In proceedings in which a tenant of a dwelling alleges a breach on the part of his landlord of a repairing covenant relating to any part of the premises in which the dwelling is comprised, the court may order specific performance of the covenant whether or not the breach relates to a part of the premises let to the tenant and notwithstanding any equitable rule restricting the scope of the remedy, whether on the basis of a lack of mutuality or otherwise.
In this section—
"tenant" includes a statutory tenant,
in relation to a statutory tenant the reference to the premises let to him is to the premises of which he is a statutory tenant,
"landlord", in relation to a tenant, includes any person against whom the tenant has a right to enforce a repairing covenant, and
"repairing covenant" means a covenant to repair, maintain, renew, construct or replace any property.