Working tenant wants to bring long term boyfriend?

If the guest becomes more than a guest who stays more than two nights per week on a long term basis then a new ast is recommended with all habitants.

Does the tenant have a guarantor? This might also be a temporary solution to provide peace of mind in the worst case scenario.

As has been said, there is little that can be done to stop this, so I think your plan of doing nothing formal sounds sensible. There is no special legal status of Permitted Occupier anyway, so no particular need to grant anything.

Reply to the comment left by LL Minion at 17/01/2024 – 09:10
Sounds like you charged your tenant an illegal fee if it was after 9 July 2019

Reply to the comment left by LL Minion at 17/01/2024 – 11:17
In an ideal world that is how it should be.
The reality it’s become a common scam for someone to rent a place, move in the ” bf/gf” as PO then disappear. Meanwhile the PO stays for months rent free with no obligations under the tenancy, while you struggle to get them out and your eviction costs spiral.

PO would not be obliged to leave unless by negotiation and a court order would need to be gained to achieve possession of the property -based upon the named tenant.
The same tenant that has disappeared!

By adding that the PO becomes tenant, should the named tenant leave, you then make PO liable for rent, you have a named and addressed tenant for eviction (should you so wish) or alternatively a rent paying tenant already in situ.

If the couple broke up but PO refused to leave, tenant would need court order of ejection before Police would get involved- more hassle for LL until then.

Ideally, all occupiers of a property over 18 should be named as tenants. As a LL you have to look at all the possible outcomes.