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Housing Act 1985

Type Public General Act

Publication 1985-10-30

Last updated 2025-05-01

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Meaning of “public sector authority”.

Grant of tenancy to former statutory tenant.

Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid or an obligation of the tenancy has been broken or not performed.

The dwelling-house is overcrowded, within the meaning of Part X, in such circumstances as to render the occupier guilty of an offence.

The landlord is a charity and the tenant’s continued occupation of the dwelling-house would conflict with the objects of the charity.

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The Housing (Rural Workers) Acts 1926 to 1942, and any enactment so far as it relates to the rate of interest payable on a loan under those Acts, continue to have effect in relation to a loan made under section 2 of the Housing (Rural Workers) Act 1926 before 10th August 1972.

Minor definitions: Part XVIII

Index of defined expressions: Part XVIII.

Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid or an obligation of the tenancy has been broken or not performed.

The dwelling-house is overcrowded, within the meaning of Part X, in such circumstances as to render the occupier guilty of an offence.

The landlord is a charity and the tenant’s continued occupation of the dwelling-house would conflict with the objects of the charity.

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Definition of overcrowding.

Registration schemes.

No person to keep a common lodging house unless registered.

Saving for rights arising from breach of covenant, &c.

Continuance of certain powers to borrow for housing purposes.

Loans by Public Works Loan Commissioners.

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Eligibility for assistance.

Alternative accommodation under s. 554 or 555,

Meaning of “public sector authority”.

Modification of compulsory purchase order in case of acquisition of land for clearance.

Liability of directors, &c. in case of offence by body corporate.

Minor definitions: Part XVIII

Short title, commencement and extent.

The condition of the dwelling-house or of any of the common parts has deteriorated owing to acts of waste by, or the neglect or default of, the tenant or a person residing in the dwelling-house and, in the case of an act of waste by, or the neglect or default of, a person lodging with the tenant or a sub-tenant of his, the tenant has not taken such steps as he ought reasonably to have taken for the removal of the lodger or sub-tenant.

The dwelling-house is overcrowded, within the meaning of Part X, in such circumstances as to render the occupier guilty of an offence.

The landlord is a charity and the tenant’s continued occupation of the dwelling-house would conflict with the objects of the charity.

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Repayment of discount on early disposal.

Consultation with respect to management.

Meaning of “qualified accountant”.

Assignments by way of exchange.

Extended discretion of court in certain proceedings for possession.

Devolution of term certain.

Power to reimburse cost of tenant’s improvements.

Variation of terms of secure tenancy.

Consultation on matters of housing management.

Meaning of “long tenancy”.

Persons qualifying for compensation.

Review of decisions relating to flexible tenancies

Purchase price.

Review of decisions relating to flexible tenancies

Review of determination of value

Landlord’s notice in default.

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Change of landlord after notice claiming right to buy or right to a mortgage.

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Terms and effect of conveyance or grant and mortgage.

Landlord’s second notice to complete.

Right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms.

Right excluded by entitlement to housing benefit.

Right excluded if minimum initial payment exceeds maximum initial payment.

Tenant’s notice of intention.

Landlord’s notice in default.

Change of landlord after notice claiming right.

Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease.

Terms and effect of conveyance or grant: general.

Landlord’s first notice to complete.

Payments of rent attributable to purchase price etc.

Registration of title.

Amount of discount which may be demanded by landlord: right to buy

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks, etc.

Payments of rent attributable to purchase price etc.

Treatment of options.

Secretary of State’s general power to intervene.

Extent of preserved right: qualifying persons and dwelling-houses.

Subsequent dealings: disposal of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Subsequent dealings: termination of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Subsequent dealings: transfer of qualifying person to alternative accommodation.

Modifications of this Part in relation to preserved right.

Subsequent dealings: transfer of qualifying person to alternative accommodation.

Errors and omissions in notices.

Costs.

Subsequent dealings: termination of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Subsequent dealings: transfer of qualifying person to alternative accommodation.

Minor definitions.

Index of defined expressions: Part V

Repair notice in respect of unfit dwelling-house.

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Effect of certain enforcement action under the Housing Act 2004

Obstructive building order.

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Demolition orders: cleansing before demolition.

Effect of certain enforcement action under the Housing Act 2004

Continuance of certain powers to borrow for housing purposes.

Control of expenditure by housing authorities on works of conversion or improvement.

Demolition orders: cleansing before demolition.

Effect of certain enforcement action under the Housing Act 2004

Index of defined expressions: Part XIV.

Disposal of certain Crown interests in land treated as disposal by public sector authority.

General enactments relating to compulsory purchase, &c., apply subject to this Part.

Exclusion of Rent Act protection.

Minor definitions: Part XVIII

Index of defined expressions: Part XVIII.

Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid or an obligation of the tenancy has been broken or not performed.

