Housing Act 1988

• (b) under which the lessee (or the lessee's personal representatives) will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference, directly or indirectly, to the value of the dwelling-house.

Demotion because of anti-social behaviour

Interim increase before 1st April 1994 of rent under assured periodic tenancies in certain cases where landlord liable for council tax

Removal of special regimes for tenancies of housing associations etc.

Statutory tenants: succession.

Information as to determinations of rents in Wales.

Application of Housing Acts to certain transactions.

Interpretation of Part II and amendments of Housing Associations Act 1985.

Housing action trust areas.

Supplementary provisions as to transfer orders.

Vesting by order in housing action trust.

Provision of legal assistance to tenants after disposal.

Rents generally.

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks etc. acquired under the right to buy.

Preservation of right to buy on disposal to private sector landlord: Scotland.

Preserved right to buy.

Preservation of right to buy on disposal to private sector landlord: Scotland.

For the purposes of this ground, if, immediately before the grant of the tenancy, the tenant to whom it was granted or, if it was granted to joint tenants, any of them was the tenant or one of the joint tenants of the dwelling-house concerned under an earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, under a tenancy to which Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 applied, any reference in paragraph (b) above to the grant of the tenancy is a reference to the grant of that earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, to the grant of the tenancy to which the said Schedule 10 applied.

Ground 7A

Ground 14ZA

For the purposes of this ground, at a time when the landlord is or was the Secretary of State, employment by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, or by a Local Health Board, shall be regarded as employment by the Secretary of State.

21A

• (1) A notice under subsection (1) or (4) of section 21 may not be given in relation to an assured shorthold tenancy of a dwelling-house in England at a time when the landlord is in breach of a prescribed requirement.

• (2) The requirements that may be prescribed are requirements imposed on landlords by any enactment and which relate to—

• (a) the condition of dwelling-houses or their common parts,

• (b) the health and safety of occupiers of dwelling-houses, or

• (c) the energy performance of dwelling-houses.

• (3) In subsection (2) “ enactment ” includes an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978.

• (4) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a) “ common parts ” has the same meaning as in Ground 13 in Part 2 of Schedule 2.

• (5) A statutory instrument containing regulations made under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

21B

• (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations require information about the rights and responsibilities of a landlord and a tenant under an assured shorthold tenancy of a dwelling-house in England (or any related matters) to be given by a landlord under such a tenancy, or a person acting on behalf of such a landlord, to the tenant under such a tenancy.

• (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may—

• (a) require the information to be given in the form of a document produced by the Secretary of State or another person,

• (b) provide that the document to be given is the version that has effect at the time the requirement applies, and

• (c) specify cases where the requirement does not apply.

• (3) A notice under subsection (1) or (4) of section 21 may not be given in relation to an assured shorthold tenancy of a dwelling-house in England at a time when the landlord is in breach of a requirement imposed by regulations under subsection (1).

• (4) A statutory instrument containing regulations made under subsection (1) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

21C

• (1) A tenant under an assured shorthold tenancy of a dwelling-house in England is entitled to a repayment of rent from the landlord where—

• (a) as a result of the service of a notice under section 21 the tenancy is brought to an end before the end of a period of the tenancy,

• (b) the tenant has paid rent in advance for that period, and

• (c) the tenant was not in occupation of the dwelling-house for one or more whole days of that period.

• (2) The amount of repayment to which a tenant is entitled under subsection (1) is to be calculated in accordance with the following formula—

$$R × D P$where—R is the rent paid for the final period;D is the number of whole days of the final period for which the tenant was not in occupation of the dwelling-house; andP is the number of whole days in that period.$

• (3) If the repayment of rent described in subsections (1) and (2) has not been made when the court makes an order for possession under section 21, the court must order the landlord to repay the amount of rent to which the tenant is entitled.

• (4) Nothing in this section affects any other right of the tenant to a repayment of rent from the landlord.

Security of tenure.

The measure of damages.

Information as to determination of rents in England

Application of Housing Acts to certain transactions.

Interpretation of Part II and amendments of Housing Associations Act 1985.

Provisions applicable to disposals of dwelling-houses subject to secure tenancies.

Transfer by order of certain dwelling-houses let on secure tenancies.

Persons by whom right may be exercised.

