An assured shorthold tenancy is default agreement between the Landlord and the tenant. This is a new law that came in to being in 1997. It has many provisions favoring the tenant. The landlord has to inform the tenant about any tenancy news relating to the property he lives in. the tenants can make certain repairs he thinks is necessary. Many landlord prefer to go in for an assured shorthold tenancy for it is easy for the landlord to recover the property by evicting the tenant after a period of six months of tenancy. The website assuredshortholdtenancy.com provides all information regarding this law.