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Changes over time for: Section 149


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Housing Act 1996, Section 149 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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149 New ground of domestic violence: assured tenancies.E+W
After Ground 14 in Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988 (as substituted by section 148) insert—
“ Ground 14AThe dwelling-house was occupied (whether alone or with others) by a married couple or a couple living together as husband and wife and—
(a)one or both of the partners is a tenant of the dwelling-house,
(b)the landlord who is seeking possession is a registered social landlord or a charitable housing trust,
(c)one partner has left the dwelling-house because of violence or threats of violence by the other towards—
(i)that partner, or
(ii)a member of the family of that partner who was residing with that partner immediately before the partner left, and
(d)the court is satisfied that the partner who has left is unlikely to return.
For the purposes of this ground “registered social landlord” and “member of the family” have the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1996 and “charitable housing trust” means a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity within the meaning of the Charities Act 1993.”.
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