An absence of regulatory guidance could hamper the ability of social housing tenants to challenge the ‘exceptional circumstance’ rule in the Government’s new fixed-term tenancies, a homelessness charity has warned. Shelter has launched a new guide following the introduction of the Localism Act 2011 which gives social landlords the power to let properties on fixed-term tenancies for a minimum of five years, but two years in “exceptional circumstances”. Such tenancies would be r...