Ground 7

The dwelling-house forms part of, or is within the curtilage of, a building which, or so much of it as is held by the landlord, is held mainly for purposes other than housing purposes and consists mainly of accommodation other than housing accommodation, and—

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The dwelling-house is overcrowded, within the meaning of Part X, in such circumstances as to render the occupier guilty of an offence.

The landlord is a charity and the tenant’s continued occupation of the dwelling-house would conflict with the objects of the charity.

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Compliance with minimum standards in erection of houses.

Homelessness and threatened homelessness.

The tenant condition.

83ZA

(1) This section applies in relation to proceedings for possession of a dwelling-house under section 84A (absolute ground for possession for anti-social behaviour), including proceedings where possession is also sought on one or more of the grounds set out in Schedule 2.

(2) The court must not entertain the proceedings unless the landlord has served on the tenant a notice under this section.

(3) The notice must—

(a) state that the court will be asked to make an order under section 84A for the possession of the dwelling-house,

(b) set out the reasons for the landlord's decision to apply for the order (including the condition or conditions in section 84A on which the landlord proposes to rely), and

(c) inform the tenant of any right that the tenant may have under section 85ZA to request a review of the landlord's decision and of the time within which the request must be made.

(4) In a case where possession is also sought on one or more of the grounds set out in Schedule 2, the notice must also—

(a) specify the ground on which the court will be asked to make the order, and

(b) give particulars of that ground.

(5) A notice which states that the landlord proposes to rely upon condition 1, 3 or 5 in section 84A—

(a) must also state the conviction on which the landlord proposes to rely, and

(b) must be served on the tenant within—

(i) the period of 12 months beginning with the day of the conviction, or

(ii) if there is an appeal against the conviction, the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the appeal is finally determined or abandoned.

(6) A notice which states that the landlord proposes to rely upon condition 2 in section 84A—

(a) must also state the finding on which the landlord proposes to rely, and

(b) must be served on the tenant within—

(i) the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the court has made the finding, or

(ii) if there is an appeal against the finding, the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the appeal is finally determined, abandoned or withdrawn.

(7) A notice which states that the landlord proposes to rely upon condition 4 in section 84A—

(a) must also state the closure order concerned, and

(b) must be served on the tenant within—

(i) the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which the closure order was made, or

(ii) if there is an appeal against the making of the order, the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which the appeal is finally determined, abandoned or withdrawn.

(8) A notice under this section must also inform the tenant that, if the tenant needs help or advice about the notice and what to do about it, the tenant should take it immediately to a Citizens' Advice Bureau, a housing aid centre, a law centre or a solicitor.

(9) The notice—

(a) must also specify the date after which proceedings for the possession of the dwelling-house may be begun, and

(b) ceases to be in force 12 months after the date so specified.

(10) The date specified in accordance with subsection (9)(a) must not be earlier than—

(a) in the case of a periodic tenancy, the date on which the tenancy could, apart from this Part, be brought to an end by notice to quit given by the landlord on the same day as the notice under this section;

(b) in the case of a secure tenancy for a term certain, one month after the date of the service of the notice.

(11) Where a notice under this section is served with respect to a secure tenancy for a term certain, it has effect also with respect to any periodic tenancy arising on the termination of that tenancy by virtue of section 86; and subsection (10)(a) does not apply to the notice.

Grounds and orders for possession.

84A

(1) If the court is satisfied that any of the following conditions is met, it must make an order for the possession of a dwelling-house let under a secure tenancy.

This is subject to subsection (2) (and to any available defence based on the tenant's Convention rights, within the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998).

(2) Subsection (1) applies only where the landlord has complied with any obligations it has under section 85ZA (review of decision to seek possession).

(3) Condition 1 is that—

(a) the tenant, or a person residing in or visiting the dwelling-house, has been convicted of a serious offence, and

(b) the serious offence—

(i) was committed (wholly or partly) in, or in the locality of, the dwelling-house,

(ii) was committed elsewhere against a person with a right (of whatever description) to reside in, or occupy housing accommodation in the locality of, the dwelling-house, or

(iii) was committed elsewhere against the landlord of the dwelling-house, or a person employed (whether or not by the landlord) in connection with the exercise of the landlord's housing management functions, and directly or indirectly related to or affected those functions.

(4) Condition 2 is that a court has found in relevant proceedings that the tenant, or a person residing in or visiting the dwelling-house, has breached a provision of an injunction under section 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, other than a provision requiring a person to participate in a particular activity, and—

(a) the breach occurred in, or in the locality of, the dwelling-house, or

(b) the breach occurred elsewhere and the provision breached was a provision intended to prevent—

(i) conduct that is capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to a person with a right (of whatever description) to reside in, or occupy housing accommodation in the locality of, the dwelling-house, or

(ii) conduct that is capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to the landlord of the dwelling-house, or a person employed (whether or not by the landlord) in connection with the exercise of the landlord's housing management functions, and that is directly or indirectly related to or affects those functions.

