{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988/schedule-2/part-I/crossheading-ground-1a",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988/schedule-2/part-I/crossheading-ground-1a.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/50",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/I/crossheading/ground-1a",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Ground 1A",
  "text": "The following conditions are met—\n(a)the landlord who is seeking possession intends to sell a freehold or leasehold interest in the dwelling-house or to grant a lease of the dwelling-house for a term certain of more than 21 years which is not terminable before the end of that term by notice given by or to the landlord;\n(b)the assured tenancy on which the dwelling-house is let did not come into being by virtue of any provision of Schedule 1 to the Rent Act 1977 or section 4 of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976;\n(c)either—\n(i)the current tenancy began at least 1 year before the relevant date, or\n(ii)at the relevant date, notice of a compulsory acquisition in relation to the dwelling-house has been given, the landlord intends to sell their interest in the dwelling-house to the acquiring authority and the acquiring authority intends to acquire it;\n(d)the landlord seeking possession is not—\n(i)a non-profit registered provider of social housing,\n(ii)a body registered as a social landlord in the register maintained under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996,\n(iii)a body registered as a social landlord in the register kept under section 20(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010,\n(iv)a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity, or\n(v)where the dwelling-house is social housing within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, a profit-making registered provider of social housing.\nIn paragraph (c)(ii), “sell” includes transfer.\nWhen calculating whether the current tenancy began at least 1 year before the relevant date, both—\n(a)the day when the current tenancy began, and\n(b)the relevant date,\nmust be included in the calculation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Ground 1A inserted (1.5.2026 for specified purposes) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), s. 145(1)(8), Sch. 1 para. 3 (with ss. 138, 146(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 3, 4, 16, 17); S.I. 2026/421, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "anaw/2014/7",
      "affecting_title": "Housing (Wales) Act 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/schedule/2/part/I/crossheading/ground-1a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:37.392139+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}