But landlords letting under the new scheme will be able to do so without the fear of having a sitting tenant for life.
The present sitting tenant will not be affected.
The amendment is necessary to enable a further short tenancy to be granted to a sitting tenant under a short tenancy.
It is the practice of good landlords to continue a tenancy for a sitting tenant.
Take the case where a sitting tenant purchases.
The value at purchase, if there is a sitting tenant, is very different from the value on sale if it is sold with vacant possession.
A sitting tenant in rent-controlled property enjoys something that he can sell to the owner for quite considerable sums of money.
It is one thing to sell to a sitting tenant and quite another to sell a vacant house.
