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Tenants' Rights: Rent Repayment Orders

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 102491

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to increase awareness of tenants living in unsafe or unsuitable accommodation of their rights under Rent Repayment Orders.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

My Department will publish guidance for tenants on how to use Rent Repayment Orders in due course.

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