Section 93: Lodgers and subletting.

Housing Act 1985 · 1985 c. 68View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IV: SECURE TENANCIES AND RIGHTS OF SECURE TENANTS

It is a term of every secure tenancy that the tenant—

may allow any persons to reside as lodgers in the dwelling-house, but
will not, without the written consent of the landlord, sublet or part with possession of part of the dwelling-house.

If the tenant under a secure tenancy parts with the possession of the dwelling-house or sublets the whole of it (or sublets first part of it and then the remainder), the tenancy ceases to be a secure tenancy and cannot subsequently become a secure tenancy.

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