[F1 Part 2A E+W Prohibition of discrimination

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2A inserted (1.6.2026) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), ss. 44(3), 145(3) (with ss. 49, 138); W.S.I. 2026/6, art. 2(b)

8G Terms in mortgages relating to children or benefits status E+W

(1) A term of a mortgage of premises that consist of or include a dwelling is not binding to the extent that (but for this section) it would require the mortgagor to—

(a) prohibit a contract-holder from having a child live with or visit them at the dwelling, or

(b) restrict the circumstances in which a contract-holder may have a child live with or visit them at the dwelling,

(but the mortgage continues, so far as practicable, to have effect in every other respect).

(2) A term of a mortgage of premises that consist of or include a dwelling is not binding to the extent that (but for this section) it would require the mortgagor to prohibit a contract-holder from being a benefits claimant (but the mortgage continues, so far as practicable, to have effect in every other respect).]