Licenses

If a property owner allows someone to live at their proper i.e. as a lodger but does not grant them exclusive possession the lodger will occupy under a license rather than a lease or tenancy. The lodger will therefore be a licensee not a tenant. A licensee might still pay rent and occupy for a certain period of time, but they would not automatically have the right to exclude other from living at the property as a tenant would.

Example of a licensee

- An employee whose company had taken the tenancy of the property
- Someone renting a spare room from the owner / occupier
- An aupair living at the property with teh family
- A spouse or partner libing at the property who is not named as a tenant
- Someone who has the owners permission to stay at the property

A permitted occupier / licensee would not enjoy the same rights as a tenant i.e exclusive possession. However they would not have the same duties as a tenant would under the requirements of the tenancy agreement for example tenants often have obligations to repair property.

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