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Ground 5B Ground 5BF1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

The landlord seeking possession—

  1. (a)

    is a private registered provider of social housing,

  2. (b)

    holds the dwelling-house for the purpose of accommodating persons who meet requirements connected with their employment, and

  3. (c)

    requires the dwelling-house to let it under a new tenancy to a person who meets those requirements,

and the tenant in possession does not fulfil those requirements.

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Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 2 Ground 5B inserted (1.5.2026 for specified purposes) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), s. 145(1)(8), Sch. 1 para. 13 (with ss. 138, 146(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 3, 4, 16, 17); S.I. 2026/421, reg. 2(b)