# Housing Act 1985, Section 81: The tenant condition.


The tenant condition is that the tenant is an individual and occupies the dwelling-house as his only or principal home; or, where the tenancy is a joint tenancy, that each of the joint tenants is an individual and at least one of them occupies the dwelling-house as his only or principal home.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/81 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-81
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