18 May 2026Section 8 Ground 17 (false statement induced tenancy): the tenant defence walkthrough (2026)
Ground 17 is the false-statement ground — possession because the tenancy itself was induced by something the tenant said or wrote that was not true. It only bites the original tenant, the notice period is short, and most cases turn on materiality and reasonableness rather than the bare statement. Here is the plain-English walkthrough with a particulars-request letter you can send in week one.
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