How will the Renting Homes Act (2016) affect health and safety requirements?
What are the Fitness for Human Habitation (FFHH) Requirements?
The aim of the Fitness Regulations is to help ensure landlords maintain dwellings to prevent them from becoming unfit for human habitation.
If you believe that your property is unfit but we do not agree, it would ultimately be for the court to decide whether a property is unfit based on the Regulations. A court claim would be made the same way as a disrepair claim currently.
However, if you withheld rent on the basis the property was unfit, this would potentially create a ground for possession – either breach of contract or the serious rent arrears ground.
What are the Fitness for Human Habitation (FFHH) Requirements?
The aim of the Fitness Regulations is to help ensure landlords maintain dwellings to prevent them from becoming unfit for human habitation.
If you believe that your property is unfit but we do not agree, it would ultimately be for the court to decide whether a property is unfit based on the Regulations. A court claim would be made the same way as a disrepair claim currently.
However, if you withheld rent on the basis the property was unfit, this would potentially create a ground for possession – either breach of contract or the serious rent arrears ground.
Has the law changed in relation to carbon monoxide alarms?
Yes. We must ensure that a carbon monoxide alarm which is in repair and proper working order is in each room of the home which contains a gas appliance, an oil fired combustion appliance or a solid fuel burning combustion appliance.
Has the law changed in relation to carbon monoxide alarms?
Yes. We must ensure that a carbon monoxide alarm which is in repair and proper working order is in each room of the home which contains a gas appliance, an oil fired combustion appliance or a solid fuel burning combustion appliance.