79 Grant of secure tenancies in cases of domestic abuse

Secure tenancies

79  Grant of secure tenancies in cases of domestic abuse

(1)     Part 4 of the Housing Act 1985 (secure tenancies and rights of secure tenants) is amended as follows.

(2)     After section 81 insert—

“81ZA Grant of secure tenancies in cases of domestic abuse

(1)     This section applies where a local housing authority grants a secure tenancy of a dwelling-house in England before the day on which paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (grant of new secure tenancies in England) comes fully into force.

(2)     The local housing authority must grant a secure tenancy that is not a flexible tenancy if—

(a)     the tenancy is offered to a person who is or was a tenant of some other dwelling-house

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