Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018

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Select Committee Documents
Friday 24th October 2025 Written Evidence - Lyseon.Solutions Working Group, Lyseon.Solutions Working Group, Lyseon.Solutions Working Group, and Lyseon.Solutions Working Group ATJ0072 - Access to Justice Access to Justice - Justice Committee Found: 2015 legislation around revenge evictions and possibly in practical terms the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act
Thursday 23rd October 2025 Written Evidence - Lyseon.Solutions Working Group, Lyseon.Solutions Working Group, Lyseon.Solutions Working Group, and Lyseon.Solutions Working Group ATJ0072 - Access to Justice Access to Justice - Justice Committee Found: 2015 legislation around revenge evictions and possibly in practical terms the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act
Thursday 9th October 2025 Written Evidence - Reapit HCE0055 - Housing Conditions in England Housing Conditions in England - Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Found: allows them to tackle privately rented properties that contain hazards, while the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act
Thursday 9th October 2025 Written Evidence - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government HCE0056 - Housing Conditions in England Housing Conditions in England - Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Found: The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 and Awaab’s Law, designed to empower tenants to raise

Written Answers
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.

Written Answers

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.