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HOUSING HEALTH & SAFETY RATING SYSTEM
This guide is to assist landlords who wish to risk assess their property.
The guide will be periodically updated. Landlords should ensure that they are using the current edition. All updated versions will be re-dated.
The guide adopts some of the principles of the Government’s Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) that is the method used by local authorities when assessing the condition of privately rented accommodation.
There is no legal requirement for landlords to use HHSRS. Nevertheless in carrying out risk assessments as part of the process of ensuring that residential hazards are maintained as low as is practical, landlords will be acting responsibly and also will reduce the risk of enforcement action by local authorities.
However, landlords as ‘responsible persons’ do have a duty under the Fire Safety Order to carry out a risk assessment to determine any fire safety measures required in common parts of buildings comprising flats and in houses in multiple occupation (HMOs).
Landlords also have statutory repairing obligations under the Landlord and Tenant Act and the Defective Premises Act. Carrying out and documenting risk assessments, and acting on the findings, can assist landlords to satisfy their repairing obligations.
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