An assured shorthold tenancy is a tenancy that gives you a legal right to live in your accommodation for a period of time. Your tenancy might be for a set period such as six months (this is known as a fixed-term tenancy). Or it might roll on a week-to-week or month-to-month basis (this is known as a periodic tenancy).

The law gives you rights to:

* get information about your tenancy
* control your home so that you can stop other people from freely entering
* get certain types of repairs done
* live in your accommodation until your landlord gets a court order to evict you.

You may also have other rights, such as to get your landlord to do repairs or to challenge rent increases. However, assured shorthold tenants can be evicted fairly easily, so if you try to enforce these rights you could risk losing your home. Get advice before you decide what to do.

Dari: http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/renting_and_leaseho...

assured shorthold periodic tenancy agreement: perjanjian sewa tempat tinggal yang dapat diperpanjang

tempat tinggal: dapat berupa rumah atau apartemen, tetapi biasanya apartemen

short-hold: bermakna bahwa pemilik dapat mengambil kembali tempat tinggalnya setelah jangka waktu sewa habis

Walaupun perjanjian dapat diperpanjang untuk jangka waktu yang sama, tetapi keputusan tetap pada pemilik. Kalau dia tidak ingin diperpanjang, maka penyewa harus pindah.