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• Repairs - what are your options if you are a social housing tenant?

  If you rent your home from a social housing landlord, they're responsible for dealing with most repair problems - check what repairs they have to do. Many social landlords fix repair problems as soon

• Complaining about your landlord's failure to make repairs if you are a social housing tenant

  If you rent your home from a social housing landlord, they're responsible for dealing with most repair problems - check what repairs they have to do. If you’ve reported repairs to your landlord

• Withholding rent because repairs haven't been done

  or Universal Credit housing costs you won't be able to use this procedure. If you're a tenant of another social housing landlord such as a housing association, or a tenant of a private landlord, your landlord

• Offsetting rent arrears because repairs haven't been done

  arrears is likely to be unfair and could be challenged. Next steps Other options for private rented tenants to deal with repairs Other options for social housing tenants to deal with repairs Common repair problems

• You are taken to court for rent arrears

  a private landlord check your tenancy type if you rent from a social housing landlord If you have rent arrears, your landlord may try and evict you. This is called seeking possession. To do

• Repairs and housing conditions

  about the condition of your shared house Renting from the council or a housing association Repairs - what are your options if you are a social housing tenant? How to report repairs Complaining about your

• Using the right to repair scheme

  . Other social housing landlords, for example, housing associations, may operate similar schemes, but they don't have to. This page tells you more about how the right to repair scheme works and the types

• Challenge the council’s decision about your housing application

  the council got their decision wrong about your social housing application you should challenge it by asking for a review. For example, you could ask for a review if: the council says you can’t be put

• Repairs - damp

  or safety and therefore a hazard under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS). More about statutory nuisance and the HHSRS for tenants in social housing Taking court action If your landlord’s

• Local authority help with repairs - statutory nuisance

  repairs Letter from a social housing tenant to the local authority about failure to make repairs Formal action - abatement notices The first formal step for an EHO is to serve an abatement notice