Some private registered providers of social housing offer employment-related tenancies, such as housing for "key workers", or housing linked to a specific profession or income bracket. These landlords have properties that they generally intend to use for this purpose, but they may also let it to other tenants when it is not needed for that use. Private registered providers will be able to use Ground 5B to evict a tenant who does not meet the relevant eligibility criteria in order to house a tenant who does.
Example: Letting a property to NHS workers
Alongside providing housing for typical social housing tenants, a private registered provider lets out flats in one of its blocks of housing to NHS workers employed at a local hospital. If there is low demand for this housing from eligible workers, they may let these flats to other tenants. This ground will allow the provider to gain possession of a property when it is needed again to house eligible workers.
Schedules Schedule 1: Changes to grounds for possession New ground for possession for occupation by person who meets employment requirements (5B) Background