Supported housing is accommodation let for the purpose of providing the tenant with care, support or supervision. When the property is not needed for this purpose, it may be used to contribute to general rented housing supply for other tenants and to maintain the financial viability of supported accommodation providers.
	This new specialist ground will allow landlords to continue to let such properties either as supported accommodation or to other tenants, depending on business need and housing demand.
Example: Supported accommodation
A supported accommodation provider usually uses a property as supported housing. Due to a temporary reduction in demand, the property was let as a general private rented sector rental without additional support or care services. After eighteen months, the property needs to be returned to use as supported accommodation to house a new tenant with specific support or care needs. The landlord may use this ground for possession to evict the current tenant to make the property available for supported accommodation.
Schedules Schedule 1: Changes to grounds for possession New ground for possession for occupation as supported accommodation (5E) Background