Tenancy agreements - do landlords need them by LettingFocus

According to the AA, an estimated one in two tenants is not getting a written tenancy agreement before moving into a new home. They go on to say that “landlords are legally obliged to supply their tenants with a written tenancy agreement prior yet it seems many are simply ignoring the law.” The Indy added that “those who do not have a written agreement are wide-open to being exploited. For example, in theory, the landlord could bring the tenancy to an end at any time of their choosing or hold onto deposit monies without giving a reason.”
This is factually incorrect. Landlords DO NOT have to issue tenancy agreements though any landlord who did not do so would be a fool because the TA sets out what the tenant can and can’t do -and it actually makes it easier to recover property too.

Unfair Tenancy Agreements - Is Your Agreement with Your Tenants Fair?
Is your agreement fair? The OFT has rules about what is and is not a fair agreement. It may be worth looking at this article from our Articles pages.
http://www.lettingfocus.com/pages/myarticles10.html

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Tenancy Agreements Should be Longer says Letting Focus

The typical assured shorthold tenancy is for 6 months. Yet many tenants - especially those with families- would rightly like longer agreements where they may have more security.
Lots of landlords would also be happy to give longer agreements to their good tenants because they don’t want the added workload and cost that comes with constantly changing tenants.
The wider community too would, no doubt, like to see good tenants staying for longer, thus giving some permanence to local communities.
So, perhaps the law should be reviewed.
I suggest making a 2 year tenancy a natural tenancy default option -with landlords free to choose shorter tenancies if they wished.
However, to be fair to landlords, longer tenancies must come with better safeguards enabling landlords to evict troublesome tenants far more easily and quickly than is the case today.

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Good article on Landlords Insurance:
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