Assured tenancy
![Reading County CourtAn assured tenancy that is not shorthold provides the tenant with the option of holding over at its end, implying a statutory periodic tenancy, which calls on the landlord to obtain an order for possession to evict if the landlord has a valid statutory ground[1]](/Images/godic/202412/22/Reading_County_Court3708.jpg")
An assured tenancy is a legal category of residential tenancy to an individual (or individuals jointly) in English land law that can be contrasted to a tenancy beyond seven years (a lease) and affords by statute a degree of security of tenure to the tenant. A tenant under an assured tenancy may not be evicted without a reasonable ground in the Housing Act 1988 and, where periodic, changes in rent are potentially subject to a challenge before a rent assessment committee.