Name not on lease and paying rent to housemate

Twenty Grand

Hi,
Just wanted to check something. As per the thread title, if your name is not on the lease and you're paying rent to a housemate who pays it forward to the landlord, do you have any tenancy rights?

Cheshire Cat

No, you are a licensee not a tenant.

Graham

If the landlord is not residing in the property you may be entitled to have your name added to the tenancy.

A tenancy becomes a Part 4 tenancy on the earliest date at which one of the tenants has been in occupation for 6 months. During the existence of a Part 4 tenancy any lawful licensee of the tenant/s may request the landlord to be allowed to become a tenant of the tenancy. The landlord may not unreasonably refuse such a request and must give his/her acceptance in writing.

https://www.rtb.ie/media-research/publications/licensees-in-private-rented-accommodation

Twenty Grand

Graham wrote: »

If the landlord is not residing in the property you may be entitled to have your name added to the tenancy.


https://www.rtb.ie/media-research/publications/licensees-in-private-rented-accommodation

Am I right to say you need to specifically request this?
It's not automatic.

Graham

You request it.

any lawful licensee of the tenant/s may request the landlord to be allowed to become a tenant of the tenancy