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Mar 6, 2019 · 2. About the Homes Act: what does it mean for me? What should my landlord be doing? Your landlord must make sure that your home is ’fit for human habitation’, which means that it’s safe,...
You can ask your council to check your home if you think it has hazards and is not safe. The hazards could be things like: damp and mould. asbestos or lead. if your home is dangerously cold or hot. Councils use the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) to check for hazards in homes.
A hazard is something (eg an object, a property of a substance, a phenomenon or an activity) that can cause adverse effects. For example: Water on a staircase is a hazard, because you could slip...
A rented home is unfit to live in when conditions or safety issues are so bad that it's not reasonable for you to live there. This could be because the poor conditions: affect your health seriously. put you at risk of physical harm or injury. mean you cannot make full use of your home.
Mar 6, 2019 · It is for the court to decide whether the landlord dealt with the hazard in a reasonable time. Landlords should therefore rectify any damages that they are responsible for as soon as possible.
- This document provides guidance and advice to landlords of domestic rented properties about the minimum standards required to let domestic property...
- The Act applies to the social and private rented sectors and makes it clear that landlords must ensure that their property, including any common pa...
- If a landlord fails to comply with the Act, tenants may have the right to take court action for breach of contract.If the court decides that the la...
- If the courts find that a property is not fit for human habitation, then they may require one or both of the following: compulsory improvement to t...
The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) is a system for assessing housing conditions. Under the HHSRS a local authority: carries out inspections of rented housing. identifies whether any specified hazards are present. categorises those hazards according to objective criteria.
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If your landlord has failed to do repair work, the local authority may be able to force them to take action. The local authority can do this if there's a hazard which is a risk to your health or safety following an assessment under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS).
