Assignment is a concept in
housing
Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether i ...
law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...
that allows the transfer of a
tenancy
A leasehold estate is an ownership of a temporary right to hold land or property in which a lessee or a tenant holds rights of real property by some form of title from a lessor or landlord. Although a tenant does hold rights to real property, a l ...
from one person to another. Not all tenancies offer assignment and often permission from the
landlord
A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, land, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant (also a ''lessee'' or ''renter''). When a juristic person is in this position, t ...
is required in order to assign a tenancy.
[{{cite web , url=http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/social_housing/transfers_and_exchanges/assigning_a_tenancy , title=Assigning a tenancy - Shelter England , website=england.shelter.org.uk , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122201209/http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/social_housing/transfers_and_exchanges/assigning_a_tenancy , archive-date=2015-01-22 ]
References
Housing in the United Kingdom