Changes to Housing Act 1988
1988 c. 50
Made by Renters’ Rights Act 2025
173 changes. All changes to Housing Act 1988
| Provision | Change | Made by | In force | Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. 7 | power to amend conferred | s. 90(2) | 27 Oct 2025 | Written in |
| s. 133(11)(f) | word substituted | s. 31(2) | 27 Dec 2025 | Written in |
| Sch. 1 para. 8(4)-(11) | inserted | s. 32(2)(d) | 27 Dec 2025 | Written in |
| Sch. 1 para. 8(2A)-(2F) | inserted | s. 32(2)(b) | 27 Dec 2025 | Written in |
| Sch. 1 para. 8(1)(1A) | substituted for Sch. 1 para. 8(1) | s. 32(2)(a) | 27 Dec 2025 | Written in |
| Sch. 1 para. 8(3) | words substituted | s. 32(2)(c) | 27 Dec 2025 | Written in |
| Sch. 1 para. 3D-3F | inserted | s. 31(1) | 27 Dec 2025 | Written in |
| s. 13(2)(c) | word inserted | s. 6(4)(c)(ii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 44(1) | words substituted | s. 18(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 10A(8) | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 26 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 5C | words substituted | Sch. 1 para. 14(2) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 39(8) | word omitted | Sch. 2 para. 32(5)(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 5(1)(c) | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 23(a)(ii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 7 | words omitted | Sch. 1 para. 23(c) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 4A | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 10 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 4 | words omitted | Sch. 1 para. 9(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 2 | words omitted | Sch. 1 para. 5(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 13(4)(b) | words substituted | s. 6(6)(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 8(4) | words inserted | s. 3(3)(d)(ii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 25(2) | words substituted | s. 23(b)(i) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 39(6)(f) | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 32(3)(d) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 13(5) | omitted | s. 6(8) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Pt. 4 | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 36(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 para. 2(a) | words omitted | Sch. 2 para. 36(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(1)(c) | word substituted | s. 7(4)(c) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 8(5A)(5B) | inserted | s. 3(3)(f) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 17(1)(a) | word omitted | Sch. 2 para. 28(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 8ZA | inserted | s. 3(4) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 8(6) | omitted | s. 3(3)(g) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 34(3) | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 30 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 5G | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 18 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 45(2) | words omitted | Sch. 2 para. 35(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 5A | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 12 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 13 heading | words substituted | s. 6(2) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 7 | words substituted | Sch. 1 para. 23(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 7(5A)(b) | omitted | s. 3(2)(e)(ii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 5F | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 17(1) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 6A | omitted | s. 2(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 13(2)(b) | word substituted | s. 6(4)(b)(i) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 4B | inserted | s. 8 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 1A(3) | words inserted | Sch. 2 para. 22 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 13(4A)-(4E) | inserted | s. 6(7) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14ZC | inserted | s. 10 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 5 | words inserted | Sch. 1 para. 11(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 4A | inserted | s. 1 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 16N 16P and cross-heading | inserted | s. 19 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 11(1) | words substituted | s. 22(4) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 17(1D) | words substituted | Sch. 2 para. 28(e) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 24(2)(a) | words omitted | s. 24(3) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Pt. 5 6 | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 25 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 5B | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 13 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 5 | words omitted | Sch. 1 para. 11(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 2 | words omitted | Sch. 1 para. 5(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 1(5) | words omitted | Sch. 2 para. 21 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 13(2)(a) | words substituted | s. 6(4)(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 9A(3)-(5) | inserted | s. 4(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 39(9) | substituted | Sch. 2 para. 32(6) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(1) | words substituted | s. 7(4)(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 8(4) | words substituted | s. 3(3)(d)(i) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 5D | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 15 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 1B | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 4 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(1)(a)(b) | substituted | s. 7(4)(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 4 | Sch. 2 Ground 4 para. (b) becomes an unnumbered para. | Sch. 1 para. 9(c) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(6) | omitted | s. 7(7) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 18(3)(a) | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 29(a)(ii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 24(3) | words substituted | s. 24(4) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 16A 16B | inserted | s. 11(1) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 5C | words inserted | Sch. 1 para. 14(3) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 25(2) | words substituted | s. 23(b)(ii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 13(2)(b) | word inserted | s. 6(4)(b)(ii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 37(5) | words omitted | Sch. 2 para. 31 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 11(1A) | inserted | s. 22(5) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 18(3)(b) | word substituted | Sch. 2 para. 29(a)(iii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 5(2)-(7) | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 23(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 18(3) | word substituted | Sch. 2 para. 29(a)(iv) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 4 | words inserted | Sch. 1 para. 9(d) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(3A)(a) | words substituted | s. 7(6)(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 16D and cross-heading | inserted | s. 12 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 1 | substituted | Sch. 1 para. 2 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 17(1A)(a) | word omitted | Sch. 2 para. 28(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 8(4) | words omitted | s. 3(3)(d)(iii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 9(6)(b) and word | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 25 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 5(1)(b) | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 23(a)(ii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(8) | words omitted | s. 7(8) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 39(6) | word omitted | Sch. 2 para. 32(3)(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 