Part 5: Housing, Estate Agents and Rentcharges: Other Changes Housing information in England Section 130: Tenants' associations: power to request information about tenants
This section gives the secretary of a tenants’ association a right to obtain from the landlord contact information for other leaseholders in a shared block provided that leaseholders have individually consented to their information being made available in this way. Requiring a landlord to supply contact information could provide a means for the secretary of the association to increase the association's membership to the number needed for statutory recognition of the association where membership falls below that level. In particular, it could allow the secretary to contact absent leaseholders who might not otherwise be contactable. Where a tenants' association is recognised by statute it acquires additional rights over and above those enjoyed by individual leaseholders, including the right to be consulted about the appointment of managing agents and to be notified of works proposed by the landlord and to receive copies of estimates.