We use cookies on this site to enhance the user experience. You can follow the link provided here to tailor your experience, or accept all and continue on this page. Your cookie preferences were saved. Find out how we can support you in finding and maintaining your privately-rented property. The government's How to rent a safe home guide provides all the information you need to make your private tenancy a success. If your landlord has not carried out a repair that you have reported, contact our private sector housing team.
When you are looking to rent a property, you can contact our private sector housing team to check whether your prospective landlord is accredited. If your landlord is attempting to evict you illegally or harassing you in anyway, contact our homelessness and housing options team for advice. Let us know that you are having trouble before you leave your property. Contact the private sector housing team if you need us to investigate a repair or you need help with finding an accredited landlord.
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Accept all Reject additional Change cookie preferences. Your cookie preferences were saved Change cookie preferences. Help for private sector tenants. We can also help you with your private tenancy. Get help with a repair Your landlord is responsible for repairing: the structure and outside of the building, including the walls, stairs and bannisters, roof, external doors and windows sinks, baths, toilets, pipes and drains heating and hot water chimneys and ventilation gas appliances electrical wiring entrance halls, communal stairways and shared kitchens If your landlord has not carried out a repair that you have reported, contact our private sector housing team.
Check whether your landlord is accredited When you are looking to rent a property, you can contact our private sector housing team to check whether your prospective landlord is accredited. Get help with harassment or illegal eviction If your landlord is attempting to evict you illegally or harassing you in anyway, contact our homelessness and housing options team for advice.
