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Section 4


         Appendices





         This section does not constitute part of your terms and conditions.



         Appendix 1                                         Fraud
         Explanation of words used in this                  When someone gives false or misleading
         agreement                                          information or takes action in order to get
                                                            something which they would not otherwise be
         Abandon                                            entitled to; for example, money, welfare benefits
         When a tenant leaves their home without            or a tenancy.
         surrendering the tenancy, either by notifying us or
         ending the tenancy formally by serving a notice of   Fixtures and fittings
                                                            All appliances and furnishings in a property,
         termination on us.                                 including installations for supplying or using gas,

         Anti-social behaviour                              electric and water.
         Behaviour causing, or likely to cause, nuisance,
         annoyance, harassment, alarm or distress to        Garden
                                                            The outside space which is let with your dwelling
         anyone.                                            and is for the sole use of you and members of

         Assign                                             your household.
         To transfer the tenancy during the tenant’s
         lifetime.                                          Harassment
                                                            To keep doing something to someone which they
         Breach                                             find annoying or upsetting. Harassment need not
         To break or to fail to keep the conditions of the   necessarily be abusive or violent.
         Tenancy Agreement, such as paying rent.            Insurance

         Civil partner                                      Liability cover provided by a company to protect
         A person of the same-sex with whom you have        goods and belongings in the event of damage.
         registered your relationship as a civil partnership
         as from 5 December 2005.                           Joint tenant
                                                            If more than one person has signed the Tenancy
         Direct access                                      Agreement, then ‘you’ mean the joint tenants
         This means you have a front, side or back door     together and individually. Joint tenants have a
         that leads straight into your private garden.      shared interest in the property for the whole
                                                            period of the tenancy. You are jointly and
         Domestic abuse                                     individually liable to pay the charges and for all
         Domestic abuse can be in the form of abuse         the obligations under the tenancy.
         including threatening behaviour, violence or abuse
         (physical, sexual, financial, psychological and    Locality
         emotional) between people who are, or were in      The area in which you live including the estate
         an intimate relationship or close family relationship   you live on, the streets and all other areas around
         regardless of gender or sexuality (this includes   your home and the neighbourhood.
         forced marriages). Domestic abuse can be
         against anyone of any age and any background.      Lodger
                                                            Someone who pays to share your home with you but
                                                            does not have an exclusive right to any part of it. A
                                                            lodger would often pay rent that includes a payment
                                                            for other things such as meals and/or cleaning.



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