Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)

17 (1) Section 6A of the Housing Act 1988 (demotion because of anti-social behaviour) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (4), for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

“(a) that the tenant or a person residing in or visiting the dwelling-house has engaged or has threatened to engage in—

(i) conduct that is capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to some person (who need not be a particular identified person) and that directly or indirectly relates to or affects the landlord’s housing management functions, or

(ii) conduct that consists of or involves using housing accommodation owned or managed by the landlord for an unlawful purpose, and”.

(3) After subsection (10) there is inserted—

“(10A) In subsection (4)(a)(ii) “housing accommodation” includes—

(a) flats, lodging-houses and hostels;

(b) any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to the accommodation or usually enjoyed with it;

(c) any common areas used in connection with the accommodation.”