For tenants

You have the law on your side.

If you’ve reported damp, mould, leaks, or any hazard affecting your health and your landlord hasn’t fixed it within the statutory timescales, this site gives you the framework, the documents, and the practical steps to act.

Tenant in a damp home, holding a Disrepair Report

Your resources

Everything here is live now. The three tools below are free to use. And when you’re ready to put your landlord on notice in writing, the Tenant Action Pack gives you eleven ready-to-send letters built around the Awaab’s Law deadlines.

COMPENSATION CALCULATOR

Estimate what you may be entitled to.

Enter your rent, the duration of the disrepair, and details of the rooms affected. The calculator returns an indicative range broadly aligned with the Housing Ombudsman compensation framework.

Use the calculator

GUIDE: WHAT IS AWAAB'S LAW

Understand the framework.

A plain-English explainer of what Awaab's Law is, what it requires, and how it applies to you as a tenant.

Read the guide

THE LAW

The full legislative context.

Read the statutory framework — SI 2025/1042, section 10A Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, and the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 — explained in accessible terms.

Read the explainer

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Ready-to-send letters for when your landlord won’t act

Eleven template letters that take you from your first report through to formal escalation. Fill in the highlighted blanks, delete the prompts, and send.

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