Joint tenancy
Where the tenant who has died had a joint tenancy, the remaining joint tenant living at the property, is able to have the tenancy placed in their sole name. This type of succession is sometimes called survivorship.
What happens?
We will check all sole name requests to make sure the person wanting to take over the tenancy is entitled to have it placed in their sole name.
We will need:
- a copy of the death certificate
- to be satisfied the person is living at the property.
Once the details have been confirmed we will confirm, in writing, the succession of the tenancy from the first Monday after the tenant's death. We will amend our records to show the tenancy as a sole tenancy from this date. There is no need to sign a new tenancy agreement.
Let us know the tenant has died and someone wants to succeed to the tenancy by contacting your tenancy management about a succession request by emailing tenancymanagement@hillingdon.gov.uk.