Ground 7

Ground 7 allows a landlord to seek possession of tied accommodation (housing provided as part of a job) if the tenant or someone living with them has behaved unreasonably.

Breakdown of this ground:
a) This ground applies in two tenancy situations:

i) The tenant is employed by the landlord, and the accommodation is linked to their job.

or

ii) The tenant inherited (succeeded to) the tenancy from a family member who was employed by the landlord, even though they themselves do not work for the landlord.

and

b) the property must either:
i) Be part of a building mainly used for non-residential purposes (e.g., a caretaker’s flat in a school or a manager’s flat above a shop),
or
ii) Be within the directly surrounding areas (“curtilage”) of a non-residential building (e.g., the area of land directly outside a school and is connected to it, for example because the share a common gate, driveway, entrances etc…)

and

c) the tenant or someone living with them has behaved unreasonably in relation to their occupation of the tenancy. For example, the tenant lives the property within school grounds, but has been found to throw an unauthorised party in the the school garden which is directly outside their property.

Discretionary Ground – Has to be reasonable to grant possession

A discretionary ground means that even if the ground is proven, the court must still decide whether it is reasonable to grant possession based on the circumstances of the case.