Yes. You can seek possession to sell using Ground 1A. You must give at least four months' notice, and although notice can be served during the first year of the tenancy, it cannot expire before the first twelve months have ended. That's the short answer. The rest matters because Ground 1A carries three traps, including one that can leave you with an empty property and no immediate legal route to put it back on the rental market. Scope: England only, assured tenancies in the private rented sector. Housing is devolved, so Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland work differently. For assured tenancies of social housing where the landlord is a private registered provider, the restrictions apply at a later date. The Basics Since Section 21 was abolished on 1 May 2026, selling up needs a ground like everything else. Ground 1A is the one, added to Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1988 by the Renters' Rights Act 2025. The full list is in GOV.UK's grounds for possession guidance for landlords and ...

Quick Reference: Idaho Repair Duties and Remedies at a Glance Issue Rule Authority Source of the duty A statutory list of six failures a tenant may sue over, rather than a broad habitability code Idaho Code 6-320(a) Common law warranty The Idaho Supreme Court declined to adopt a broad court-created implied warranty of habitability, treating 6-320 as the legislature's version Worden v. Ordway, 105 Idaho 719 (1983) Tenant's precondition 3 days' written notice listing each failure and demanding performance or cure, before the tenant has standing Idaho Code 6-320(d) Tenant's remedy An action for damages and specific performance Idaho Code 6-320(a) Standard of liability Landlords are strictly liable for uncured breaches, provided the tenant complied with the notice requirement Jesse v. Lindsley, 149 Idaho 70 (2008) Expedited trial Specific performance only: trial within 12 days of filing, service at least 5 days before trial Idaho Code 6-320(a) Damages claims Where damages are sought alone ...

New Mexico's security-deposit rules look simple on the surface, one month's rent, return it in 30 days, but the details are where landlords and property managers get tripped up. The one-month deposit rule applies to rental agreements lasting less than one year; annual rental agreements do not have a stated fixed dollar cap under § 47-8-18, but the deposit must still be reasonable, and a deposit exceeding one month's rent triggers an annual interest obligation. And missing the 30-day return deadline can forfeit the owner's right to retain the deposit and expose the owner to fees and other liability. Getting the mechanics right is what separates a clean move-out from a small-claims loss. All of it lives in a single statute: Section 47-8-18 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, part of the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act (UORRA). This guide walks through what that statute actually requires, the deposit rule and when it applies, the interest requirement for annual leases, the 30-day ...

Scotland has never had a no-fault eviction route for Private Residential Tenancies. Since December 2017, a landlord has needed a reason, and the reason has to be one of eighteen statutory grounds. Two things about that catch people out if they've worked in England. Every ground is discretionary. Prove it applies and you still haven't won: the First-tier Tribunal then decides whether eviction is reasonable in all the circumstances. Proving your case gets you a hearing, not an order. And the notice period usually depends on how long the tenant has been there rather than which ground you pick. Twenty-eight days or eighty-four, with the six-month mark as the switch. Scope: Private Residential Tenancies in Scotland. Assured, short assured and regulated tenancies run on different processes. Housing is devolved, so England, Wales and Northern Ireland work differently. How the Process Runs Serve a Notice to Leave saying the tenant must go, which ground you're using, and how long they have. ...

Quick Reference: New Hampshire Rent Increase Rules at a Glance Issue Rule Authority Statewide cap None. New Hampshire has no rent control statute RSA 540 Local rent control No New Hampshire municipality currently has general statutory authority to adopt rent control Girard v. Town of Allenstown, 121 N.H. 268 (1981) Notice of increase Written notice of the amount and effective date, at least 30 days before the effective date RSA 540:2, IV Effect of refusal For restricted property, a tenant's refusal to agree to the increase is good cause for eviction, if the 30-day notice was given RSA 540:2, IV Who this applies to The good cause framework applies to restricted property, not to nonrestricted property RSA 540:1-a, 540:2 Retaliation presumption A rent increase within 6 months of protected tenant activity creates a rebuttable presumption of retaliation RSA 540:13-b Retaliation damages Up to 3 months' rent where the tenant succeeds on the defence RSA 540:14, II Manufactured housing parks ...