(5) Condition 3 is that the tenant, or a person residing in or visiting the dwelling-house, has been convicted of an offence under section 30 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 or section 339 of the Sentencing Code consisting of a breach of a provision of a criminal behaviour order prohibiting a person from doing anything described in the order, and the offence involved—

(a) a breach that occurred in, or in the locality of, the dwelling-house, or

(b) a breach that occurred elsewhere of a provision intended to prevent—

(i) behaviour that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to a person with a right (of whatever description) to reside in, or occupy housing accommodation in the locality of, the dwelling-house, or

(ii) behaviour that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to the landlord of the dwelling-house, or a person employed (whether or not by the landlord) in connection with the exercise of the landlord's housing management functions, and that is directly or indirectly related to or affects those functions.

(6) Condition 4 is that—

(a) the dwelling-house is or has been subject to a closure order under section 80 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, and

(b) access to the dwelling-house has been prohibited (under the closure order or under a closure notice issued under section 76 of that Act) for a continuous period of more than 48 hours.

(7) Condition 5 is that—

(a) the tenant, or a person residing in or visiting the dwelling-house, has been convicted of an offence under—

(i) section 80(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (breach of abatement notice in relation to statutory nuisance), or

(ii) section 82(8) of that Act (breach of court order to abate statutory nuisance etc. ), and

(b) the nuisance concerned was noise emitted from the dwelling-house which was a statutory nuisance for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act by virtue of section 79(1)(g) of that Act (noise emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance).

(8) Condition 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 is not met if—

(a) there is an appeal against the conviction, finding or order concerned which has not been finally determined, abandoned or withdrawn, or

(b) the final determination of the appeal results in the conviction, finding or order being overturned.

(9) In this section—

“ relevant proceedings ” means proceedings for contempt of court or proceedings under Schedule 2 to the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014;

“ serious offence ” means an offence which— was committed on or after the day on which subsection (3) comes into force,is specified, or falls within a description specified, in Schedule 2A at the time the offence was committed and at the time the court is considering the matter, andis not an offence that is triable only summarily by virtue of section 22 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (either-way offences where value involved is small).

(10) The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 2A as it applies in relation to dwelling-houses in England by—

(a) adding an indictable offence;

(b) removing an offence.

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(12) An order under subsection (10) ...—

(a) is to be made by statutory instrument;

(b) may make different provision for different purposes;

(13) A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (10) ... may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of—

(a) each House of Parliament (in the case of an order of the Secretary of State)...

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85ZA

(1) A tenant may request a review of a landlord's decision to seek an order for possession of a dwelling-house under section 84A if the interest of the landlord belongs to—

(a) a local housing authority, or

(b) a housing action trust.

(2) Such a request must be made in writing before the end of the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the notice under section 83ZA is served.

(3) On a request being duly made to it, the landlord must review its decision.

(4) The landlord must notify the tenant in writing of the decision on the review.

(5) If the decision is to confirm the original decision, the landlord must also notify the tenant of the reasons for the decision.

(6) The review must be carried out, and the tenant notified, before the day specified in the notice under section 83ZA as the day after which proceedings for the possession of the dwelling-house may be begun.

(7) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the procedure to be followed in connection with a review under this section that relates to an order for possession of a dwelling-house in England.

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(9) Regulations under subsection (7) may, in particular, make provision—

(a) requiring the decision on review to be made by a person of appropriate seniority who was not involved in the original decision, and

(b) as to the circumstances in which the person concerned is entitled to an oral hearing, and whether and by whom the person may be represented at such a hearing.

(10) Regulations under this section—

(a) may contain transitional or saving provision;

(b) are to be made by statutory instrument which—

(i) in the case of regulations made by the Secretary of State, is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;

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Grounds and orders for possession.

Succession to periodic tenancy.

Assignment in general prohibited.

Assignments by way of exchange.

Variation of terms of secure tenancy.

Power to reimburse cost of tenant’s improvements.

Review of decisions relating to flexible tenancies

Termination of flexible tenancy by tenant

County court rules and directions.

Meaning of “long tenancy”.

The right to buy.

Exceptions to the right to buy

Meaning of “landlord authority”.

Exceptions to the right to buy

Suspension of the right to buy in parts of Wales

Landlord’s notice of purchase price and other matters.

Purchase price.

Discount.

Limits on amount of discount

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- Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease.

Effect of initial demolition notice served before completion

Terms and effect of conveyance or grant and mortgage.

Effect of initial demolition notice served before completion

Effect of final demolition notice served before completion

Effect of initial demolition notice served before completion

Right excluded if minimum initial payment exceeds maximum initial payment.

Tenant’s notice claiming right.

Tenant’s notice of intention.

Landlord’s notice in default.

Change of landlord after notice claiming right.

Landlord’s first notice to complete.

Registration of title.

Amount of discount which may be demanded by landlord: right to buy

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks, etc.

Treatment of options.

Secretary of State’s general power to intervene.

Cases in which right to buy is preserved.

Extent of preserved right: qualifying persons and dwelling-houses.

