Your family deserves a home fit to live in
If your landlord has failed to carry out repairs after you reported the problem, you have legal rights. We act for tenants across England, never landlords, on a no win, no fee basis, and we have done so since 1984.
“I set this firm up over 40 years ago. I am proud of the reputation we have built helping tenants stand up for their rights and hold their landlords to account.”
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You may be entitled to bring a claim if you rent your home, have reported the problem to your landlord, and your landlord has failed to carry out the repairs within a reasonable time. A successful claim can secure compensation and a court order requiring the repairs to be completed.
What we help with
Is something wrong with your home?
These are the problems we deal with every day. If your landlord has been told about one of them and has not fixed it, you may have a claim.
Damp and mould
Black mould, wet walls and condensation the landlord blames on you. Awaab’s Law now sets strict deadlines for social landlords.
Damp and mould claims →Leaks and water damage
Roof, ceiling and pipe leaks that keep coming back, and the damage they do to your belongings and decoration.
Leak claims →Heating and hot water
Broken boilers, failed radiators and months without hot water, often in homes with children or older people.
Heating claims →Vermin and infestation
Rats, mice and cockroaches getting in through defects the landlord should have repaired.
Infestation claims →Structural defects
Cracks, unsafe ceilings, rotten windows and doors, and defects that make the home unsafe to live in.
Structural claims →EPA Section 82
Prosecute your landlord in the Magistrates’ Court when the condition of your home is prejudicial to health. Works for private tenants too.
EPA prosecutions →Two ways to hold your landlord to account
A civil claim, a criminal prosecution, or both
Most firms only run the civil claim. We run both routes and choose the one that gets your home fixed fastest.
Route 1 · Civil claim
Housing disrepair claim
A claim under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 for repairs and compensation.
- Best when
- You rent from a council or housing association and have reported the problem.
- You get
- A court order for the repairs plus compensation for the time you lived with the disrepair.
- Funding
- No win, no fee. Nothing to pay if the claim fails.
Route 2 · Criminal prosecution
EPA Section 82 prosecution
A prosecution in the Magistrates’ Court under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 where your home is a statutory nuisance prejudicial to health.
- Best when
- Conditions are serious, the landlord is ignoring you, or you rent privately.
- You get
- A court order with a deadline for the works, a fine for the landlord, and compensation.
- Funding
- Costs recoverable from the landlord on a successful prosecution.
How it works
Four steps from first call to repairs and compensation
Most clients speak to us once, send us what they already have, and we take it from there.
Free assessment
Tell us what is wrong and when you reported it. We confirm within 24 hours whether you have a claim and which route suits it.
Evidence and survey
We gather your photos and repair history and instruct an independent surveyor or environmental health officer.
Formal notice
A letter of claim under the Pre-Action Protocol, or a Section 82 notice of intended prosecution.
Repairs and compensation
Most cases settle with the works done and compensation paid. If not, we take it to court.
Recent outcomes
Results for tenants like you
Every case study on this site is a real matter we concluded, written by the solicitor who ran it and anonymised to protect the client.
£23,000
Settlement against a housing association
Years of black mould in a family home. Compensation paid and full remedial works completed.
Read the case study →Written by Jenna Hargreaves
£10,000
Landlord fined after EPA prosecution
A statutory nuisance prosecution in the Magistrates’ Court, with works ordered and costs paid by the landlord.
Read the case study →Written by Faye Mellor
4 days
Injunction forces council to rehouse family
An emergency injunction under Awaab’s Law moved a family out of an unsafe home within four days.
Read the case study →Written by Jenna Hargreaves
You may be eligible to claim if:
Why tenants choose Antony Hodari Solicitors
Established in 1984, the year before the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 itself, we have represented claimants ever since and now act exclusively for tenants, never landlords. We have built a reputation for taking on landlords who think tenants will not push back, securing real compensation and real repairs.
“We built this firm on one principle: do the work properly. The reviews and the recommendation rate are a product of that, not of marketing.”
What we cover
We act on every category of housing disrepair claim under section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and sections 9A–9B of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. Awaab’s Law, the Environmental Protection Act, and the Pre-Action Protocol for Housing Conditions Claims are all areas of regular practice. Read our full housing disrepair guide →
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