Contrived Tenancy
- A Contrived Tenancy is not a tenancy per se.
- The classic authority is Street v Mountford
- The type of tenancy is what it is in fact, in accordance with legal criteria, not merely in description.
- Housing Benefit or Universal Credit fraud might uncover a sham tenancy where a tenant is really a non-qualifying relative.
Published: 24 September 2015
Last Updated: 17 November 2021