Subsequent dealings: disposal of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Modifications of this Part in relation to preserved right.

Subsequent dealings: transfer of qualifying person to alternative accommodation.

Exclusion of leases where landlord is housing association and freeholder is a charity.

Errors and omissions in notices.

Costs.

Jurisdiction of county court.

Minor definitions.

Index of defined expressions: Part V

Electronic communications apparatus

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Power of court to order occupier or owner to permit things to be done.

Procedure for removal or alteration of apparatus under s. 296.

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Retention of houses acquired for clearance.

Building becoming listed when acquired by agreement for clearance.

Index of defined expressions: Part IX.

Meaning of “multiple occupation”.

Meaning of “common lodging house”.

Continuance of certain powers to borrow for housing purposes.

Control of expenditure by housing authorities on works of conversion or improvement.

Deposits in respect of maintenance or repair of mortgaged premises.

Recognised savings institutions.

Power to make loans in other cases.

Supplementary provisions as to regulations under s. 450A or 450B.

Purchase of equitable interests

Index of defined expressions: Part XIV.

Index of defined expressions: Part XV

Grant of tenancy to former statutory tenant.

Meaning of “public sector authority”.

Disposal of certain Crown interests in land treated as disposal by public sector authority.

General enactments relating to compulsory purchase, &c., apply subject to this Part.

Exclusion of Rent Act protection.

Minor definitions: Part XVIII

Index of defined expressions: Part XVIII.

Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid or an obligation of the tenancy has been broken or not performed.

The dwelling-house is overcrowded, within the meaning of Part X, in such circumstances as to render the occupier guilty of an offence.

The landlord is a charity and the tenant’s continued occupation of the dwelling-house would conflict with the objects of the charity.

SCHEDULE 2A

Violent offences

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Murder.

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Manslaughter.

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Kidnapping.

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False imprisonment.

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An offence under any of the following sections of the Offences against the Person Act 1861—

(a) section 4 (soliciting murder),

(b) section 16 (threats to kill),

(d) section 20 (malicious wounding),

(e) section 21 (attempting to choke, suffocate or strangle in order to commit or assist in committing an indictable offence),

(f) section 22 (using chloroform etc. to commit or assist in the committing of any indictable offence),

(g) section 23 (maliciously administering poison etc. so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm),

(h) section 24 (maliciously administering poison etc. with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy any other person),

(i) section 27 (abandoning or exposing children whereby life is endangered or health permanently injured),

(j) section 28 (causing bodily injury by explosives),

(k) section 29 (using explosives etc. with intent to do grievous bodily harm),

(l) section 30 (placing explosives with intent to do bodily injury),

(m) section 31 (setting spring guns etc. with intent to do grievous bodily harm),

(n) section 38 (assault with intent to resist arrest),

(o) section 47 (assault occasioning actual bodily harm).

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An offence under any of the following sections of the Explosive Substances Act 1883—

(a) section 2 (causing explosion likely to endanger life or property),

(b) section 3 (attempt to cause explosion, or making or keeping explosive with intent to endanger life or property),

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An offence under section 1 of the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 (child destruction).

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An offence under section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (cruelty to children).

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An offence under section 1 of the Infanticide Act 1938 (infanticide).

10

An offence under any of the following sections of the Public Order Act 1986—

(a) section 1 (riot),

(b) section 2 (violent disorder),

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An offence under either of the following sections of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997—

(a) section 4 (putting people in fear of violence),

(b) section 4A (stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress).

12

An offence under any of the following provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998—

(a) section 29 (racially or religiously aggravated assaults),

(b) section 31(1)(a) or (b) (racially or religiously aggravated offences under section 4 or 4A of the Public Order Act 1986),

13

An offence under either of the following sections of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003—

(a) section 1 (female genital mutilation),

(b) section 2 (assisting a girl to mutilate her own genitalia).

14

An offence under section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable adult).

Sexual offences

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An offence under section 33A of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (keeping a brothel used for prostitution).

16

An offence under section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978 (indecent photographs of children).

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An offence under section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (possession of indecent photograph of a child).

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An indictable offence under Part 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (sexual offences).

Offensive weapons

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An offence under either of the following sections of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953—

(a) section 1 (prohibition of the carrying of offensive weapons without lawful authority or reasonable excuse),

(b) section 1A (threatening with offensive weapon in public).

20

An offence under any of the following provisions of the Firearms Act 1968—

(a) section 16 (possession of firearm with intent to endanger life),

(b) section 16A (possession of firearm with intent to cause fear of violence),

(d) section 17(2) (possession of firearm at time of committing or being arrested for offence specified in Schedule 1 to the Act of 1968),

(e) section 18 (carrying a firearm with criminal intent),

(f) section 19 (carrying a firearm in a public place),

(g) section 20 (trespassing with firearm),

(h) section 21 (possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime).

