Under the Housing Act 1988, landlords of assured tenancies are currently required to pay the tenant reasonable moving expenses when they are awarded possession under ground 6 or ground 9. When the Act comes into force for social housing assured tenancies, the extended ground 6 and new ground 6A (decant ground) will become available to registered social landlords. As part of this, this provision is necessary to ensure the requirement to pay expenses is aligned with the wider definition under the new ground 6 of "relevant social landlord".
Part 1: Tenancy reform Chapter 1: Assured Tenancies Section 22: Limitation on obligation to pay removal expenses Background