Any person over the age of 18 may sign a lease agreement.
TPN recommends that all adults over the age of 18 should be jointly and severally liable for the rent.
History shows that spouses have been known to hide behind each other’s credit profiles - there have also been cases of siblings, co-workers and even friends entering into lease agreements where only one tenant signs the lease but all the habitants will pay their portion of the rent. If all the habitants do not pay their portion – then the landlord can only take legal action or blacklist the tenant who signed the lease agreement. This limits the landlord's ability to recover non-paid rent.