# Housing Act 1996, Section 131: Persons qualified to succeed tenant.

Extent: E+W

A person is qualified to succeed the tenant under an introductory tenancy if he occupies the dwelling-house as his only or principal home at the time of the tenant’s death and either—
(a) he is the tenant’s spouse or civil partner , or
(b) he is another member of the tenant’s family and has resided with the tenant throughout the period of twelve months ending with the tenant’s death;
unless, in either case, the tenant was himself a successor, as defined in section 132.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/52/section/131 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1996/section-131
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