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Accessing accommodation

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Tenancy

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Tenancy

During a tenancy

Broadly speaking, a tenant is free to do what they want within the area that is leased to them, as long as they comply with their obligations in the tenancy agreement

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Health and social care

NHS and Community Care Act 1990

As it stands, there is no legal definitions for “social care” or “healthcare”. The NHS however produces guidance in an attempt to distinguish healthcare from social care.

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Tenancy

Before a tenancy

A tenancy agreement is an agreement between two parties (usually known as the “landlord” and the “tenant“), under which the landlord grants the tenant the right to exclusively occupy an area of land (the “property“) for a certain period of time (the “term“).

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