The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill would give private and social tenants the ability to take landlords to court if their home is unsafe. Currently, landlords have no obligation to their tenants to put or keep the property in a condition fit for habitation.
From 1st October 2018 the new Section 21 rules which came into force on 1 October 2015 for all new assured shorthold tenancies (AST), will apply to ALL ASTs.
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