News & advice
73 plain-English guides on your rights and how to claim, grouped by theme. Updated as the law and the data move.
Awaab's Law8 guidesThe law that gives social landlords strict deadlines for damp, mould, and emergency hazards.
- Awaab's Law: the first months, and what the one-year mark will test24 May 2026
- Awaab's Law and Emergency Repairs: What the 24-Hour Deadline Means for Tenants19 May 2026
- Awaab's Law Phase 2 Is Coming: Which Landlords Are Most Exposed19 May 2026
- Many Social Landlords Say They Are Not Fully Ready for Awaab's Law. Here Is What That Means for Tenants19 May 2026
- Awaab Ishak's family: the case that changed UK housing law18 May 2026
- Awaab's Law: Private Sector Extension Under the Renters' Rights Act 202517 May 2026
- Awaab's Law: Six Months In, Named Landlords and What We Have Learned28 Apr 2026
- Awaab's Law: Three Months In29 Jan 2026
The law and your rights12 guidesWhat the law says, what is changing, and the rights you have as a tenant.
- Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985: What Your Landlord Must Repair3 Jun 2026
- Disabled Adaptations and Disrepair: Your Rights as a Disabled Tenant3 Jun 2026
- No Heating or Hot Water: Your Rights as a Tenant2 Jun 2026
- Renters' Rights Act 2025 in Force: What Actually Changed on Day One19 May 2026
- The Decent Homes Standard is Coming to Private Rentals: What Private Tenants Get19 May 2026
- Renters' Rights Act 2025: what changes for tenants in May 202618 May 2026
- Right to Buy and housing disrepair: can you claim if you're buying?18 May 2026
- What Counts as an Emergency Repair? (England & Wales)9 Nov 2025
- Can I Withhold Rent If My Home Is in Disrepair?8 Nov 2025
- Can My Landlord Evict Me for Complaining About Disrepair?7 Nov 2025
- Tenants' Rights When There Is No Hot Water (England & Wales)4 Nov 2025
- Tenants' Rights When There Is Damp and Mould (England & Wales)3 Nov 2025
Specific problems11 guidesGuides to the most common, and most serious, problems tenants face.
- Is Damp and Mould Making Your Child Ill?2 Jun 2026
- My Landlord Says the Damp Is My Fault. Is That True?2 Jun 2026
- Mice, Rats or Cockroaches in Your Rented Home: What Are Your Rights?2 Jun 2026
- Leaks and Water Damage in a Rented Home: Your Rights2 Jun 2026
- Electrical Hazards in a Rented Home: Your Rights as a Tenant2 Jun 2026
- Damp in Pre-1939 Terraced Housing: What Surveyors Actually Look For19 May 2026
- High-Rise Window Safety: What Recent Child Deaths Mean for Landlord Responsibility19 May 2026
- Cladding Remediation in 2026: Where the Money Went and What Tenants Are Owed19 May 2026
- Damp vs mould: knowing the difference (and what your landlord owes you)18 May 2026
- Spray foam insulation: the new mortgage-killer for social tenants18 May 2026
- Tenants' Rights for Rat Infestations (England & Wales)5 Nov 2025
Making a claim8 guidesHow compensation works, how to escalate, and what good evidence looks like.
- The Pre-Action Protocol for Housing Conditions Claims (England): What Tenants Should Know3 Jun 2026
- Evidence Checklist for a Housing Disrepair Claim2 Jun 2026
- How Long Does a Housing Disrepair Claim Take?2 Jun 2026
- How to escalate a housing complaint when your landlord ignores you18 May 2026
- Does a doctor's letter help your housing disrepair claim?18 May 2026
- What an FCA-regulated CMC actually does (and doesn't)18 May 2026
- How to Write a Complaint Letter to Your Housing Association10 Nov 2025
- How Much Compensation for Damp and Mould in the UK?6 Nov 2025
Housing disrepair in your city8 guidesThe local picture for tenants across England and Wales.
- Housing disrepair in London: a 2026 crisis no tenant should face alone16 May 2026
- Birmingham housing disrepair: how the UK's second-largest city is failing its tenants16 May 2026
- Manchester housing disrepair: why tenants in 2026 deserve more16 May 2026
- Leeds housing disrepair in 2026: what tenants need to know16 May 2026
- Liverpool housing disrepair: the 2026 picture16 May 2026
- Newcastle housing disrepair: the 2026 picture in the North East16 May 2026
- Bristol housing disrepair: the 2026 reality16 May 2026
- Cardiff housing disrepair: contract holders' rights under Welsh law16 May 2026
Landlords in the news6 guidesRegulator gradings and mergers, and what they mean if this is your landlord.
- Bromford, Flagship and LiveWest: The 120,000-Home Merger Explained4 Mar 2026
- Codi: What the Pobl and Linc Cymru Merger Means for Welsh Contract Holders21 Jul 2025
- Anchor Hanover Downgraded to G3/C3: What It Means for Older Tenants2 Jul 2025
- Hedyn: Newport City Homes and Melin Merger Explained12 May 2025
- Notting Hill Genesis G3 Governance Downgrade: What Tenants Need to Know9 Dec 2024
- Newham Council's C4 Grade: What It Means for Tenants4 Nov 2024
Policy and research4 guidesThe bigger picture: official data and the push for better housing.
- The 2024-25 English Housing Survey: the damp and non-decent homes numbers23 May 2026
- MPs are investigating the state of social and rented housing. What it means for tenants23 May 2026
- Temporary Accommodation: 104 Child Deaths and a Government Failure to Act19 May 2026
- Early Warning Signs Your Landlord Should Not Ignore (Damp, Mould and Hazards)19 May 2026
More16 guidesEverything not covered by the themes above.
- Decent Homes Standard: what it means for private tenants in 20261 Jun 2026
- Housing Ombudsman spotlight reports: what the data says about damp and mould complaints in 20261 Jun 2026
- Renters' Rights Act 2025: what's in force, what isn't, and when1 Jun 2026
- Defective Premises Act 1972: when your landlord is liable for communal areas and structural damage29 May 2026
- HHSRS Category 1 Hazards: What Councils Must Do By Law29 May 2026
- Taking your landlord to court without a solicitor: the small claims route29 May 2026
- What a housing disrepair solicitor actually does (and what you pay)29 May 2026
- Housing Ombudsman Annual Report 2025: complaint volumes at a record high29 May 2026
- Housing Ombudsman vs a civil disrepair claim: which route is right for you?29 May 2026
- Criminal penalties for landlords who ignore repairs: what changed in 202629 May 2026
- Frozen housing benefit rates and disrepair: what tenants need to know29 May 2026
- Private Rented Sector Ombudsman 2026: What We Know So Far29 May 2026
- Right to Buy in England: changes in 2026 and what they mean for tenants29 May 2026
- Section 21 Ban: One Month In29 May 2026
- Awaab's Law at six months: what social tenants are telling us1 Jan 2026
- The Renters' Rights Act and repairs: what has actually changed for tenants?1 Jan 2026
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