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Housemates

  • House mates can be a group of friends sharing a house.
  • It is also loosely, any group of house sharers with nothing more in common than the fact they are all tenants in the same house.
  • Individual tenancies attract numerous potential problems.
  • Joint tenancies also attract problems.
    • Under the proposals of the Renter's Rights Bill a joint tennat may end a joint tenancy unilaterally.
    • Any joint tenant liability is likely to be reduced unter the new proposals.
Published: 8 November 2013 Last Updated: 16 July 2025