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Damp and mould in Stratford-on-Avon: enforcement and the rent repayment link
The enforcement route
Damp and mould are classifiable hazards under the Housing Health and Rating System (HHSRS). In Stratford-on-Avon, the council's housing team assesses hazards on inspection and can serve an improvement notice requiring works within a set time.
Where it becomes a rent repayment matter
Two links in the chain:
- The notice itself. Failure to comply with an improvement notice is a criminal offence — Housing Act 2004 s.30(1) — and one of the ten RRO-qualifying offences. A landlord who ignores the council's notice hands every affected tenant a claim.
- The licence condition angle. Licensed HMOs carry management conditions; persistent damp from poor management breaches the Management Regulations (s.234) and can trigger licence revocation — relevant conduct evidence in any claim.
What to do in Stratford-on-Avon
- Document: dated photos, a one-line-per-incident log, medical visits if health is affected.
- Report to the council's housing team — ask specifically for an HHSRS inspection.
- Keep the paper: acknowledgment, inspection date, the notice when served.
- If the notice is served and ignored: your RRO claim now has a clean statutory anchor — the notice dates bound the offence period.
Awaab's Law context
Social-rented homes now face fixed timescales for damp remediation; private-rented extension is in progress. Regardless of the timetable's final shape for Stratford-on-Avon, the s.30 route works today.
*Reviewed by Sean McNamara against legislation.gov.uk and GOV.UK guidance. Last verified 2026-09-04.*
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Reviewed by Sean McNamara against legislation.gov.uk, GOV.UK tribunal guidance and council registers. Last verified: 2026-09-04.
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