Asked by Anonymous
I am a tenant renting an 3-bedder HDB unit, with a total of 4 occupiers, myself, my parents and a cousin. With the rising rent prices in the market, my girlfriend’s tenancy agreement has ended and she did not manage to find a place to move so we asked my parents and her parents to allow us to let my girlfriend move in to this house and have this arrangement despite not being married yet. Both sides have given us the blessing.
I informed landlord yesterday that she will be moving in this weekend and to add her name to the occupier’s list in the tenancy agreement, and listing in HDB side to which he didn’t agree as he said it’s against his morality and beliefs as a Christian.
I understand this as both my girlfriend’s family and my side of the family are Christians, but we have received both parents’ blessing and we will be staying with my parents and cousin, making it a total of 5 occupiers.
I have also revisited the TA and it only states there to provide necessary documents to prove legal stay in Singapore for new occupiers to be added in the tenancy. I believe his morals and religion should not be a criteria or measuring stick to consider future occupiers, as the TA did not state this.
Kindly advise us on how to proceed with this. Thank you so much to anyone who will support to explain and answer this enquiry!
I informed landlord yesterday that she will be moving in this weekend and to add her name to the occupier’s list in the tenancy agreement, and listing in HDB side to which he didn’t agree as he said it’s against his morality and beliefs as a Christian.
I understand this as both my girlfriend’s family and my side of the family are Christians, but we have received both parents’ blessing and we will be staying with my parents and cousin, making it a total of 5 occupiers.
I have also revisited the TA and it only states there to provide necessary documents to prove legal stay in Singapore for new occupiers to be added in the tenancy. I believe his morals and religion should not be a criteria or measuring stick to consider future occupiers, as the TA did not state this.
Kindly advise us on how to proceed with this. Thank you so much to anyone who will support to explain and answer this enquiry!
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Here’s the sub clause in the TA:
The tenant shall produce to the Landlord for inspection the originals of all occupants’ identity cards/passports and other relevant documents evidencing their legal entry into and stay in Singapore before the commencement of this Agreement, and thereafter, before any new permitted occupant moves in.
I also checked whole TA and there’s no other stipulation or sub-clause stating that only family members are allowed. Does this mean that I have a right as a tenant to allow my girlfriend to move in?