Resident landlords are excluded from being able to grant an assured shorthold tenancy and there are two types of resident landlord. Sharing facilities e.g. kitchen, bathroom etc with tenant If you share facilities with the occupier, then it is unlikely that they are a tenant. This scenario is a lodger and creates a licence not a tenancy. A licence is simply permission to use a room (or any land) and that permission can be revoked anytime. No...

Schedule 1 of the Housing Act 1988 contains certain tenancies which cannot be assured or assured shorthold tenancies, for example resident landlords and tenancies where the rent payable is greater than £100,000 per annum. A brief list of the exclusions are: Tenancies entered into before commencement (of the Housing Act) Tenancies of dwelling-houses with high rateable values and where rent payable greater than £100,000 per year (£25,000 Wales...