0 relating to a tenancy (= the right to use land or live in a building in exchange for rent) that lasts only for a certain stated time:
For example, whilst the average rent of assured shorthold tenants was £94 per week in 1999/2000, regulated tenants paid on average £52 per week.
The rental is linked to assured shorthold tenancy rents, which have rocketed up recently.
The tenant should have the option to renew if the landlord wishes to offer the property again on shorthold lease.
The shorthold concept approaches the same problem slightly differently.
We say that they should let the person stay in the property as an assured shorthold tenant for, say, six months or a year.
It does not affect the right of a shorthold tenant to have a fair rent registered for the tenancy he occupies.
The tenant could be paying an exorbitant rent, way above the fair rent, for half or more of a one-year shorthold tenancy.
The total number of shorthold lettings will be higher, but we have no means of knowing how much higher.
