If you are a council or housing association tenant living with damp or mould that your landlord has failed to address after being notified, you may have grounds for a housing disrepair claim. Under Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, social landlords are legally required to keep the structure and exterior of your home in repair, and where damp or mould arises from a structural defect they have failed to fix, they are in breach of that obligation. What Damp and Mould Actually Means…
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