Additional legal protections apply
I'm a disabled tenant
Disabled tenants
Legal protections that apply to you
- Equality Act 2010, reasonable adjustments duty
- Section 11 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- Awaab's Law, emergency category for disabled-occupant hazards
- Care Act 2014, local authority assessment rights
Specific things to know
- Adaptation refusals may need to be assessed alongside OT report
- Reasonable adjustments are NOT unlimited, court considers cost and impact
Real, published cases
We do not publish our own client figures. Instead, you can read real, published statutory rulings against named landlords, with the compensation each was ordered to pay and a link to each source.
See real published casesBy: Support for Tenants editorial team
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Reviewed against current housing law for England and Wales as at 15 June 2026. Checked by our SRA-regulated panel solicitors. This is general information, not legal advice for your specific case. Any compensation figures or ranges shown are illustrative only and not guaranteed; every case is different.
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