If you are a council housing tenant, social housing or live in a local housing association property in the United Kingdom, we can help you file a compensation claim against your landlord if your residence has fallen into disrepair. This is often referred to as filing a compensation claim for despair against a housing association landlord.
As we are NO WIN, NO FEE housing disrepair lawyers & solicitors, the entire process is free of charge to you.
Call us on 0333 050 8887 to start the process or fill in the form.
If you live in a council-owned property, we can also help you to make a disrepair claim against your local council.
The council is responsible for most repairs to your home. This includes both small leaks and emergency repairs. If the council has failed to act on issues that you have notified them about, you may be eligible to make a claim against them.
Making a disrepair claim could result in the court ordering the council to make a repair, and you may be awarded compensation.
You can claim compensation for various things, including damage to your personal belongings, furnishings, clothes or other materials. You can also claim compensation for the damage that has been caused during repair work.
As a council housing tenant, you are entitled to a good standard of living. The council must make sure that the dwellings they offer are in a reasonable condition and that disrepair issues, if any, are addressed promptly. Failing to do so may result in compensatory damages being awarded to tenants for injuries caused by the council/associations’ actions or inaction. At our firm, we understand the physical, emotional, and financial strains that renting poor housing can have on tenants and are committed to helping them receive the repairs they need.
Are you a Council or Housing association Tenant with housing disrepair issues?
If so we can help you claim compensation on a NO Win, NO Fee basis.
Council Tenant
My flat was repaired in time for my child’s birth and I received rent refunds and compensation. The team were very helpful and understanding of my dangerous situation.
Housing Association Tenant
Couldn’t leave any clothes in any of the bedrooms due to dampness and mould, our clothes, possessions & electronics were ruined and not to mention the huge amounts of stress this caused over the years. I am so grateful for your help with getting my property repaired for me & the financial compensation awarded to me has changed my life. Thank you so much
Council Tenant
We had been waiting for 12 months for the damp to be repaired by the council but got nowhere. We were told by a friend that this company could help and within 6 months we received compensation for damages & all the damp and mould was removed.
As your landlord, the council has a legal responsibility to ensure that the property you are living in is in good, safe condition and is obliged to carry out regular maintenance checks. Furthermore, they must also ensure that any repairs necessary are carried out in a timely manner. Failure to do so could give you grounds to make a council house disrepair claim against them.
Regardless of whether the council use independent contractors to carry out maintenance and repairs, or whether they use their own contractors, they have a duty to ensure that they carry out any works necessary to maintain safe living properties for their tenants.
If your rented council home or housing association property has issues that have not been repaired find out if you are eligible to make a housing disrepair claim for property repair and compensation.
Are you a Council or Housing association Tenant with housing disrepair issues?
If so we can help you claim compensation on a NO Win, NO Fee basis.
Have you made a complaint about any of the following types of damage to your council or housing association and they weren’t fixed?
As a tenant of any rented house, be that with your local council or housing association, you have the right to live in a safe and well-maintained property. Your landlord has a responsibility to carry out repairs you have reported to them in a timely manner and to a satisfactory standard.
If disrepair problems in your home have made you or someone in your household ill, damaged your belongings or caused you inconvenience you should be eligible to claim compensation. You can also claim back rent if you haven’t been able to use part or all of your home because of the disrepair*.
If you have suffered damage to your personal belongings as a result of the inaction of your landlord or local authority, you may wish to consider making a compensation claim.
This could include compensation for any damage to clothing, bedding, furniture, or other personal belongings, which was caused by mould, a water leak, or any other incident for which the landlord or local authority was responsible. It is also possible to claim for any damage that may have been caused during repair works. If you would like more information on how to go about making a compensation claim, please do not hesitate to contact us for advice.
If you have suffered an illness due to your council’s negligent failure to maintain their duty of care, you may be eligible to make a compensation claim. To strengthen your case, it is important that you have seen a medical professional and have appropriate treatment prescribed. Make sure to keep all documentation of your illness, as this will be vital evidence in support of your claim.
The amount of compensation you may receive depends on the severity of the illness, how long it lasted, and any associated losses such as loss of earnings. You may also be eligible to make a care claim if you need additional help or care because of the illness caused by the housing disrepair.
Are you a Council or Housing association Tenant with housing disrepair issues?
If so we can help you claim compensation on a NO Win, NO Fee basis.
If you are considering making a claim for council house disrepair compensation, it is important to be aware of the No Win No Fee policy that our firm operates by. This means that if we were to represent you in a claim against your landlord and did not win, you would not be required to pay us anything at all for our fees.
This policy gives every claimant who deserves to be compensated the chance to make a claim without having to worry about the financial implications of seeking legal help.
If we were to take on your case and win, you would only be required to pay us a small percentage of your awarded amount. We are only legally allowed to take a small, capped percentage of your compensation amount, so the rest would be yours.
If you have been injured or suffered ill health in the last 3 years because of an accident that occurred in a Housing Association property, you may be able to file a housing disrepair compensation claim against your landlords. If your injury occurred through no fault of your own because the property was ill-maintained and the Housing Association landlords failed to put right a defect in an acceptable time-frame having been notified in writing of the problem, our personal injury solicitors would discuss your case with you before offering valuable advice on how best to proceed in filing your claim.
Housing disrepair is a situation in which the condition of a rented house or flat has deteriorated or changed negatively since the tenant moved in. This can be damage or deterioration to the exterior that is connected to or forms part of the actual dwelling, or interior of the house or flat, their structure and common parts in case of a building divided into flats. The lease outlines whose responsibility it is to maintain the place and failure to do so can result in a housing disrepair claim being made.
Our housing disrepair experts can help council tenants claim for necessary repairs to be made to their home if their council has failed to do so. In addition to claiming for repairs we can also help you claim for compensation if you have suffered from injury, illness or financial setbacks as a result of the disrepair in your home.
Disrepair most often presents itself as extreme cases of mould and damp in homes, cracks in walls, broken and/or unsafe doors and windows, water damage or lack of hot water and/or central heating. Most structural defects to your home will be seen as disrepair and when the damage is becoming severe and your local council is failing to act it’s time to seek legal advice.
Are you a Council or Housing association Tenant with housing disrepair issues?
If so we can help you claim compensation on a NO Win, NO Fee basis.
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0333 050 8887
