Information since 8 Nov 2025, 5:09 a.m.
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Private Rented Housing: Standards
Asked by: Danny Beales (Labour - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) Tuesday 9th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure landlords let accommodation is fit for human habitation as set out in the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) If rented houses or flats are not fit for human habitation, tenants can take their landlords to court under the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018.
The court can make the landlord carry out repairs and put right health and safety problems. The court can also make the landlord pay compensation to the tenant.
The government is committed to ensuring that rented homes are safe, decent, warm, and free from damp and mould.
The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 will extend Awaab’s Law to the private rented sector and introduce a Decent Homes Standard for privately rented homes for the first time.
The Decent Homes Standard already applies to social housing. Enforcement in the social sector is being strengthened through the Social Housing Regulation Act, including through the implementation of Awaab’s Law, the first phase of which has already come into force. |
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Assured Tenancies (Private Rented Sector) (Written Statement of Terms etc and Information Sheet) (England) Regulations 2026 These Regulations set out the tenancy terms and other information which landlords of relevant private rented sector assured tenancies in England (or their contractors, as the case may be) must include in the written statement they give to their tenants under section 16D of the Housing Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”) and the information they must give to their tenants under paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 6 to the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (“the 2025 Act”). Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made negative Laid: Friday 20th March - In Force: 1 May 2026 Found: the definition of “prescribed”. (16)Section 9A was inserted by section 1(3) of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act |
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Friday 27th March 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Source Page: I. The ANUK/Unipol Code of Standards for larger developments for student accommodation NOT managed & controlled by educational establishments. Incl. annexes and appendices. 52p. II. Letter dated 20/03/2026 from Matthew Pennycook MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding a document for deposit in the House libraries. 1p. Document: Approved_ANUK-Unipol_Code_27_Feb_2026.pdf (PDF) Found: developments in accordance with the requirements of, and standards established in, the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act |
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4. Hazardous disrepair in social housing: Evidence session 3
Thursday 5th March 2026 Mentions: 1: None landlords already have to comply with the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act - Link to Speech |