About your tenancy rights

This content applies to Scotland only.

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In this section you can find out what kind of tenancy you have, read an overview of the rights and responsibilities shared by all tenants and landlords, and find out more about tenancy agreements and leases.

Tenancy checker

In order to know your rights as a tenant, you need to know what kind of tenancy agreement you have. There are several different types of tenancy, but our quick and easy tenancy checker can help you to work out which one you are likely to have. Read more 

Tenancy agreements

A tenancy agreement is a contract between you and your landlord that sets out your rights to live in a rented property. This page explains what a tenancy agreement should contain and how you can ensure it's fair. Read more 

Non-tenant occupiers

Non-tenant occupier is the name given to someone who has an agreement to live in a property but does not have a legal tenancy. You can find out if you are a non-tenant occupier and what your rights are on this page. Read more 

Overview of rights

Whatever kind of tenancy you have, whether you rent property from the council, a housing association, a housing co-op or a private landlord, you and your landlord have certain rights and responsibilities. This page gives an overview of what these are. Read more 

Joint tenancies

If you and your flatmates or housemates have a joint tenancy agreement, you will all have exactly the same rights and responsibilities. This means you are all equally responsible for paying the rent and keeping to the terms of your tenancy agreement. If you have disagreements, you are responsible for sorting them out between yourselves. Read more