Housing Advice for tenants
How to complain about disrepair and what the Council can do to help.
Harassment is when your landlord, or someone else acting for them does things to try and make you leave your home.
If you have a tenancy you have protection from eviction and to gain lawful possession of the property, your landlord must follow the rules laid out in legislation.
If you pay a cash deposit, your landlord must protect the money in a registered scheme and give you notification.
The Tenant Fees Act bans most letting fees and caps tenancy deposits paid by tenants in the private rented sector in England.