Ensure landlords have a legal duty to carry out maintenance on properties

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

I want to ensure the government make it a legal duty for landlords and estate agents acting on behalf of landlords. To carry out maintenance and tend to issues that are dangerous or hazardous to the health of tenants, and to provide adequate response time for which these issues have been reported

I want to make the law more fair for tenants who have to endure issues in rented properties.

Currently when reporting issues or maintenance tenants are completely in the hands of estate agents and landlords as to if and when they will be fixed.

This is unfair and can leave tenants living in sub standard conditions for a considerable amount of time, which was not what they agreed when signing their tenancy agreement.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Landlords already have a responsibility to keep their properties in good condition, in addition to any responsibilities set out in a tenancy agreement. See the Citizens Advice website for more information:
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/housing/repairs-in-rented-housing/

We could accept a petition calling for a statutory timeframe within which landlords must respond to requests for repairs, with fines for non-compliance, if that's something you'd like to see happen.

Timeline

1 Nov 2020	Petition opened for signatures
12 Nov 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Nov 2020

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