{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988/schedule-2/part-I/crossheading-ground-6b",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1988/schedule-2/part-I/crossheading-ground-6b.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-6b",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Ground 6B",
  "text": "Any of the following applies—\n(a)letting the dwelling-house causes the landlord to breach a banning order under section 16 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, or would do so if the landlord were to continue to let the dwelling-house;\n(b)an improvement notice under section 11 or 12 of the Housing Act 2004—\n(i)specifies the dwelling-house or premises in which the dwelling-house is contained as requiring remedial action, and\n(ii)specifies overcrowding as the deficiency giving rise to the hazard in respect of which that remedial action is to be taken;\n(c)a prohibition order under section 20 or 21 of the Housing Act 2004 prohibits use of—\n(i)the dwelling-house,\n(ii)the common parts, or\n(iii)any part of the dwelling-house or of the common parts,\neither for all purposes or for any purpose that is incompatible with continued occupation by the tenant;\n(d)the dwelling-house is or is in an HMO which is required to be licensed under section 61 of the Housing Act 2004, and—\n(i)the landlord applied for a licence under section 63 of the Housing Act 2004 and the local housing authority refused to grant a licence, or\n(ii)the landlord held a licence but the licence has been revoked;\n(e)the dwelling-house is or is in a house which is required to be licensed under section 85 of the Housing Act 2004, and—\n(i)the landlord applied for a licence under section 87 of the Housing Act 2004 and the local housing authority refused to grant a licence, or\n(ii)the landlord held a licence but the licence has been revoked;\n(f)the dwelling-house is or is in an HMO which is licensed under Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 or a house which is licensed under Part 3 of that Act and that HMO or house is occupied by more than the maximum number of households or persons specified in the licence;\n(g)compliance with a planning enforcement notice or injunction would be, or is, incompatible with continued occupation of the dwelling-house by the tenant.\nIn this ground—\n“common parts” has the same meaning as in Ground 13;\n“house” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Housing Act 2004 (see section 99 of that Act);\nreferences to the “landlord” are to the landlord who is seeking possession or, in the case of joint landlords seeking possession, to at least one of them;\n“planning enforcement notice or injunction” means—\n(a)an enforcement notice issued under section 172 or 182 of the TCPA 1990 that has taken effect,\n(b)a breach of condition notice served under section 187A of the TCPA 1990,\n(c)an injunction granted under section 187B of the TCPA 1990,\n(d)a listed building enforcement notice issued under section 38, 45 or 46 of the P(LBCA)A 1990 that has taken effect, or\n(e)an injunction granted under section 44A of the P(LBCA)A 1990;\n“P(LBCA)A 1990” means the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990;\n“TCPA 1990” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;\n“the local housing authority” has the meaning given in section 261 of the Housing Act 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Ground 6B inserted (1.5.2026 for specified purposes) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), s. 145(1)(8), Sch. 1 para. 22 (with ss. 138, 146(1), Sch. 6 paras. 1, 3, 4, 16, 17); S.I. 2026/421, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "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-6b",
    "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."
}