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An offence under either of the following sections of the Criminal Justice Act 1988—

(a) section 139 (having article with blade or point in public place),

(b) section 139AA (threatening with article with blade or point or offensive weapon).

Offences against property

22

An offence under any of the following sections of the Theft Act 1968—

(a) section 8 (robbery or assault with intent to rob),

(b) section 9 (burglary),

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An offence under section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 (destroying or damaging property).

24

An offence under section 30 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage).

Road traffic offences

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An offence under section 35 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (injuring persons by furious driving).

26

An offence under section 12A of the Theft Act 1968 (aggravated vehicle-taking involving an accident which caused the death of any person).

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An offence under any of the following sections of the Road Traffic Act 1988—

(a) section 1 (causing death by dangerous driving),

(b) section 1A (causing serious injury by dangerous driving),

28

An offence under any of the following provisions of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971—

(a) section 4 (restriction of production and supply of controlled drugs),

(b) section 5(3) (possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply),

(c) section 8(a) or (b) (occupiers etc. of premises to be punishable for permitting unlawful production or supply etc. of controlled drugs there).

29

An offence under section 6 of that Act (restrictions of cultivation of cannabis plant) where the cultivation is for profit and the whole or a substantial part of the dwelling-house concerned is used for the cultivation.

Inchoate offences

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(1) An offence of attempting or conspiring the commission of an offence specified or described in this Schedule.

(2) An offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (encouraging or assisting) where the offence (or one of the offences) which the person in question intends or believes would be committed is an offence specified or described in this Schedule.

(3) An offence of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence specified or described in this Schedule.

Scope of offences

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Where this Schedule refers to offences which are offences under the law of England and Wales and another country or territory, the reference is to be read as limited to the offences so far as they are offences under the law of England and Wales.

Ground 2ZA

Proceedings have been begun for possession of the dwelling-house, of which the tenant or the proposed assignee is the secure tenant, under section 84A (absolute ground for possession for anti-social behaviour), or there has been served on the tenant or the proposed assignee a notice under section 83ZA (notice requirements in relation to proceedings for possession on absolute ground for anti-social behaviour) which is still in force.

Ground 2B

The dwelling-house is subject to a closure notice or closure order under Chapter 3 of Part 4 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

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Modern slavery

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An offence under either of the following sections of the Modern Slavery Act 2015—

(a) section 1 (slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour),

(b) section 2 (human trafficking).

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Treatment of options.

Priority need for accommodation.

Grounds and orders for possession.

Extended discretion of court in certain proceedings for possession.

Succession to periodic tenancy.

Assignment in general prohibited.

Assignments by way of exchange.

Consultation on matters of housing management.

Flexible tenancies

Meaning of “landlord authority”.

Meaning of “long tenancy”.

The right to buy.

Exceptions to the right to buy

Landlord’s notice of purchase price and other matters.

Suspension of the right to buy in parts of Wales

Landlord’s notice of purchase price and other matters.

Determination of value: review notices

Purchase price.

Determination of value: review notices

Discount.

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Change of secure tenant after notice claiming right to buy.

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- Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease.

Right excluded by entitlement to housing benefit.

Tenant’s notice of intention.

Landlord’s notice in default.

Change of landlord after notice claiming right.

Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease.

Terms and effect of conveyance or grant: general.

Landlord’s first notice to complete.

Payments of rent attributable to purchase price etc.

Amount of discount which may be demanded by landlord: right to buy

Right of first refusal for landlord etc.

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks, etc.

Treatment of options.

Secretary of State’s general power to intervene.

Cases in which right to buy is preserved.

Extent of preserved right: qualifying persons and dwelling-houses.

Modifications of this Part in relation to preserved right.

Subsequent dealings: disposal of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Meaning of “common lodging house”.

No person to keep a common lodging house unless registered.

Costs.

Demolition orders: cleansing before demolition.

Effect of certain enforcement action under the Housing Act 2004

Obstructive building order.

Procedure for removal or alteration of apparatus under s. 296.

Definition of overcrowding.

Registration schemes.

Retention of houses acquired for clearance.

Building becoming listed when acquired by agreement for clearance.

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Control of expenditure by housing authorities on works of conversion or improvement.

Power to make loans in other cases.

Supplementary provisions as to regulations under s. 450A or 450B.

Purchase of equitable interests

Liability of directors, &c. in case of offence by body corporate.

Meaning of “public sector authority”.

Grant of tenancy to former statutory tenant.

Minor definitions: Part XVIII

Short title, commencement and extent.

Exclusion of Rent Act protection.

Minor definitions: Part XVIII

Index of defined expressions: Part XVIII.

Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid or an obligation of the tenancy has been broken or not performed.

The landlord is a charity and the tenant’s continued occupation of the dwelling-house would conflict with the objects of the charity.

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Requirements to co-operate in relation to certain disposals

Succession to periodic tenancy.

Assignment in general prohibited.

Assignments by way of exchange.

Lodgers and subletting.

Information about housing allocation.

