What cannot be a short assured tenancy?
The following cannot be short assured tenancies: • a tenancy entered into or resulting from a contract made before 2 January 1989; • a tenancy with no rent or a rent of less than £6 a week or its monthly or yearly equivalent; • a tenancy of a house which is also a shop or is licensed to sell alcohol for consumption on the premises; • a house which is let together with more than 2 acres of agricultural land; • a tenancy of a house which forms part of an agricultural holding and the house is occupied by the person responsible for farming the holding; • a letting by a university, central institution, or other specified educational institution for a student pursuing a course of study there or at another specified educational institution; • a letting for a holiday; • a tenancy where the landlord is a ‘resident landlord’; • a letting by the Crown or a government department; • a letting by a local authority, Scottish Homes or a co-operative housing association; • a tenancy under a shared owne