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks etc. acquired under the right to buy.

Schemes for payments to assist local housing authority tenants to obtain other accomodation.

Consultation before disposal: Scotland.

Consultation before disposal: Scotland.

For the purposes of this ground “registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act) and “charitable housing trust” means a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity, ....

For the purposes of this ground, at a time when the landlord is or was the Secretary of State, employment by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, or by a Local Health Board, shall be regarded as employment by the Secretary of State.

10A

• (1) This section applies on an application for an order for possession of a dwelling-house let on an assured tenancy if the court is satisfied that—

• (a) Ground 7B in Schedule 2 is established,

• (b) no other ground in that Schedule is established, or one or more grounds in Part 2 of that Schedule are established but it is not reasonable to make an order for possession on that ground or those grounds,

• (c) the tenancy is a joint tenancy, and

• (d) one or more of the tenants is a qualifying tenant.

• (2) In subsection (1)(d) “qualifying tenant” means a person who (within the meaning of Ground 7B) is not disqualified as a result of the person's immigration status from occupying the dwelling-house under the tenancy.

• (3) The court may, instead of making an order for possession, order that the tenant's interest under the tenancy is to be transferred so that it is held—

• (a) if there is one qualifying tenant, by the qualifying tenant as sole tenant, or

• (b) if there is more than one qualifying tenant, by all of them as joint tenants.

• (4) The effect of an order under this section is that, from the time the order takes effect, the qualifying tenant or tenants—

• (a) are entitled to performance of the landlord's covenants under the tenancy, and

• (b) are liable to perform the tenant's covenants under the tenancy.

• (5) The effect of an order under this section is that, from the time it takes effect, any other person who was a tenant under the tenancy before the order took effect—

• (a) ceases to be entitled to performance of the landlord's covenants under the tenancy, or

• (b) ceases to be liable to perform the tenant's covenants under the tenancy.

• (6) Subsection (5) does not remove any right or liability of the person which accrued before the order took effect.

• (7) An order under this section does not operate to create a new tenancy as between the landlord and the qualifying tenant or tenants.

• (8) In particular, if the tenancy is a fixed term tenancy, the term comes to an end at the same time as if the order had not been made.

Interpretation of Part II and amendments of Housing Associations Act 1985.

Supplementary provisions as to transfer orders.

Disposals made without consent.

Provision of legal assistance to tenants after disposal.

Interpretation of Part III.

Right conferred by Part IV.

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks etc. acquired under the right to buy.

Preservation of right to buy on disposal to private sector landlord: Scotland.

Schemes for payments to assist local housing authority tenants to obtain other accomodation.

Repair notices.

Consent required for certain subsequent disposals: Scotland.

For the purposes of this ground, if, immediately before the grant of the tenancy, the tenant to whom it was granted or, if it was granted to joint tenants, any of them was the tenant or one of the joint tenants of the dwelling-house concerned under an earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, under a tenancy to which Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 applied, any reference in paragraph (b) above to the grant of the tenancy is a reference to the grant of that earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, to the grant of the tenancy to which the said Schedule 10 applied.

Ground 7B

For the purposes of this ground, at a time when the landlord is or was the Secretary of State, employment by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, or by a Local Health Board, shall be regarded as employment by the Secretary of State.

Provisions applicable to disposals of dwelling-houses subject to secure tenancies.

Transfer by order of certain dwelling-houses let on secure tenancies.

Increase of rent where tenancy not secure.

Persons by whom right may be exercised.

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks etc. acquired under the right to buy.

Schemes for payments to assist local housing authority tenants to obtain other accomodation.

Letting conditions applicable to improvement grants etc.

Schemes for payments to assist local housing authority tenants to obtain other accomodation.

Letting conditions applicable to improvement grants etc.

Consultation before disposal: Scotland.

For the purposes of this ground “registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act) and “charitable housing trust” means a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity, ....

For the purposes of this ground, at a time when the landlord is or was the Secretary of State, employment by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, or by a Local Health Board, shall be regarded as employment by the Secretary of State.

Application of Parts IV and V of Housing Act 1985.

Transfer by order of certain dwelling-houses let on secure tenancies.

Right conferred by Part IV.

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks etc. acquired under the right to buy.