Meaning of “landlord authority”.

The right to buy.

Information to help tenants decide whether to exercise right to buy etc.

Estimates and information about service charges.

Landlord’s notice of purchase price and other matters.

Purchase price.

Determination of value: review notices

Discount.

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Limits on amount of discount

Change of landlord after notice claiming right to buy or right to a mortgage.

- Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease.

Landlord’s second notice to complete.

Right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms.

Right excluded by entitlement to housing benefit.

Right excluded if minimum initial payment exceeds maximum initial payment.

Tenant’s notice claiming right.

Payments of rent attributable to purchase price etc.

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks, etc.

Treatment of options.

Cases in which right to buy is preserved.

Extent of preserved right: qualifying persons and dwelling-houses.

Subsequent dealings: disposal of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Subsequent dealings: termination of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Meaning of “common lodging house”.

Errors and omissions in notices.

Index of defined expressions: Part IX.

Meaning of “multiple occupation”.

Continuance of certain powers to borrow for housing purposes.

The improvement for sale scheme.

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Retention of houses acquired for clearance.

Recognised savings institutions.

Continuance of certain powers to borrow for housing purposes.

Deposits in respect of maintenance or repair of mortgaged premises.

Power to make loans in other cases.

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Purchase of equitable interests

Meaning of “dwelling” and “house”.

Index of defined expressions: Part XV

Grant of tenancy to former statutory tenant.

Disposal of certain Crown interests in land treated as disposal by public sector authority.

General enactments relating to compulsory purchase, &c., apply subject to this Part.

Minor definitions: Part XVIII

Index of defined expressions: Part XVIII.

Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid or an obligation of the tenancy has been broken or not performed.

The dwelling-house is overcrowded, within the meaning of Part X, in such circumstances as to render the occupier guilty of an offence.

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121ZA

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121ZB

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Modifications of this Part in relation to preserved right.

Subsequent dealings: disposal of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Subsequent dealings: transfer of qualifying person to alternative accommodation.

Disposal after notice claiming to exercise right to buy, etc.

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Retention of houses acquired for clearance.

Building becoming listed when acquired by agreement for clearance.

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Power of court to order occupier or owner to permit things to be done.

Minor definitions.

Index of defined expressions: Part V

Repair notice in respect of dwelling-houseor house in multiple occupation in state of disrepair but not unfit.

Content of demolition . . . .

Demolition orders: power to permit reconstruction of condemned house.

Demolition orders: substitution of prohibition order to permit use otherwise than for human habitation

Right of appeal against obstructive building order.

The improvement for sale scheme.

Superseded contributions, subsidies, grants, and other financial matters.

Waiver or reduction of payments in case of property requiring repair or improvement.

Terms of advances and administration.

Power to make loans in other cases.

Supplementary provisions as to regulations under s. 450A or 450B.

Loans by Public Works Loan Commissioners.

Short title, commencement and extent.

Alternative accommodation under s. 554 or 555,

Meaning of “public sector authority”.

Meaning of “dwelling” and “house”.

Liability of directors, &c. in case of offence by body corporate.

Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid or an obligation of the tenancy has been broken or not performed.

The condition of furniture provided by the landlord for use under the tenancy, or for use in the common parts, has deteriorated owing to ill-treatment by the tenant or a person residing in the dwelling-house and, in the case of ill-treatment by a person lodging with the tenant or a sub-tenant of his, the tenant has not taken such steps as he ought reasonably to have taken for the removal of the lodger or sub-tenant.

The dwelling-house is overcrowded, within the meaning of Part X, in such circumstances as to render the occupier guilty of an offence.

The landlord is a charity and the tenant’s continued occupation of the dwelling-house would conflict with the objects of the charity.

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Information to help tenants decide whether to exercise right to buy etc.

Suspension of the right to buy in parts of Wales

Landlord’s notice in default.

Determination of value: review notices

Review of determination of value

Change of landlord after notice claiming right to buy or right to a mortgage.

- Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease.

Landlord’s first notice to complete.

Right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms.

Right excluded if minimum initial payment exceeds maximum initial payment.

Tenant’s notice claiming right.

Landlord’s notice admitting or denying right.

Tenant’s notice of intention.

Change of landlord after notice claiming right.

Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease.

Landlord’s second notice to complete.

Consideration for disposal under section 156A

Exempted disposals which end liability under covenants.

Treatment of deferred resale agreements for purposes of section 155

Extent of preserved right: qualifying persons and dwelling-houses.

Modifications of this Part in relation to preserved right.

Subsequent dealings: transfer of qualifying person to alternative accommodation.

Disposal after notice claiming to exercise right to buy, etc.

Minor definitions.

Obstructive building order.

Procedure for removal or alteration of apparatus under s. 296.

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Power of court to order occupier or owner to permit things to be done.

Power to make loans in other cases.

Supplementary provisions as to regulations under s. 450A or 450B.

Local loans made by the Treasury.

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Eligibility for assistance.

