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Most of us are familiar with the difficulty in managing overcrowding, with is largely dependant on the co-operation of all involved, setting aside their vested interests.

I was wondering whether an arrow to the bow could be the targeting of advertising. Fulfillment of overcrowded apartments is largely conducted through advertisements on various websites. Some are more explicit than others, ranging from actual addresses, email, phone, phone, tenant name and explicit acknowledgement of overcrowding through to proxies/agents, nicknames, “anonymous” email addresses etc. Price is usually the only common factor from which you can reasonably judge how many occupants you can expect.

Is it illegal for a tenant(or their agents) to advertise over occupancy and/or would a by-law to that effect hold any validity? I am not looking for a legality that will wind your way through the justice system, just an indication that it is enforceable and could be used as a tool for the removal of tenants who overcrowd. To my mind this will assist in overcoming one of the hurdles in prosecuting overcrowding, physical evidence. With notice usually required for tenants many attempts to sight physical evidence are effectively neutered(often with the assistance of compliant agents).

I appreciate some prosecutions may end up in a bun fight at the CTTT but to my mind it would be a reasonably effective weapon where these people are most exposed ie outside their apartments explicitly advertising on websites

Any experiences to this effect would be appreciated

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