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  2. Security of tenure - Wikipedia

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    Security of tenure is a term with multiple meanings according to jurisdiction. In Australia , it is used in political science to describe a constitutional or legal guarantee that a political office-holder cannot be removed from office except in exceptional and specified circumstances.

  3. Assured shorthold tenancy - Wikipedia

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    The assured shorthold tenancy (AST) is the default legal category of residential tenancy in England and Wales.It is a form of assured tenancy with limited security of tenure, which was introduced by the Housing Act 1988 [n 1] and saw an important default provision and a widening of its definition made by the Housing Act 1996.

  4. History of rent control in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    Rent control and security of tenure were first introduced on 23 December 1915 with the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (War Restrictions) Act 1915 and were intended to be temporary measures (due to expire six months after the end of the First World War) to deal with excessive increases in rents caused by the wartime housing shortage due to the cessation of building.

  5. Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 - Wikipedia

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    Long title: An Act to provide security of tenure for occupying tenants under certain leases of residential property at low rents and for occupying sub-tenants of tenants under such leases; to enable tenants occupying property for business, professional or certain other purposes to obtain new tenancies in certain cases; to amend and extend the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1927, the Leasehold ...

  6. Tenure of Office Act (1867) - Wikipedia

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    The Tenure of Office Act was a United States federal law, in force from 1867 to 1887, that was intended to restrict the power of the president to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the U.S. Senate. The law was enacted March 2, 1867, over the veto of President Andrew Johnson. It purported to deny the president the power to ...

  7. Archbishop of Canterbury resigns - live: Welby’s Lords seat ...

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    Eight-month process to replace Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury explained. ... he probably had absolute security of tenure – attracted more than 10,000 signatures. For an Anglican primate to ...

  8. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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    [42] Parties must ensure security of tenure and that access is free of discrimination, and progressively work to eliminate homelessness. Forced evictions, defined as "the permanent or temporary removal against their will of individuals, families and/or communities from the homes and/or land which they occupy, without the provision of, and ...

  9. Right to housing - Wikipedia

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    Everyone has the right to adequate housing, including protection from eviction, without discrimination and that States shall a) take all necessary legislative, administrative and other measures to ensure security of tenure and access to affordable, habitable, accessible, culturally appropriate and safe housing, not including shelters and other ...