No gas safety certificate? Who to report it to and what you can claim
Your landlord hasn't given you a gas safety certificate. That is a criminal breach. Here is what it means, who to report it to, and when you can claim.
14 May 2026 · 7 min read
Your landlord must fix a broken boiler within 24-48 hours. Know your legal rights, how to escalate, and what compensation you can claim in the UK.
How tenants in England can appeal a rent increase at the First-tier Tribunal in 2026. Section 13 notices, fees, evidence, and what the tribunal decides.
A holding deposit reserves a property while checks run. There are only four reasons a landlord can keep it, and getting it back is often simpler than you think.
If you share a kitchen or bathroom with your landlord, you're probably a lodger, not a tenant, and most of the 2026 reforms don't apply to you. Here's how to tell.
Your deposit is capped at 5 weeks' rent (6 if the annual rent is £50,000 or more). If you were charged two months' rent, here's how to get the excess back.
Signed as a guarantor, or being asked to? The Renters' Rights Act 2025 narrowed what you can be chased for, including rent after the tenant dies. Here's exactly what you're on the hook for.
Kineara is piloting our AI housing platform on its Housing Advice Line in Southwark, helping practitioners identify legal issues faster and support more families in over 140 languages.
Turned away for claiming benefits, or because you have kids? Since May 2026 a No DSS or no children policy is unlawful in England. Here's what the law says and how to report it.
Signing a student house for 2026/27? Fixed terms are gone, you can leave with two months' notice, and your landlord needs Ground 4A to take the house back. Here's how it works.
No heating or hot water is an emergency repair, not a job your landlord can put off for weeks. What English law requires, how to get the council involved, and what every cold day is worth in compensation.
No smoke alarm on your floor? No carbon monoxide alarm by the boiler? Here's what English law makes your landlord install and fix, the £5,000 fine for ignoring it, and how missing alarms can feed a wider claim.
Mould took your clothes, or a leak soaked the sofa, and your landlord shrugs. If the disrepair was theirs to fix, your belongings go on the claim. Here is when they must pay, how the value is worked out, and how contents insurance fits in.
Since 1 May 2026 almost every renter in England can leave with 2 months' written notice, whatever the contract says. Here's how to serve a notice to quit that counts, with a template you can copy.
Stopping rent to force repairs can hand your landlord a mandatory eviction ground. Here is what the law in England lets you do instead, from deducting repair costs safely to claiming compensation.
A 4-week moving out checklist for getting every penny of your deposit back. The photos to take, the 10-day return rule, and how to fight cleaning and garden deductions.
The Renters' Rights Act doubled rent repayment orders on 1 May 2026. You can now claim up to 2 years' rent, 6 new offences qualify, and orders can reach superior landlords in rent-to-rent setups. Here's what changed.
A landlord who wants the property back for themselves or family must use Ground 1. That means 4 months' notice, a fixed family list, and a 12-month re-letting ban. If nobody moves in, you could claim up to 2 years' rent back.
A text saying 'I'm selling, you need to leave' changes nothing on its own. Ground 1A needs 4 months' notice and a genuine sale. If the sale turns out to be fake, you could claim up to 2 years' rent back.
Welsh law lists 29 hazards that can make a rented home unfit for human habitation. If your home fails the test, rent is not payable for any day it stays unfit. Here is how the rules work and how to claim your money back.
Blocked drains, a toilet that won't flush, no running water. Here is what your landlord must fix, when a blockage is your responsibility, and the council route that can force the work and make your landlord pay your costs.
A window that won't close, a rotten frame, a front door that won't lock. Here is what your landlord must repair, why draughty single glazing is treated differently, and who pays after a break-in.
A stain spreading across the ceiling, a dripping pipe, rain coming through the window. Here is which leaks are your landlord's responsibility, how fast they have to act, and what you can claim for ruined belongings.
Rats, mice, cockroaches or bedbugs in a rented home. Your landlord is not automatically responsible, and the answer turns on the cause. Here is when it is their job, when it is yours, and how to get it dealt with.
Cracks in the walls, blown plaster, a sagging ceiling. Here is what your landlord must repair, which cracks matter, and why a design fault is treated differently from real structural damage.
Damp, mould, no heating, and a landlord who won't act? A plain-English guide to a housing disrepair case from first report to compensation, for renters in England and Wales.
How much can you claim for damp and mould in the UK? Typical amounts, how courts calculate awards, and how to maximise your disrepair claim.
Learn what prescribed information tenancy deposit UK law requires, what counts as a breach, and how to claim up to 3x your deposit in compensation.
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