Lease Agreement for United Kingdom

What's prohibited

• Exclusion of landlord's repair obligations under s.11 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985

  Section 12 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 prohibits contracting out of the landlord's repairing obligations under s.11 for residential tenancies of less than 7 years. Any term excluding these obligations is void.

• Prohibited tenant fees or charges

  The Tenant Fees Act 2019 prohibits landlords and agents from charging tenants any fees beyond rent, tenancy deposit (max 5 weeks' rent), holding deposit (max 1 week's rent), and permitted payments (e.g., utilities, Council Tax). Breach is a criminal offence.

• Retaliatory eviction following complaint about property condition

  Section 33 of the Deregulation Act 2015 prevents landlords from using Section 21 notices to evict tenants who have made a legitimate complaint about the condition of the property, where the landlord has not addressed the issue and the local authority has served an improvement notice or emergency remedial action notice.

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