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Question Title: Non payment of rent
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| Under which grounds can I rely on in cases where there in the Housing Act 1988 are there for arrears of rent?
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| Schedule 2 Housing Act 1988 gives three grounds which a landlord may rely on in cases of rent arrears. They can be used in combination or singly as appropriate. · Ground 8: that the tenant owed at least two months rent both when the landlord served notice that he wanted possession and still owes two months’ rent at the date of the hearing. · Ground 10: that the tenant was behind with his rent when the landlord served notice that he wanted possession, and when he began court proceedings. · Ground 11: that, even if the tenant was not behind with his rent when the landlord started possession proceedings, he has been persistently behind with his rent. Ground 8 is a mandatory ground and thus the most powerful to use; the court must grant possession if this ground is proved.
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Letting Update Journal |
Apr 2004 page 21 |
letting-update-journal.html
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Letting Handbook |
Chapter 12 |
letting-handbook-and-factsheets.html
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Letting Factsheet No 8 |
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factsheet-8
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