If you are a secure tenant, you have the right to take in lodgers without asking our permission providing you do not overcrowd your home. A lodger is someone who shares your home with you and your family.

Secure tenants also have the right to sublet part of their home, providing you get our written permission first. A sub tenant is someone who has the sole right to occupy part of your home and normally lives separately from your household.

However, if you take in a lodger or sub tenant, you must continue to live in your property as your only or main home and you will be responsible for their behaviour.

If you do not have a secure tenancy, you do not have the right to take in a lodger or sub tenant.

Unlawful subletting generally describes the situation where a tenant moves out of their Council property and allows another person to use the property usually in return for the payment of rent.

We will investigate every case that we become aware of and take legal action to recover possession of the property whenever we can.

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