Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
1987 c. 31 · 88 provisionsView on legislation.gov.uk
An Act to confer on tenants of flats rights with respect to the acquisition by them of their landlord's reversion; to make provision for the appointment of a manager at the instance of such tenants and for the variation of long leases held by such tenants; to make further provision with respect to service charges payable by tenants of flats and other dwellings; to make other provision with respect to such tenants; to make further provision with respect to the permissible purposes and objects of registered housing associations as regards the management of leasehold property; and for connected purposes.
Our take on Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
Flat leaseholders get most of this Act, from a first chance to buy when the landlord sells the building to asking a tribunal to fix a faulty long lease. Most private renters are shut out of the right of first refusal, because an assured tenancy, the usual private let in England, never qualifies. In our view renters should know the parts that reach any tenant of a flat. You can ask a tribunal to appoint a manager for a badly run block unless a council, housing association or, usually, a live-in landlord of a converted house owns it, and in England your landlord must put their name and address on rent demands and give you an address for serving notices.
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