A Practical Guide to Responding to Housing Disrepair and Unfitness Claims

Disrepair (or more properly "housing conditions") claims are on the rise. This book should be helpful to those receiving and responding to them.

Such claims increased by 44% between 2012 and 2017 in England and Wales and they have continued to proliferate. In those five years Southwark LBC paid out about £10,000,000 in damages and costs. Sheffield City Council has disclosed that it has spent more than £1 million fighting disrepair claims within the last 2 1/2 years. There has been a 322% inc...