Paragraph 12 Qualified persons: co-operative housing associations

This paragraph applies where the landlord is a registered social landlord which is a co-operative housing association.

A qualified person who is entitled to the benefit of paragraph 6, 7 or 8 must, within 4 weeks of the tenant’s death or, where the qualified person was given notice under paragraph 10, within 4 weeks of the date on which that notice was given, apply for membership of the co-operative housing association.

Where a qualified person—

the person is to be treated as having declined the tenancy at the time of the tenant’s death.