Section 4: Possession for anti-social behaviour: relevant factors

Renters' Rights Act 2025 · 2025 c. 26View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Tenancy reform — Chapter 1: Assured tenancies

In the 1988 Act, in section 9A—

in subsection (2), after paragraph (c) insert— d whether the person against whom the order is sought has co-operated with any attempt by the landlord to encourage the conduct to cease.;
after subsection (2) insert— 3 Where the person against whom the order is sought is a tenant occupying an HMO, in considering effects mentioned in subsection (2)(a) the court must have particular regard to the effect on other occupiers who share with that person accommodation or facilities within the HMO. 4 For the purposes of subsection (3) occupiers of an HMO share accommodation or facilities if they are each entitled to use that accommodation or those facilities under the terms of a tenancy or licence to occupy. 5 In subsection (3) "HMO" has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 (see section 77 of that Act).

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