Common parts guidance

Common parts guidance for landlords and tennants

Some disabled people find it difficult to make alterations to the common parts of rented or let accommodation to ensure they are accessible.

The Minister for Disabled People made a commitment to publish guidance on making alterations to the common parts of let residential premises and of residential commonholds.

This guidance, ‘Overcoming Barriers to Access in the Common Parts of Let Residential Premises in England and Wales’, highlights the sort of questions that landlords and tenants need to consider when requests for these types of alterations are made.

The factsheets give a brief overview of disability legislation in relation to premises and signpost both landlords and tenants to further information and help that may be useful in these circumstances.   

The guidance

• Factsheet 1: Introduction (PDF, 12 pages, 2.72 MB)
• Factsheet 2: Good practice and factors for consideration in England and Wales (PDF, 16 pages, 1.98 MB)
• Factsheet 3: What does the law say? (PDF, 12 pages, 1.60 MB)
• Factsheet 4: Commonhold and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) (PDF, 12 pages, 1.24 MB)
• Factsheet 5: Signposts to other sources of help (PDF, 8 pages, 1.77 MB)
• Making changes to shared areas where you live (Easy Read PDF, 16 pages, 1.13 MB) 

Page last reviewed: 19 September 2008