# Housing Act 1957, Section 84: Right of landlord to obtain possession of overcrowded house


Where a dwelling-house is overcrowded in such circumstances as to render the occupier thereof guilty of an offence, nothing in the Rent Acts shall prevent the landlord from obtaining possession of the house.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/56/section/84 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1957/section-84
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