Housing Act 1988

means, subject to sub-paragraph (4), a tenancy granted by a private registered provider of social housing or a registered social landlord (“ the landlord ”) in respect of a dwelling-house—

includes neither an area used for storage nor a staircase, passage, corridor or other means of access;

means, where notice of a compulsory acquisition has been given, the person who would be authorised to make the compulsory acquisition if the order or legislation to which the notice relates were to become operative;

includes arrangement;

means any agricultural holding within the meaning of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 held under a tenancy in relation to which that Act applies, and • “farm business tenancy” and “holding”, in relation to such a tenancy, have the same meaning as in the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995.

has the meaning set out in section 26(3)(a) of the General Rate Act 1967 (exclusion of agricultural land and premises from liability for rating).

has the same meaning as in the 1976 Act;

means— (a) in relation to a dwelling-house in England, the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal;

has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1988”

has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1988”

means an agreement in writing about behaviour and the provision of support services made between the new tenant, the landlord and the local housing authority for the district in which the dwelling-house which is to be subject to the new tenancy is situated (or between persons who include those persons);

means relevant support services to be provided by any person to— (a) the new tenant;

has the same meaning as in that Part of that Act, and

means a building containing two or more flats;

includes any churchyard, cemetery or other ground, whether consecrated or not, which has at any time been set apart for the purposes of interment, and “monument” includes a tombstone or other memorial.

has the same meaning as in section 30(1) and (2) of that Act.

has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

has the meaning given by section 146(3) of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025;

means a disposal of property which is acquired compulsorily, or is acquired by a person who has made or would have made, or for whom another person has made or would have made, a compulsory purchase order authorising its compulsory purchase for the purposes for which it is acquired.

means a compulsory purchase order within the meaning given by the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (see section 2 of that Act);

means an activity that would (if subsection (4) did not apply) be prohibited by section 16E(2) or (3);

means the instrument by which the grant is effected;

means an interest which belongs to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or of the Duchy of Lancaster or to the Duchy of Cornwall, or to a government department, or which is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department.

has the same meaning as in Part I of the Civil Evidence Act 1968.

has the meaning assigned by section 112 of that Act;

includes any instrument made under any enactment.

means— (a) an assured tenancy of social housing (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008) if the landlord is a private registered provider of social housing;

means—

has the meaning given by sub-paragraph (3);

has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2ZA.

means any tenancy other than a periodic tenancy;

means a dwelling-house which—

has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Associations Act 1985;

means a determination under section 52 above, other than a determination relating solely to a particular case.

has the meaning given in section 56(6) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and other expressions have the same meaning as in that Act.

means a dwelling within the meaning of Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1992,

has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 (see section 77 of that Act);

includes a reference to a flat and to any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to the house or flat or usually enjoyed with it;

includes flats, lodging-houses and hostels;

means a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988” “h a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988”

has the meaning given by section 1 of the Housing Associations Act 1985;

means a tenancy to which Part VI of the Rent Act 1977 applies;

means a code of practice approved by the Secretary of State under section 233 of the Housing Act 2004 (codes relating to the management of HMOs or excepted accommodation);

means enforcement functions relating to—

means the period of 28 days beginning with the first day of the first rent period;

means rent that is payable for— (a) the first rent period, or (b) any later rent period which ends during the initial 28 day period;

has the same meaning as in Chapter I of Part V of the Housing Act 1996 and “introductory tenant” shall be construed accordingly;

has the meaning given by the Interpretation Act 1978.

includes any person from time to time deriving title under the original landlord and also includes, in relation to a dwelling-house, any person other than a tenant who is, or but for the existence of an assured tenancy would be, entitled to possession of the dwelling-house;

means a person carrying on a legal activity, within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007, in the course of a business, where the person— (a) is an authorised person in relation to a reserved legal activity for the purposes of that Act, or (b) is of a description specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the Secretary of State;

includes “sub-let”;

includes—

means things done by a person in the course of a business in response to instructions received from—

means accommodation of such a nature that the fact that it constitutes or is included in the shared accommodation is sufficient, apart from this section, to prevent the tenancy from constituting an assured tenancy of a dwelling-house.

means any of the following—

means housing accommodation provided by a local housing authority (whether in its own district or not);

means a district council, a county council in England for an area for which there is no district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London (in its capacity as a local authority) or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

has the meaning given by paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.

means supported accommodation into which a tenant has been admitted in order to meet a need for care, support or supervision, in a case in which that care, support or supervision is provided otherwise than by the landlord or a person acting on behalf of the landlord;

includes a tombstone or other memorial.

means rights which are not in existence when the order specifying them is made;

means—

means, in relation to a tenancy, the tenant and, in relation to a licence, the licensee;

means a tenancy that, but for this section, would be an assured agricultural occupancy.

means the period that— (a) begins when the tenancy is entered into, and (b) ends with the day before the first day of the tenancy;

means an animal kept by a person mainly for— (a) personal interest, (b) companionship, (c) ornamental purposes, or (d) any combination of paragraphs (a) to (c);

includes—

means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument;

means a landlord who is not within section 80(1) of the Housing Act 1985.

means a landlord other than one of those set out in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv) and (viii) and (ix) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 61;

includes chattels of any description and rights and liabilities, whether arising by contract or otherwise.

has the same meaning as in the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976.

includes a tenancy which, in proceedings for possession under Case 19 in Schedule 15 to the Rent Act 1977, is treated as a protected shorthold tenancy.

has the same meaning as in that Act;

means any local authority” there shall be inserted “housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988”.

