Adding someone as a joint tenant

Normally you can only become a joint tenant if you’re married to or in a long-term partnership with the current tenant. Children can’t usually become joint tenants.

To add a partner or spouse to your tenancy you’ll need to apply for a joint tenancy.

Before you start

Please note, we can’t progress your application if you’re in arrears or if you’ve had a joint tenancy before.

Important: You can lose some of your legal rights by adding a joint tenant as it involves ending your current tenancy, so we advise you to seek legal advice before applying.

How to apply

Complete our add someone as a joint tenant request form (requires a website account) or contact us. Before you start, make sure you have the following to hand:

A copy or photo of 2 letters giving your details and requesting the joint tenancy. One must be signed by the current tenant and the other by the person you wish to add
The details of the person you wish to add, including things like national insurance number.
A copy of your marriage certificate or if you’re not married, then proof of address for your partner for the past 12 months. These need to be from a variety of different sources on headed paper that show the person’s name, address, and date. For example, a council tax bill, a bank statement, a doctor’s letter, driving license etc.

Process and timescales

Once we’ve received the form with both letters attached we’ll:

Carry out a set of checks which are to protect you and settle and to ensure we follow housing law
Write to you and let you know if the joint tenancy can proceed