Preserved right to buy.

Preservation of right to buy on disposal to private sector landlord: Scotland.

Schemes for payments to assist local housing authority tenants to obtain other accomodation.

Letting conditions applicable to improvement grants etc.

Consultation before disposal: Scotland.

For the purposes of this ground “registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act) and “charitable housing trust” means a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity, ....

For the purposes of this ground, at a time when the landlord is or was the Secretary of State, employment by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, or by a Local Health Board, shall be regarded as employment by the Secretary of State.

Surplus rental income.

Consultation and publicity.

Application of Parts IV and V of Housing Act 1985.

Application of Parts IV and V of Housing Act 1985.

Transfer by order of certain dwelling-houses let on secure tenancies.

Increase of rent where tenancy not secure.

Preserved right to buy.

Preservation of right to buy on disposal to private sector landlord: Scotland.

Schemes for payments to assist local housing authority tenants to obtain other accomodation.

Letting conditions applicable to improvement grants etc.

For the purposes of this ground “registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act) and “charitable housing trust” means a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity, ....

For the purposes of this ground, at a time when the landlord is or was the Secretary of State, employment by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, or by a Local Health Board, shall be regarded as employment by the Secretary of State.

1A

• (1) As a result of section 239 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1), no tenancy or licence (whenever made) of a dwelling-house that is in Wales can be an assured tenancy or an assured agricultural occupancy.

• (2) Accordingly, subject to subsection (3), nothing in sections 1 to 25 of this Act applies to a dwelling-house in Wales.

• (3) The provisions of this Act which are referred to in Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) continue to apply, for the purposes of that Schedule, to a dwelling-house in Wales which is subject to a long tenancy.

• (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), “long tenancy” has the meaning given by paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.

Transfer by order of certain dwelling-houses let on secure tenancies.

Increase of rent where tenancy not secure.

Persons by whom right may be exercised.

Restriction on disposal of dwelling-houses in National Parks etc. acquired under the right to buy.

Consultation before disposal: Scotland.

For the purposes of this ground, if, immediately before the grant of the tenancy, the tenant to whom it was granted or, if it was granted to joint tenants, any of them was the tenant or one of the joint tenants of the dwelling-house concerned under an earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, under a tenancy to which Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 applied, any reference in paragraph (b) above to the grant of the tenancy is a reference to the grant of that earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, to the grant of the tenancy to which the said Schedule 10 applied.

For the purposes of this ground, at a time when the landlord is or was the Secretary of State, employment by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, or by a Local Health Board, shall be regarded as employment by the Secretary of State.

Fixed term tenancies of more than 21 years

3D

A fixed term tenancy of a term certain of more than 21 years from the date of the grant of the tenancy.

Fixed term tenancies of 7 to 21 years granted before the Renters’ Rights Act 2025

3E

• (1) A tenancy of a term certain of—

• (a) 21 years or less, but

• (b) more than 7 years,

from the date of the grant of the tenancy.

• (2) This paragraph applies only to tenancies entered into—

• (a) before the day on which the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 was passed,

• (b) during the period of two months beginning with that day, or

• (c) after the end of that period under a contract entered into before the end of that period.

Regulated home purchase plans

3F

• (1) A tenancy which, when it is granted, forms part of a regulated home purchase plan.

• (2) In this paragraph “regulated home purchase plan” has the same meaning that it has from time to time in regulation 63F(3)(a) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544).

• (3) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, amend this paragraph in consequence of an order made under section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

• (4) Regulations under this paragraph—

• (a) may make different provision for different purposes;

• (b) are to be made by statutory instrument.

• (5) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this paragraph may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

For the purposes of this ground, if, immediately before the grant of the tenancy, the tenant to whom it was granted or, if it was granted to joint tenants, any of them was the tenant or one of the joint tenants of the dwelling-house concerned under an earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, under a tenancy to which Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 applied, any reference in paragraph (b) above to the grant of the tenancy is a reference to the grant of that earlier assured tenancy or, as the case may be, to the grant of the tenancy to which the said Schedule 10 applied.

For the purposes of this ground, at a time when the landlord is or was the Secretary of State, employment by a health service body, as defined in section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, or by a Local Health Board, shall be regarded as employment by the Secretary of State.