Your rights and responsibilities as a council tenant
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If you're a new council tenant, the first 12 months of your tenancy is called an introductory tenancy. This is a kind of trial period.
If you keep to the conditions of the tenancy, you'll become a secure tenant once the first 12-month period is over.
Things that would break your tenancy conditions include:
As an introductory tenant you have the right to:
You do not have the right to:
If you're already a secure tenant and move to another council property, you will not become an introductory tenant again.