Legislation – Renters’ Rights Act 2025

• “Ground 1A

  The following conditions are met—

  1. (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;

  2. (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;

  3. (c)

     either—

     1. (i)

        the current tenancy began at least 1 year before the relevant date, or

     2. (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;

  4. (d)

     the landlord seeking possession is not—

     1. (i)

        a non-profit registered provider of social housing,

     2. (ii)

        a body registered as a social landlord in the register maintained under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996,

     3. (iii)

        a body registered as a social landlord in the register kept under section 20(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010,

     4. (iv)

        a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity, or

     5. (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—

  1. (a)

     the day when the current tenancy began, and

  2. (b)

     the relevant date,

  must be included in the calculation.”