Alternative accommodation under s. 554 or 555,

Meaning of “public sector authority”.

Modification of compulsory purchase order in case of acquisition of land for clearance.

Minor definitions: Part XVIII

Short title, commencement and extent.

Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid or an obligation of the tenancy has been broken or not performed.

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Lodgers and subletting.

Power to reimburse cost of tenant’s improvements.

County court rules and directions.

The right to buy.

Provision of information

Suspension of the right to buy in parts of Wales

Determination of value: review notices

Review of determination of value

Change of landlord after notice claiming right to buy or right to a mortgage.

- Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease.

Effect of initial demolition notice served before completion

Terms and effect of conveyance or grant and mortgage.

Right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms.

Right excluded by entitlement to housing benefit.

Right excluded if minimum initial payment exceeds maximum initial payment.

Tenant’s notice of intention.

Landlord’s notice in default.

Change of landlord after notice claiming right.

Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease.

Terms and effect of conveyance or grant: general.

Amount of discount which may be demanded by landlord: right to buy

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks, etc.

Meaning of “compulsory disposal”.

Secretary of State’s general power to intervene.

Extent of preserved right: qualifying persons and dwelling-houses.

Modifications of this Part in relation to preserved right.

Subsequent dealings: termination of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Power to repeal or amend local Acts.

Demolition orders: cleansing before demolition.

Building becoming listed when acquired by agreement for clearance.

Power to make loans in other cases.

Supplementary provisions as to regulations under s. 450A or 450B.

Purchase of equitable interests

Meaning of “public sector authority”.

Exclusion of Rent Act protection.

General enactments relating to compulsory purchase, &c., apply subject to this Part.

Exclusion of Rent Act protection.

Minor definitions: Part XVIII

Index of defined expressions: Part XVIII.

Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid or an obligation of the tenancy has been broken or not performed.

The landlord is a charity and the tenant’s continued occupation of the dwelling-house would conflict with the objects of the charity.

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Minor definitions: Part XVIII

Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid or an obligation of the tenancy has been broken or not performed.

The dwelling-house is overcrowded, within the meaning of Part X, in such circumstances as to render the occupier guilty of an offence.

The landlord is a charity and the tenant’s continued occupation of the dwelling-house would conflict with the objects of the charity.

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81ZA

(1) This section applies where a local housing authority grants a secure tenancy of a dwelling-house in England before the day on which paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (grant of new secure tenancies in England) comes fully into force.

(2) The local housing authority must grant a secure tenancy that is not a flexible tenancy if—

(a) the tenancy is offered to a person who is or was a tenant of some other dwelling-house under a qualifying tenancy (whether as the sole tenant or as a joint tenant), and

(b) the authority is satisfied that—

(i) the person or a member of the person's household is or has been a victim of domestic abuse carried out by another person, and

(ii) the new tenancy is granted for reasons connected with that abuse.

(3) The local housing authority must grant a secure tenancy that is not a flexible tenancy if—

(a) the tenancy is offered to a person who was a joint tenant of the dwelling-house under a qualifying tenancy, and

(b) the authority is satisfied that—

(i) the person or a member of the person's household is or has been a victim of domestic abuse carried out by another person, and

(ii) the new tenancy is granted for reasons connected with that abuse.

(4) In this section—

“abuse” means—physical or sexual abuse;violent or threatening behaviour;controlling or coercive behaviour;economic abuse (within the meaning of section 1(4) of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021);psychological, emotional or other abuse;

“domestic abuse” means abuse carried out by a person who is personally connected to the victim of the abuse (within the meaning of section 2 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021);

“qualifying tenancy” means a tenancy of a dwelling-house in England which is—a secure tenancy other than a flexible tenancy, oran assured tenancy—which is not an assured shorthold tenancy, andwhich is granted by a private registered provider of social housing, by the Regulator of Social Housing or by a housing trust which is a charity.

(5) For the purposes of this section, a person may be a victim of domestic abuse despite the fact that the abuse is directed at another person (for example, the person's child).

14A

An offence under section 75A of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (strangulation or suffocation).

Repayment of discount on early disposal.

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Extended discretion of court in certain proceedings for possession.

Assignments by way of exchange.

Review of decisions relating to flexible tenancies

Meaning of “long tenancy”.

Landlord’s notice in default.

Purchase price.

Review of determination of value

Limits on amount of discount

Change of landlord after notice claiming right to buy or right to a mortgage.

- Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease.

Terms and effect of conveyance or grant and mortgage.

Landlord’s second notice to complete.

Right excluded if minimum initial payment exceeds maximum initial payment.

Tenant’s notice claiming right.

Registration of title.

Amount of discount which may be demanded by landlord: right to buy

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks, etc.

Meaning of “compulsory disposal”.

Cases in which right to buy is preserved.

Modifications of this Part in relation to preserved right.

Subsequent dealings: disposal of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Exclusion of leases where landlord is housing association and freeholder is a charity.

