Text for Report on Title
ROT: Building Safety Act - No response from Landlord
- Change date
- 10/03/2026
- Word count
- 492
- Deployment measure
- 8/10
Rationale
Explanation as to how the Landlord’s failure to provide a statutory certificate triggers "protection by default" under the Building Safety Act 2022, barring them from recovering historic remediation costs from the leaseholder. It balances this financial win against the risk that future lenders or buyers may be wary of relying on a default legal position, potentially affecting the property's future saleability.
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