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Section 8 Ground 12 (breach of tenancy): the tenant defence walkthrough under the RRA (2026)
16 May 2026

Section 8 Ground 12 (breach of tenancy): the tenant defence walkthrough under the RRA (2026)

A Ground 12 notice can read like a list of grievances dressed up as a legal case. Under the Renters' Rights Act, the discretionary breach-of-tenancy ground is harder to land than it looks. Here is the plain-English walkthrough — what counts as a breach, how reasonableness is decided, and how to take the procedure apart line by line.

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