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Private housing

The Council provides some services for private households.

The following guides are useful for private tenants and landlords:

Fire safety in HMOs (932kB PDF)
Private tenants guide (244kB PDF)
Move-on scheme for single people (154kB PDF)
Home choice scheme (166kB PDF)
Tenancy Deposit Protection (154kB PDF)

Landlord's Newsletter

To keep you up to date with what we are doing here at the City Council and any changes in legislation that may affect you, we now produce a bi-annual Landlord's Newsletter. To see the first edition, please see below:

Landlords' Newsletter Issue 1 - April 08 (164kB PDF)
Landlords' Newsletter Issue 2 - October 08 (286kB PDF)

Private Sector Housing Stock Condition Survey

In 2004 we also commissioned a private sector housing stock condition report from Fordham Research which can be seen below:

Private Sector Housing Condition Report (1785kB PDF)

To find out more about private rented housing and tenancy issues, please use the links below:



Advice

Advice

Housing Act 2004

This page provides information on the introduction and provisions of the Housing Act 2004.

Private renting

Private renting

Apply for unfit housing grants

As a private tenant you may be entitled to apply for an unfit housing grant.



Page last reviewed 7 Nov 2008



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