Under existing Ground 1, a court is required to award possession if the landlord requires the property to live in as their only or principal home. The amendments expand the category of who may live in the vacated property as their home to include close family.
	Under existing Ground 1 a court is also required to award possession if the landlord has previously lived in the property as their only or principal home regardless of whether they intend to do so now. This requirement is now removed.
	Under existing Ground 1, landlords are required to have provided prior notice to the tenant that the ground may be used. This requirement is now removed from the revised Ground 1.
Schedules Schedule 1: Changes to grounds for possession Amendments of Ground 1: occupation by landlord or family Background