Notice to remedy for rent arrears

To qualify for an Accommodation Costs Arrears Grant the client must be at risk of losing their current accommodation if their arrears are not paid.

For clients who are in accommodation that the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 applies to, an accommodation supplier may give the client a notice to remedy due to rent arrears.

The client has the following amounts of time to pay the arrears:

• at least 14 calendar days, if they are on a periodic or fixed-term tenancy agreement or
• at least 10 calendar days, if they are on a boarding house tenancy agreement

When the accommodation supplier has issued the client with a notice to remedy due to rent arrears, the client can be considered at risk of losing their accommodation due to accommodation cost arrears.

If the client does not pay the accommodation cost arrears within the provided timeframes, the landlord can:

• apply to the Tenancy Tribunal for an order to end the tenancy, if the client is on a periodic or fixed-term tenancy agreement
• end the tenancy with 48-hours written notice, if the client is on a boarding house tenancy agreement

Note Accommodation suppliers cannot give a client a notice to remedy due to accommodation cost arrears if the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 does not apply to the accommodation agreement.