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• Ask the council for money or help to do repairs

  Local authority powers and financial help available to private rented tenants and landlords to cover the cost of repairs or improvements.

• Asking the council to help you get repairs done

  Asking the council to help you get repairs done Ask the council to check if your rented home needs repairs If the council decide your landlord has to do repairs Ask the council for money or help to do repairs Letter to complain to the council if your landlord hasn’t done repairs

• Going to court if your landlord won't do repairs

  Find out when it can be worth taking your landlord to court to get repairs done, find out how to fill in the court form and make sure you know what to say at the hearing.

• Withholding rent because repairs haven't been done

  The procedure that social housing tenants must follow if you decide to use your rent to pay for repairs and the risks of withholding rent when the landlord has not carried out repairs.

• If you're being evicted because you asked for repairs

  Find out what you can do if you're being evicted because you asked for repairs and make sure you know how to get help to challenge the eviction.

• If the council decide your landlord has to do repairs

  Check what your landlord has to do if the council have inspected your home and sent them a legal notice. If the council haven’t helped, find out how to complain

• Ask the council to check if your rented home needs repairs

  If you’ve reported repairs to your landlord and they haven’t done anything, find out if the council can help you get the work done.

• Letter to complain to the council if your landlord hasn’t done repairs

  Letter from a private rented tenant to the local authority about the landlord's failure to make repairs.