{"id":27916,"date":"2026-01-15T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/?post_type=web-story&#038;p=27916"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:54:00","slug":"what-to-do-if-your-tenant-goes-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/web-stories\/what-to-do-if-your-tenant-goes-to-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do if your tenant goes to prison?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html amp=\"\" lang=\"en\"><head><meta charSet=\"utf-8\"\/><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"\/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?display=swap&amp;family=Source+Sans+3%3Awght%40400%3B700\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\/><link 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style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:6.79612%;top:73.94822%;width:61.16505%;height:4.36893%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.7936507936507936% 0.7936507936507936% 0.7936507936507936% 0.7936507936507936% \/ 7.4074074074074066% 7.4074074074074066% 7.4074074074074066% 7.4074074074074066%\" id=\"el-5cc16c93-9e5f-4c4d-a913-ab06742a988d\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.8888888888888882% 0;font-family:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:0.323625em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"color: #fff\">By Simran Prasad<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:6.79612%;top:78.31715%;width:61.16505%;height:3.39806%;opacity:1\">\n<div 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style=\"background-color:#eae6eb\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-76fe10c7-20ed-492d-8aa2-75375bebcffb\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-tenancy-agreement.webp\" alt=\"Tenancy agreement\" srcSet=\"https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-tenancy-agreement.webp 720w,https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-tenancy-agreement-576x1024.webp 576w,https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-tenancy-agreement-169x300.webp 169w,https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-tenancy-agreement-150x267.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 45vh, 100vw\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<div class=\"element-overlay-area\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(0.5turn, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.7) 100%)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-background-overlay-area\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(0.5turn, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.7) 100%)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:7.52427%;top:50%;width:75.72816%;height:9.70874%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.641025641025641% 0.641025641025641% 0.641025641025641% 0.641025641025641% \/ 3.3333333333333335% 3.3333333333333335% 3.3333333333333335% 3.3333333333333335%\" id=\"el-dcc6c097-a423-468d-a7a2-e424a9e207a6\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.8256410256410253% 0;font-family:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:0.372168em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"color: #fff\">A tenant being jailed does not automatically end the tenancy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"40549d6e-a447-4454-81ed-0c0308882fa3\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#bdbaba\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-93cd5ac0-6eb7-429c-b346-d60ed070effe\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-paying-rent.webp\" alt=\"Paying rent\" srcSet=\"https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-paying-rent.webp 720w,https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-paying-rent-576x1024.webp 576w,https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-paying-rent-169x300.webp 169w,https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-paying-rent-150x267.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 45vh, 100vw\" 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style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-85606811-bcd4-47a1-bba9-c218aabfb9de\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-possession-proceedings.webp\" alt=\"Possession proceedings\" srcSet=\"https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-possession-proceedings.webp 720w,https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-possession-proceedings-576x1024.webp 576w,https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-possession-proceedings-169x300.webp 169w,https:\/\/www.benhams.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-possession-proceedings-150x267.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 45vh, 100vw\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<div class=\"element-overlay-area\" 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