UK Housing Disrepair — Section 11 LTA 1985 Demand for Repairs

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Your Tenancy

Tell us about your tenancy and your landlord. Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 applies to short leases of dwelling-houses (under seven years) granted on or after 24 October 1961.

This letter will cite

Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 ss.11, 9A, 10A + Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 + Defective Premises Act 1972 s.4 + Housing Act 2004 Part 1 (HHSRS) + Pre-Action Protocol for Housing Conditions Claims + Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 ss.42-44 (Awaab's Law, social housing only)

Your letter will set out each disrepair defect against the limb of s.11 it breaches, invoke the s.9A fitness covenant where damp, mould, ventilation or food preparation is affected, and serve as a Pre-Action Protocol letter of claim with a 21-day response window.

UK nation

In Scotland the duty is the Repairing Standard under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006; in Northern Ireland it is Articles 41-42 of the Housing (NI) Order 1981.

What type of tenancy do you have?

Private — Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) / Assured Tenancy (post-1989)Private — other (lodger, periodic, regulated, company let)Council / local authority tenant (social housing)Housing association tenant (social housing)Scotland — Private Residential Tenancy (PRT)Scotland — social housing tenantNorthern Ireland — private tenantNorthern Ireland — NIHE or housing association tenant

Awaab's Law statutory timescales only apply to social housing tenants in England.

Tenancy start date

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 applies to new tenancies from 20 March 2019 and to all periodic tenancies from 20 March 2020.

Monthly rent (£)

Address of the rented property (if different from your home address)