Your rights if you rent your home

Your rights depend on the type of tenancy you have.

Use our tenancy checker if you're not sure.

Renting from a private landlord or letting agent

Private residential tenancy, if you moved in on or after 1 December 2017.

Assured tenancy

Short assured tenancy

Common law tenancy

Regulated tenancy

Renting from the council or a housing association

Scottish secure tenancy

Short Scottish secure tenancy

Succession of a social tenancy when the tenant dies

Deposits and rent

Guide: Deposits in private tenancies

Check if your landlord can increase the rent

Rent increases in private residential tenancies

Rent increases in assured and short assured tenancies

Withholding rent

How your circumstances affect your rights

Living with your landlord

Student accommodation and halls

House of multiple occupation (HMO)

Joint tenancy

Accommodation tied to your job

If you're a non-tenant occupier

If you're disabled

Shared ownership

If you want to move out

How to end your tenancy

Letter template: end your tenancy

Landlord responsibilities

Landlord registration

Getting a private residential tenancy agreement

Subletting and lodgers

If you're a subtenant

Subletting if you rent your home

Taking in a lodger if you own your home

Mobile homes

Renting a mobile home

Owning a mobile home and renting a pitch

Agricultural tenancies

Crofters' rights

1991 Act tenancy

Limited duration tenancy