Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 3418

Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, If her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of capping tenant contributions to qualifying works set out in section 6 of the Service Charges (Consultation Re

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
By law all variable service charges, which includes charges to pay for major works under section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, must be reasonable and, where costs relate to works or services, the works or services must be of a reasonable standar...

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