Guidance for landlords and tenants

Please see the Gov.UK website for updated information for landlords and tennants.

Section 1. Rent, mortgage payments and possession proceedings

1. Rent payments

2. Financial support available

3. Mortgage repayments

4. Shared owners

5. Protections for tenants under the Coronavirus Act 2020

6. Licences to occupy (including property guardians) and the Coronavirus Act

7. Ending tenancies early

8. Tenants leaving the property without providing proper notice

9. Resolving disputes and serving a notice of possession

10. Possession action in the county court

11. New court arrangements

12. Anti-social behaviour

13. Mediation

14. Illegal eviction

15. Section 2: Repairs, maintenance, health and safety and home moves

16. Summary of key points

17. Repairs and maintenance in homes

18. Repairs and maintenance when tenants are self-isolating

19. Clinically extremely vulnerable people and repairs and maintenance work

20. Gas and electrical safety inspections

21. Electrical and gas safety in privately rented properties

22. Reducing the risk of infection in shared accommodation, accommodation with shared facilities, and overcrowded accommodation

23. Households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection

24. Shared facilities and common areas

25. Minimising the risk of infection in common areas or shared facilities of residential blocks with communal areas

26. Communal lounges in sheltered/retirement and extra-care schemes

27. Student accommodation

28. Overcrowded accommodation

29. House viewings

30. Home moves

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