The property you live in is your home, but as a tenant you have entered into a contract that means both you and the Council have rights and responsibilities.
Introductory Tenant
Most new tenants of Harrogate Borough Council are given Introductory Tenancies. This is a probationary tenancy for 12 months, but it can be extended to 18 months.
During the probationary period you will have fewer rights than a secure tenant and if you break the terms of your tenancy it will be easier for the council to evict you.
After the probationary period your tenancy will automatically become secure unless we have taken action to end it.
Secure Tenant
As a Harrogate Borough Council tenant, you are a "secure" tenant. This means that you have the legal right to stay in your home, as long as you keep to the obligations, or responsibilities, which are set out in your tenancy agreement.
Joint Tenancies
When two adults have made a joint Housing Register (waiting list) application we will usually give them a joint tenancy when they are housed. We will also usually grant joint tenancies during the tenancy when people marry or when it is clear that adults intend to live together for a long time.
However adults usually have to live together, if they are not married, for 12 months before a joint tenancy will be considered.
The Council may also consider granting joint tenancies to adults who live with a person to care for them.
Being a joint tenant means that you are both equally responsible for paying the rent and keeping to all of the Conditions of the Tenancy.
Online form
Please use the form below to enquire about your tenancy.