Repair Work Obligations in Housing Association and Carshalton Resident Authority Residences: Occupants or Landlords?
If you reside in social Housing, your rights and duties as a tenant most likely differ from if you lived in private rented Housing.
One grey area which renters tend to do not have knowledge in is who spends for home repair work and maintenance in social Housing, specifically if the damage is not the renter’s fault.
Do the repair work responsibilities in housing association and regional authority homes are up to the tenant or the property manager? The answer is – it depends.
Often it is clear cut that the occupant is responsible for a repair work, and sometimes it’s apparent that the proprietor should pay up, but what happens when it isn’t so black and white? Or, what takes place if a housing association overlooks their repair work commitments and leaves their tenant living in disrepair?
This guide means to help you establish if your social Housing property owner is trying to shirk their duty and what to do about it if they are.
If you live in social or council Housing and your landlord is refusing to make necessary repairs, we can assist.
Repairs and Maintenance in Social Housing
What Are my Housing Association Repair Obligations and Requirements?
Although as an occupant you do have a particular quantity of duty to keep where you live clean, safe and neat, your local authority or housing association also has a lot of repair work and maintenance commitments.
Social Housing proprietors are responsible for many repair work in your house, including any damage or disrepair impacting:.
the structure/exterior of the building i.e. the roofing, walls, windows and external doors.
central heating, gas fires, fireplaces, flues, ventilation and chimneys.
supply of water, pipes, sinks, toilets and baths.
external drains and guttering.
gas pipelines, electrical circuitry and any appliances supplied i.e. if a cleaning machine is provided the property owner is likely responsible if it breaks.
common locations like lifts and entrances.
If you live in a house of several profession or an HMO, your landlord has much more duties for fire and basic safety, water system and drainage, gas and electrical power and garbage disposal.
These ought to be detailed in your occupancy contract, which our Housing disrepair lawyers can assist you comprehend if you feel like you deserve to claim versus your property manager or social housing association.
We can send someone over to check the damage to your home if you live in social Housing to assist us assess if you can make a claim.
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Taking Your Housing Association to Court for Housing Disrepair
As soon as you have completed your Housing association grievances treatment, you will then have to wait 8 weeks. Throughout this 8-week period, your Housing association ought to fix your problem for you. If it does not, then you will need to bring a claims case against them, which will either be settled out of court, or go to court for judgement.
We can help you take your Housing associated to court. Call us at the number at the bottom of this page to learn how we can do this.
