Damp, mould, broken boilers, safety certificates, and claiming compensation when a landlord won't fix your home.
Since 27 October 2025 your council or housing association has hard deadlines to deal with damp, mould, and emergency hazards. Here are the exact Awaab's Law timescales, how to start the clock, and what to do when your landlord misses one.
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.
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.
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 rule works, what it is worth, and what you can actually claim.
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? Courts turn your rent, the months it went unfixed, and your evidence into a figure.
How much can a UK tenant claim for disrepair? Courts award back a share of the rent you already paid for every month it went unfixed, up to all of it.
Cold home, an F-rated EPC, or no certificate at all? Here is what your landlord legally owes you now, what is planned for 2030, and how to report a breach.
The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 lets tenants in England sue a landlord directly for an unfit home. Here is what counts as unfit and what you can claim.
Your landlord keeps ignoring the leak? There is a formal process that forces a response, and it can win you rent back. Here is how it works.
What landlords must do under UK electrical safety law, how council enforcement works when they don't, and which adjacent claims an electrical failure tends to travel with.
No heating or hot water? A broken boiler is an emergency repair, not a job for next month. Your rights, how to escalate, 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.
Reported the mould weeks ago and nothing has happened? Your landlord may already be in breach, and you could have a compensation claim. Here is how to act.
The Decent Homes Standard reaches private renters in 2035, but you can already claim for an unfit or unrepaired home. Learn what protects you now and how much compensation you can claim.
Claiming disrepair compensation under Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, including what counts as disrepair, compensation amounts, and where Awaab's Law does and doesn't apply.
Awaab's Law does not yet cover private renters in England. Here is what it requires of social landlords now, what we know about the private rented sector extension (no date has been set), and the rights private tenants can use today.
