# Renters’ Rights Act 2025, Paragraph 3: New ground for sale of dwelling-house

Extent: E+W

After Ground 1 insert—
“Ground 1A
The following conditions are met—
(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;
(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;
(c) either—
(i) the current tenancy began at least 1 year before the relevant date, or
(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;
(d) the landlord seeking possession is not—
(i) a non-profit registered provider of social housing,
(ii) a body registered as a social landlord in the register maintained under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996,
(iii) a body registered as a social landlord in the register kept under section 20(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010,
(iv) a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity, or
(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.
In paragraph (c)(ii), “sell” includes transfer.
When calculating whether the current tenancy began at least 1 year before the relevant date, both—
(a) the day when the current tenancy began, and
(b) the relevant date,
must be included in the calculation.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/26/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renters-rights-act-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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