tenancy for life

The main story for the Times reports that people living in council houses could no longer be entitled to a tenancy for life.

Instead of secure tenancies for life, rental contracts of two years or more will be introduced.

Regardless of their circumstances, this group is guaranteed a tenancy for life, and they are often able to pass it on to their children.

People living in council houses will no longer be entitled to a subsidised tenancy for life under Whitehall proposals to address waiting lists.

As a result, many leases morph into lower-rent tenancies for life, subsidized by landlords, even when the tenants are wealthy.

As payment, Stamos signed over his Manhattan home to the Rothko estate but was granted tenancy for life.

Life Estate Also called Tenancy for Life.

We took our tenancies for life, have paid rent for decades and are now suddenly to be penalised for keeping to our half of the contract.

The proposals come after new laws came into force last month, spelling an end to the "tenancy for life" and giving councils more flexibility on dealing with waiting lists.

Prime Minister David Cameron has already said he wants an end to council tenancies for life and the introduction of fixed-term contracts of "five or 10 years".

“We believe that the notion of a tenancy for life is outdated and that it’s wrong to expect to inherit a welfare benefit in the form of a subsidised house irrespective of housing need.

Upon Tears' death in 1840, he left the inn to his sons Charles and Andrew with the stipulation that his wife be granted tenancy for life and she receive an ample firewood supply.