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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Information and guidance for private rented tenants

Advice regarding COVID-19 is changing regularly and we are aware that you may be feeling concerned. Therefore, we have produced some guidance which we hope will help.

Help with paying rent

  • If you are struggling to pay rent because of coronavirus
  • If you are an assured shorthold tenant

Evictions

  • Issued with a notice or asked to leave a rented property
  • Notice period for evictions 
  • Eviction from privately rented properties
     

Inspections, repairs and cleaning

  • Access to property for Landlords
  • Gas and electrical inspections
  • Access to a property for repairs
  • Landlords refusing to carry out repairs
  • Cleaning of communal building areas
  • Viewing properties

Living safely with others

  • How to protect yourself in a shared house or flat
  • What to do if someone in your house or flat has coronavirus
     

Page last updated:

November 27, 2020

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