Housing Act 1985

135 Landlord’s notice of amount and terms of mortgage.

(1) As soon as practicable after the service on it of a notice under section 134, the landlord or Housing Corporation shall serve on the tenant a notice in writing stating—

(a) the amount which, in the opinion of the landlord or Housing Corporation, the tenant is entitled to leave outstanding or have advanced on the security of the dwelling-house,

(b) how that amount has been arrived at, and

(c) the provisions which, in the opinion of the landlord or Housing Corporation, should be contained in the deed by which the mortgage is to be effected.

(2) The notice shall be accompanied by a form for use by the tenant in claiming, in accordance with section 142(1), to be entitled to defer completion and shall also inform the tenant of the effect of subsection (4) of that section (right to serve further notice claiming mortgage).

(3) Where, in the opinion of the landlord or Housing Corporation, the tenant is not entitled to a full mortgage, the notice shall also inform the tenant of the effect of the provisions of this Part relating to the right to be granted a shared ownership lease and shall be accompanied by a form for use by the tenant in claiming to exercise that right in accordance with section 144(1).

(4) The Housing Corporation shall send to the landlord a copy of any notice served by it on the tenant under this section.