This subtopic explains how local authority landlords should manage and respond to disrepair in social housing, from understanding their repair and fitness obligations to handling liability issues, housing condition claims, and related duties such as heat network metering and billing.
For guidance on repairing obligations, see Practice Notes:
Residential tenancies—landlord’s implied covenant of fitness for human habitation and statutory obligation to repair, which covers the statutory duties affecting residential landlords, including fitness for habitation and repair of key parts of the dwelling
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