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Part IVE+W Suitability of Accommodation

1E+WFor the purposes of section 84(2)(b) and (c) (case in which court is not to make an order for possession unless satisfied that suitable accommodation will be available) accommodation is suitable if it consists of premises—

(a)which are to be let as a separate dwelling under a secure tenancy, or

(b)which are to be let as a separate dwelling under a protected tenancy, not being a tenancy under which the landlord might recover possession under one of the Cases in Part II of Schedule 15 to the M1Rent Act 1977 (cases where court must order possession), [F1or

(c)which are to be let as a separate dwelling under an assured tenancy which is neither an assured shorthold tenancy, within the meaning of Part I of the Housing Act 1988, nor a tenancy under which the landlord might recover possession under any of Grounds 1 to 5 in Schedule 2 to that Act]

and, in the opinion of the court, the accommodation is reasonably suitable to the needs of the tenant and his family.

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F1Word “or” and Sch. 2 Pt. IV para. 1(c) added by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(1), Sch. 17 Pt. I para. 65

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2E+WIn determining whether the accommodation is reasonably suitable to the needs of the tenant and his family, regard shall be had to—

(a)the nature of the accommodation which it is the practice of the landlord to allocate to persons with similar needs;

(b)the distance of the accommodation available from the place of work or education of the tenant and of any members of his family;

(c)its distance from the home of any member of the tenant’s family if proximity to it is essential to that member’s or the tenant’s well-being;

(d)the needs (as regards extent of accommodation) and means of the tenant and his family;

(e)the terms on which the accommodation is available and the terms of the secure tenancy;

(f)if furniture was provided by the landlord for use under the secure tenancy, whether furniture is to be provided for use in the other accommodation, and if so the nature of the furnitire to be provided.

3E+WWhere possession of a dwelling-house is sought on ground 9 (overcrowding such as to render occupier guilty of offence), other accommodation may be reasonably suitable to the needs of the tenant and his family notwithstanding that the permitted number of persons for that accommodation, as defined in section 326(3) (overcrowding: the space standard), is less than the number of persons living in the dwelling-house of which possession is sought.

4(1)A certificate of the appropriate local housing authority that they will provide suitable accommodation for the tenant by a date specified in the certificate is conclusive evidence that suitable accommodation will be available for him by that date.E+W

(2)The appropriate local housing authority is the authority for the district in which the dwelling-house of which possession is sought is situated.

(3)This paragraph does not apply where the landlord is a local housing authority.

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