Commentary on Sections Part 5: Recovery of possession of dwelling-houses: anti-social behaviour grounds Section 99: Offences connected with riot
220.This section adds a new discretionary ground for possession into Schedule 2 to the 1985 Act (subsection (1)) and Schedule 2 to the Housing Act (subsection (2)) so that a landlord can apply for possession of a secure or assured tenant’s property where the tenant or an adult living in the tenant’s property has been convicted of an indictable offence committed at the scene of a riot which took place anywhere in the UK. This section applies only to dwelling houses in England.