Errors and omissions in notices.

Index of defined expressions: Part V

Repair notice in respect of unfit dwelling-house.

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Retention of houses acquired for clearance.

Meaning of “multiple occupation”.

Continuance of certain powers to borrow for housing purposes.

Power to make loans in other cases.

Supplementary provisions as to regulations under s. 450A or 450B.

Purchase of equitable interests

Index of defined expressions: Part XIV.

Index of defined expressions: Part XV

553A

(1) Where an authority mentioned in section 80 (authorities satisfying the landlord condition for secure tenancy) acquire an interest in a defective dwelling in Wales in pursuance of Schedule 20 (repurchase) and—

(a) the land in which the interest subsists is or includes a dwelling-house occupied as a separate dwelling, and

(b) the interest of the person entitled to assistance by way of repurchase is, immediately before the completion of the authority’s acquisition, subject to a tenancy of the dwelling-house,

the tenancy shall not, on or after the acquisition, become a secure contract unless the conditions specified in subsection (2) are met.

(2) The conditions are—

(a) that the tenancy was a protected tenancy throughout the period beginning with the making of an application for assistance under this Part in respect of the defective dwelling and ending immediately before the authority’s acquisition, and

(b) no notice was given in respect of the tenancy in accordance with any of the Cases 11 to 18 and 20 in Schedule 15 to the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42) (notice that possession might be recovered under that Case).

(3) This section has effect notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section 11 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1).

Grant of tenancy to former statutory tenant.

Disposal of certain Crown interests in land treated as disposal by public sector authority.

General enactments relating to compulsory purchase, &c., apply subject to this Part.

Index of defined expressions: Part XVIII.

Rent lawfully due from the tenant has not been paid or an obligation of the tenancy has been broken or not performed.

The dwelling-house is overcrowded, within the meaning of Part X, in such circumstances as to render the occupier guilty of an offence.

The landlord is a charity and the tenant’s continued occupation of the dwelling-house would conflict with the objects of the charity.

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Housing Act 1985

Meaning of “public sector authority”.

Grant of tenancy to former statutory tenant.

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Minor definitions: Part XVIII

Index of defined expressions: Part XVIII.

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Definition of overcrowding.

Registration schemes.

No person to keep a common lodging house unless registered.

Saving for rights arising from breach of covenant, &c.

Continuance of certain powers to borrow for housing purposes.

Loans by Public Works Loan Commissioners.

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Eligibility for assistance.

Alternative accommodation under s. 554 or 555,

Meaning of “public sector authority”.

Modification of compulsory purchase order in case of acquisition of land for clearance.

Liability of directors, &c. in case of offence by body corporate.

Minor definitions: Part XVIII

Short title, commencement and extent.

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Repayment of discount on early disposal.

Consultation with respect to management.

Meaning of “qualified accountant”.

Assignments by way of exchange.

Extended discretion of court in certain proceedings for possession.

Tenant’s improvements require consent.

Devolution of term certain.

Devolution of term certain.

Power to reimburse cost of tenant’s improvements.

Variation of terms of secure tenancy.

Consultation on matters of housing management.

Tenant’s improvements require consent.

Meaning of “long tenancy”.

Persons qualifying for compensation.

Review of decisions relating to flexible tenancies

Purchase price.

Review of decisions relating to flexible tenancies

Review of determination of value

Landlord’s notice in default.

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Change of landlord after notice claiming right to buy or right to a mortgage.

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Terms and effect of conveyance or grant and mortgage.

Landlord’s second notice to complete.

Right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms.

Right excluded by entitlement to housing benefit.

Right excluded if minimum initial payment exceeds maximum initial payment.

Right excluded if minimum initial payment exceeds maximum initial payment.

Tenant’s initial share.

Tenant’s notice of intention.

Landlord’s notice in default.

Determination of landlord’s share, initial discount etc.

Change of landlord after notice claiming right.

Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease.

Terms and effect of conveyance or grant: general.

Redemption of landlord’s share.

Landlord’s first notice to complete.

Payments of rent attributable to purchase price etc.

Registration of title.

Amount of discount which may be demanded by landlord: right to buy

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks, etc.

Payments of rent attributable to purchase price etc.

Treatment of options.

Secretary of State’s general power to intervene.

Extent of preserved right: qualifying persons and dwelling-houses.

Extent of preserved right: qualifying persons and dwelling-houses.

Subsequent dealings: disposal of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Subsequent dealings: termination of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Subsequent dealings: transfer of qualifying person to alternative accommodation.

Modifications of this Part in relation to preserved right.

Subsequent dealings: transfer of qualifying person to alternative accommodation.

Errors and omissions in notices.

Costs.

Subsequent dealings: termination of landlord’s interest in qualifying dwelling-house.

Subsequent dealings: transfer of qualifying person to alternative accommodation.

Minor definitions.

Index of defined expressions: Part V

Repair notice in respect of unfit dwelling-house.