has the meaning given by section 93(2) above;

means any written document which is not in accordance with section 8 but which (however expressed)— (a) purports to be a notice under section 8, or (b) purports to bring an assured tenancy to an end or to require that it is brought to an end (by reference to a ground in Schedule 2 or otherwise), and is not a claim form or a document produced pursuant to proceedings in the court for possession of the dwelling-house;

has the same meaning as in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988;

means a person who (within the meaning of Ground 7B) is not disqualified as a result of the person's immigration status from occupying the dwelling-house under the tenancy.

includes water rates and charges but does not include an owner’s drainage rate, as defined in section 63(2)(a) of the Land Drainage Act 1976;

has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996;

has the meaning given in subsection (6)(b);

has the same meaning that it has from time to time in regulation 63F(3)(a) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544).

means— (a) a housing association which is a registered provider of social housing (“an English relevant housing association”), and (b) a housing association which is a registered social landlord (“a Welsh relevant housing association”).

means—

means a financial penalty which is imposed under section 16I or 16K where—

means any period within which anything is required by this Part to be done by either of the parties, that is to say, the applicant and the landlord.

means— (a) a private registered provider of social housing, (b) a body registered as a social landlord in the register maintained under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996, (c) a body registered as a social landlord in the register kept under section 20(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010, or (d) a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity;

means support services of a kind identified in a behaviour support agreement and designed to meet such needs of the recipient as are identified in the agreement.

means tenancies in relation to which an application under section 14(A3) is made on or after the date on which the regulations under subsection (6) come into force.

means a tenancy or licence of a description specified in section 24(2) of this Act.

has the same meaning as in Part V of the Rent Act 1977.

means a period for which rent is payable.

means a period in respect of which a payment of rent falls to be made.

has the meaning given by section 1 of the Housing Act 2004 except that it does not include social housing within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.

means the provisions of this Act relating to the right of a tenant of a house to purchase it under this Part and to his rights in respect of a loan.”

has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 8 of that Act);

has the meaning assigned by section 79 of the Housing Act 1985;

means a tenant under a secure tenancy;

means a lease— (a) granted on payment of a premium calculated by reference to a percentage of the value of the premises demised by the lease or of the cost of providing them, or (b) under which the tenant (or the tenant’s personal representatives) will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference, directly or indirectly, to the value of those premises.

includes a sibling of the half-blood and a step-sibling.

has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.

means— (a) a local or private Act which authorises the compulsory acquisition of land specifically identified in that Act, or (b) a provision which— (a) is contained in an Act other than a local or private Act, and (b) authorises the compulsory acquisition of land specifically identified in that Act.

means specified, or of a class specified, for the purposes of this paragraph by regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument.

has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1988”

means— and “statutory undertaking” shall be construed accordingly.

means an institution or body of persons specified, or of a class specified, for the purposes of this paragraph (see sub-paragraph (2));

means the day determined in accordance with subsection (4) or (5).

means a dwelling-house let— (a) by— (a) a housing association, (b) a private registered provider of social housing, (c) a registered charity, or (d) a voluntary organisation, and (b) to a tenant who receives care, support or supervision provided either— (a) by the landlord or a person acting on behalf of the landlord, or (b) by someone else, if the tenant has been admitted into the accommodation in order to meet a need for care, support or supervision.

means widow, widower or surviving civil partner;

means a tenancy under which a dwelling-house is let as a separate dwelling;

includes a sub-tenant and any person deriving title under the original tenant or sub-tenant.

means the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976;

means the Protection from Eviction Act 1977.

means the Housing Associations Act 1985;

means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

has the meaning given by section 14ZA(6);

means—

means 50 per cent. or such other percentage as may be prescribed.”

means—

means the Housing Corporation or Housing for Wales but— • “qualifying tenant” shall be construed in accordance with subsections (3) and (4) of section 93 above;

means the Housing Corporation and Housing for Wales”

means the period of 3 years that applies for the purposes of paragraph 1(2) or the period of five years that applies for the purposes of paragraph 1(3)(depending on whether an offer such as is mentioned in section 203(4) of the Housing Act 2004 was made before or on or after the coming into force of that section).

means the dwelling-house which is let under the tenancy or, as the case may be, is occupied under the licence.

means a date for the time being specified in subsection (3)(b) as the date from which the rent payable takes effect;

has the same meaning as in section 27 above and subsection (9) of that section applies in relation to this section as it applies in relation to that.

has the meaning given by sub-paragraph (3)(a);

means the tenant or licensee;

means the amount of rent determined by the appropriate tribunal on the application, in accordance with section 14(1);

means the date on which Part I of the Housing Act 1988 came into force.”

means such conditions as are prescribed by regulations under this section at the time when the conveyance, grant or assignment is made.

means section 76 of this Act.

means the amount of rent specified in the notice under section 13(2) or 13A(2), excluding the appropriate amount in respect of rates (if any);

means,— a if the land is in England, the Housing Corporation;

has the meaning given by section 93(5) above;

means any authority which is a highway authority in relation to the right of way proposed to be extinguished by the order under this paragraph.

means—

means the rent payable under the tenancy immediately before the determination is made, excluding the appropriate amount in respect of rates (if any).

means the local housing authority or other local authority from whom local authority housing or other land or property is or is to be transferred by the order.

means an order under any of subsections (1) to (3) of section 74 above and, in relation to a transfer order, “the transferor authority” means the local housing authority or other local authority from whom local authority housing or other land or property is or is to be transferred by the order.

means property which is the subject of a grant under section 104(1)(a) of this Act;

means a tenant of it assistance to who either—

has the meaning given by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.