Ground 3 of Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1988 requires the court to award possession if, at some time in the 12 months prior to the tenancy starting, the dwelling-house was used as a holiday let. In practice, this ground facilitated seasonal holiday lets – properties would be let out as a holiday let over summer, and to a private tenant for the rest of the year.
	The removal of Ground 3 means that the court will no longer be required to award possession on the basis that the property was previously used as holiday let in the 12 months before the start of the tenancy. This will prevent landlords evicting tenants in order to let properties out for short periods of high tourist demand.
	Under Schedule 1 of the Housing Act 1988, a holiday letting is excluded from being an assured tenancy and will remain excluded from being an assured periodic tenancy. A holiday letting is a tenancy the purpose of which is to confer on the tenant the right to occupy the dwelling-house for a holiday.
Schedules Schedule 1: Changes to grounds for possession Repeal of Ground 3: holiday accommodation Background