Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
1985 c. 70 · 71 provisionsView on legislation.gov.uk
An Act to consolidate certain provisions of the law of landlord and tenant formerly found in the Housing Acts, together with the Landlord and Tenant Act 1962, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.
Our take on Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
Two codes share this Act, and most people meet only one. On shorter tenancies in England it implies repair and fitness-for-habitation duties that a tenancy agreement cannot normally remove, and voids clauses making you pay for those repairs. Any tenant can also ask in writing for the landlord's name and address, and must get it within 21 days. The second code controls service charges that vary with costs, letting leaseholders and many housing association tenants insist on reasonable costs, inspect invoices and ask a tribunal what is payable. We think housing association tenants, often in both, gain most. Wales has its own repair rules for occupation contracts, and 2024 service charge reforms are expected in England from 2027.
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