What Should I Do?
If the property you live in is in disrepair or in serious disrepair you should first contact your landlord and try to reach a n agreement to have repairs/works carried out to the property. If you have already spoken to your landlord and nothing has been done or, for whatever reason, he/she has not responded then contact the Housing Renewal Team.
What Happens Next?
- We will visit you and carry out a an inspection under the Housing Health Safety Rating System (HHSRS)
- We will make a decision on whether we agree that the property is in disrepair or containes any hazards.
- We will speak to your landlord, discuss the problems and try to resolve them. If matters still do not improve we will then take formal enforcement action. Obviously we want to avoid this and want to work with landlords to ensure good housing is available for all but if necessary we will take enforcement action to have the works carried out.
What Enforcement Action Can We Take?
We can serve a Legal Notice on the Landlord which details all the works that need to be carried out on his/her property and giving a time by which these works must be done. If the landlord fails to carry out the works detailed in any Legal Notice served by the Council we will arrange for the works to be done and we will charge the Landlord for them. There may also be additional charges up to £300 for the Council's administrative costs in serving the Notice on the Landlord.
Landlords and Tenants Private Sector Housing Renewal Strategy - pdf document