11(4) | inserted | s. 22(7) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 16I-16L and cross-heading | inserted | s. 15 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 18(4) | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 29(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 8(4AA) | substituted for s. 8(4A)(4B) | s. 3(3)(e) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 39(6)(e) | words substituted | Sch. 2 para. 32(3)(c) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 11(A1) | inserted | s. 22(3) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 41A | words omitted | Sch. 2 para. 34 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 7(4) | words omitted | s. 3(2)(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 39(6)(d) | words inserted | Sch. 2 para. 32(3)(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 6 | substituted | Sch. 1 para. 20 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(3) | word substituted | s. 7(5)(a)(ii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 13(1) | substituted | s. 6(3) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 41(2) | words omitted | Sch. 2 para. 33 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14A | omitted | s. 7(11) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 7 | words inserted | Sch. 1 para. 23(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 17(1C) | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 28(d) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 39(8) | words inserted | Sch. 2 para. 32(5)(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 5(1) | word substituted | Sch. 2 para. 23(a)(iii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 25(1) | omitted | s. 23(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(1)(d) and word | omitted | s. 7(4)(d) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 4 | words omitted | Sch. 1 para. 9(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(A1)-(A3) | inserted | s. 7(3) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 5E | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 16 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 9A(2)(d) | inserted | s. 4(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 17(6) | word omitted | Sch. 2 para. 28(g) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 13(2)(c) | word inserted | s. 6(4)(c)(i) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 8 | words inserted | Sch. 1 para. 24(d) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 4 para. 24 | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 37 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 7(5) | words omitted | s. 3(2)(c) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(3)(b) | words substituted | s. 7(5)(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 39(5) | word omitted | Sch. 2 para. 32(2) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 6B | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 22 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 6 | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 24 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14B | omitted | s. 7(11) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 2ZB-2ZD | words inserted | Sch. 1 para. 7 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 7(3) | words substituted | s. 3(2)(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 13(4)(a) | words substituted | s. 6(6)(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 3 | omitted | Sch. 1 para. 8 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14 heading | word inserted | s. 7(2) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 16E-16G | inserted | s. 13(1) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(3A) | words substituted | s. 7(6)(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 45(1) | words omitted | Sch. 2 para. 35(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 17(7) | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 28(h) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 11(2) | words inserted | s. 22(6) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 18 | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 17(2) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 13A 13B | inserted | s. 6(9) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 44(1A)(1B) | inserted | s. 18(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 7(5B)-(5E) | inserted | s. 3(2)(f) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 7(6)-(7) | omitted | s. 3(2)(g) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(3) | words omitted | s. 7(5)(a)(i) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 24A | inserted | s. 24(5) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 7(5A)(a) | words substituted | s. 3(2)(e)(i) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 8(7) | inserted | s. 5 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 17(1B) | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 28(c) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 7(5ZA)(5ZB) | inserted | s. 3(2)(d) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 1A | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 3 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(7) | omitted | s. 7(7) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 16H | inserted | s. 14 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 45(1) | words inserted | s. 11(2) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 8(3A) | omitted | s. 3(3)(c) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 6A | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 21 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(3)(a) | words substituted | s. 7(5)(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 11A | inserted | s. 3(5) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 11 heading | words inserted | s. 22(2) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2ZA | inserted | s. 16 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 8 | word substituted | Sch. 1 para. 24(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 16M and cross-heading | inserted | s. 17 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 18(3) | words omitted | Sch. 2 para. 29(a)(i) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14(9) | omitted | s. 7(9) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 8(1)(a) | word substituted | s. 3(3)(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 8(3)(b) | words substituted | s. 3(3)(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 3(1) | excluded by 1951 c. 65, s. 17(2)(b) (as substituted) | Sch. 2 para. 3(b)(ii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 24(1A) | inserted | s. 24(2) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 5H | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 19 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 3 | applied by 1951 c. 65, s. 17(2) (as amended) | Sch. 2 para. 3(b)(ii) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 14ZA 14ZB | inserted | s. 7(10) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 2ZA | inserted | Sch. 1 para. 6 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 8 | word substituted | Sch. 1 para. 24(a) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 5C | Sch. 2 Ground 16 renumbered as Sch. 2 Ground 5C | Sch. 1 para. 14(1)(4) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 15(3) | words omitted | Sch. 2 para. 27 | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 5(1)(a)(i) | words omitted | Sch. 2 para. 23(a)(i) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 2 Ground 8 | words omitted | Sch. 1 para. 24(c) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 17(5) | words omitted | Sch. 2 para. 28(f) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 39(7) | omitted | Sch. 2 para. 32(4) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 13(3) | omitted | s. 6(5) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| Pt. 1 Ch. 2 | omitted | s. 2(b) | 1 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 7(5ZC) | inserted | s. 90(1)(b) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 7(4) | words inserted | s. 90(1)(a) | — | Not yet written in |
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