Tenants win right to gain contact information from landlords

Under Section 130 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, the secretary of a tenants’ association will have the power to seek contact details of other leaseholders in a shared block, as long as they have agreed to having their details made available.

The act, which came into effect in July, introduces several regulations, including:

• Landlords must make provision to provide tenants’ contact information;
• Imposing time limits on landlords for providing information;
• Landlords must seek consent from individual tenants to provide such information;
• Identify how many tenants have not consented;
• Authorise a landlord to charge costs specified in the regulations;
• A court or tribunal will have the power to make an order should landlords fail to comply.