Housing & Tenancy Disputes
Guides for landlord-tenant disputes including deposit claims, eviction defence, disrepair, and rent disputes. Updated for the Renters' Rights Act 2025.
How to Claim for an Unprotected Tenancy Deposit
Complete guide to claiming compensation when your landlord failed to protect your deposit. Learn the 30-day rule, evidence needed, and how to file your claim.
Housing & Tenancy DisputesHow to Make a Landlord Disrepair Claim
Complete guide to claiming compensation for landlord failure to repair damp, mould, heating, and structural issues. Know your rights under the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985.
Housing & Tenancy DisputesHow to Defend Against a Section 8 Eviction Notice
Complete guide to challenging Section 8 eviction notices. Understand mandatory vs discretionary grounds, check notice validity, and build your defence strategy.
Housing & Tenancy DisputesHow to Challenge a Rent Increase
Complete guide to challenging unfair rent increases using Section 13 procedures. Learn tribunal process, market rent assessment, and new Renters' Rights Act protections.
Housing & Tenancy DisputesHow to Challenge Your Council Tax Band (England & Wales, 2026)
Bands were set on 1991 values and never revalued. How to check whether yours is too high, which route you are on (proposal or band review), the evidence the VOA accepts, and what happens after you submit.
Housing & Tenancy DisputesIs My Council Tax Band Too High? The Two Checks to Run
Before you challenge, run the neighbours check on the VOA list and the 1991 (or 2003) value check against the band thresholds. Why one check on its own can cost you or your neighbours money, and how improvements, flats and houses change the picture.
Housing & Tenancy DisputesCouncil Tax Refunds After a Band Change: How Far Back, How Much, Who Pays
When the VOA lowers your band, the council refunds the overpayment back to the day you became liable — 1 April 1993 at the earliest in England, and no more than six years in Wales. How the statutory ninths set the amount, a worked example on the 2026-27 England average band D, and what to do if the council drags its feet.
Housing & Tenancy DisputesAppealing a Council Tax Band to the Valuation Tribunal
If the VOA rejects a formal proposal you have three months (four in Wales) to appeal to the Valuation Tribunal. It is free, informal and usually by video. What to send, how to prepare comparables, what the hearing is like, and the outcomes — including the band going up.
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