Section 15A — Housing Act 1988: Loss of assured tenancy status

Loss of assured tenancy status 15A 1 Subsection (2) applies if, in breach of an express or implied term of the tenancy, a tenant of a dwelling-house let under an assured tenancy to which this section applies—

a parts with possession of the dwelling-house, or b sub-lets the whole of the dwelling-house (or sub-lets first part of it and then the remainder).

2 The tenancy ceases to be an assured tenancy and cannot subsequently become an assured tenancy.

3 This section applies to an assured tenancy—

a under which the landlord is a private registered provider of social housing or a registered social landlord, and b which is not a shared ownership lease.

4 In this section “ registered social landlord ” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996.

5 In this section “ shared ownership lease ” means a lease of a dwelling-house—

a granted on payment of a premium calculated by reference to a percentage of the value of the dwelling-house or of the cost of providing it, or b under which the lessee (or the lessee's personal representatives) will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference, directly or indirectly, to the value of the dwelling-house.