Paragraph 24 amends Ground 8 of Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1988. It increases the threshold for mandatory eviction so that tenants must be in at least three months’ or thirteen weeks’ arrears at the time notice is served and at the court hearing. As payment periods cannot be longer than monthly, it removes references to quarterly and yearly rent arrears. It also introduces a condition so that if a tenant’s arrears are only because a Universal Credit payment that they are entitled to has not yet been paid, the amount due is to be ignored when calculating arrears.
Schedules Schedule 1: Changes to grounds for possession Amendments of Ground 8: rent arrears Effect