moving home, the type of tenancy you’re offered can depend on how you move and your individual circumstances. 

This page explains the main ways people move and what that can mean for your tenancy. If you’re unsure which tenancy applies to you, contact us and we’ll explain your options.

If you are a ForHousing tenant and move from one ForHousing home to another (for example through an internal transfer or a management move), you will normally keep the same assured tenancy you already have. 

We won’t give you a less secure tenancy than the one you currently hold. Please note, Housing Associations like ForHousing cannot grant secure tenancies, therefore if your current tenancy is a secure tenancy, your new tenancy will be an assured tenancy. 

A management move is when we help a tenant move to another ForHousing home because their current property is no longer suitable and there are no other housing options available. Management moves are only considered in limited circumstances and are based on individual needs. 

If you move from another landlord into a ForHousing home through your local council’s Choice Based Lettings (CBL) scheme, the tenancy you are offered will be an assured shorthold (or starter) tenancy converting to an assured tenancy after 12 months. 

Your local council manages the CBL scheme and can explain how applications, offers and reviews work. 

A mutual exchange is when you swap homes with another social housing tenant (with both landlords’ agreement). 

In most cases, the tenancy stays with the home, meaning you take on the tenancy agreement linked to the home you move into. 

We can talk you through what this would mean for you before you agree to a swap. 

In some situations, a tenancy can pass to another household member when a tenant has passed away. These are known as successions. 

We understand that this can be a very difficult time, and we’ll always deal with these situations sensitively and with care. 

Some succession rights are set out in law or in tenancy agreements. Other requests, sometimes called non statutory or discretionary successions, are considered on a case by case basis. 

When deciding whether a discretionary succession can be granted, we look at individual circumstances. There is no automatic right to a discretionary succession. 

Tenancy types can feel complicated, especially when you’re already dealing with a move. 

If you’re unsure how this applies to you, please speak to us, we can help with: 

• explaining your tenancy type 
• talking you through your options 
• pointing you to the right policies or support 

For all the ways you can get in touch, please visit our contact us page.