Scotland has run open-ended private tenancies for almost nine years. Private Residential Tenancies replaced the previous structure for most new private lets in December 2017, well before England's 2026 reforms. Which means Scottish property management is not currently being rebuilt. It is being tightened. The Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 adjusts an established system rather than creating a new tenancy framework, and if you already work to a decent standard, most of what follows will be familiar. Most of it. There are two or three things worth reading properly. Scope: private rented sector in Scotland. Housing is devolved, so England, Wales and Northern Ireland run entirely separate frameworks, with different terminology, different tribunals and different registration systems. The Private Residential Tenancy Since 1 December 2017, most new private tenancies in Scotland have been Private Residential Tenancies under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, subject to statutory ...

Nebraska's residential rentals are governed primarily by the Nebraska Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA), beginning at Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1401, together with related provisions elsewhere in Chapter 76. It sets the security-deposit limits, the habitability duties, the notice periods for nonpayment and lease violations, the rent-increase notice, the entry rules, and the bans on self-help. Nebraska generally has no statewide rent-control cap or broad just-cause requirement for ending a periodic tenancy, subject to statutory protections and exceptions. The single point that trips people up most: Nebraska does not have a general "repair and deduct" right, its deduct remedy is narrow and tied mainly to essential services like heat and water. For a property manager, knowing where the Act's lines fall is what keeps a routine tenancy from becoming a lawsuit. Quick answer: Nebraska's URLTA (beginning at Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1401) governs most residential tenancies. A landlord ...

Three things happen to Scotland's private rented sector on 6 October. The biggest, in pure financial terms, is that wrongful termination compensation goes from a ceiling of six months' rent to a range of 3 to 36 times the monthly rent. If the First-tier Tribunal decides you misled a tenant or the Tribunal itself into ending a tenancy, the number at the end of that finding is now potentially six times larger. The succession qualifying period also drops from twelve months to six. And landlords take on new duties around damp and mould, with deadlines counted in working days.The first two are about risk. The third is about process, and it is the one most agencies are least ready for. Scope: private residential tenancies in Scotland. Housing is devolved, so England, Wales and Northern Ireland work differently. Where These Changes Come From The Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 is being switched on in stages, with the main dates falling on 1 April 2026, 1 August 2026, 6 October 2026 and 1 April ...

Missouri repair law is easy to get wrong from either side of the lease, because the landlord's duty to maintain the property is real, but the tenant's remedies when that duty is breached are unusually narrow and procedurally strict. Tenants who assume they can simply withhold rent or fix problems and deduct the cost, and landlords who assume a tenant has no recourse at all, are both working from a misunderstanding. The truth sits in between, and it's governed largely by a single statute. The central provision is Section 441.234 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri (RSMo), which gives tenants a limited "repair and deduct" right, hedged by conditions and dollar caps. Around it sits an implied warranty of habitability that Missouri courts recognize but read comparatively narrowly, a prohibition on landlord self-help, and a rent-withholding path that exists in case law but carries real eviction risk if done wrong. Understanding where each of these begins and ends is what keeps both parties ...

Quick Reference: Delaware Summary Possession at a Glance Issue Rule Authority Nonpayment notice Written demand giving not less than 5 days before the rental agreement terminates 25 Del. C. 5502(a) Lease breach notice At least 7 days to remedy or correct the breach 25 Del. C. 5513(a) Irreparable harm Immediate termination on notice may be available; no 7-day cure period 25 Del. C. 5513(b) Ending a month-to-month 60 days' written notice, running from the first day of the month after actual notice 25 Del. C. 5106(d) How days are counted Periods of less than 7 days exclude intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays 25 Del. C. 5112 Where you file Justice of the Peace Court with civil jurisdiction for the county and territory 25 Del. C. 5701, 5701A Mediation Cases are scheduled for mediation, completed at least 48 hours before trial 25 Del. C. 5702A Appeal window 5 days after judgment to request a trial de novo 25 Del. C. 5717(a) Writ of possession Not issued during the 5-day appeal ...