Hi I'm looking for some advice on what an housing association can do legally to force a tenant to accept a rewire on their house whilst they are still living in it ? Going back to 2020 we had an electrical test done on the house that we rent off a housing association and as far as I was aware it Passed with no issues, the electrician who did the test certainly didn't mention any problems before leaving. In the 3 years since we have had phone calls every few months offering or trying to arrange a rewire which we have refused because the last time they did upgrade work they left the house in a worse state than when they started. It cost us hundreds of pounds to pay a plasterer to tidy up the mess they left. Three weeks ago we had a knock on the door and when we answered it was two people from the housing association who had turned up unannounced demanding to be let in. They claimed on this occasion that the house had failed its last electrical test and if we wouldn't let them rewire it they would take legal action. I asked to see a copy of the safety report as it seemed suspicious that after years of pestering us they had now come up with a failed electrical test as an excuse to force us to accept their rewire. They left and posted a copy of the report to me a few days later. Luckily I work in the electrical industry and showed the report to at least 10 different electricians who all said that the issues shown on the report were not dangerous, every circuit passed well within parameters and they said that the one issue that the housing association had claimed to be a c2 fault ( a more serious issue) shouldn't have been classed as such because it had been that way for over 30 years and was not an imminent danger. The general report was that it was safe but that a rewire was recommended. I went back to the housing association and explained everything that I had been told and to show that I wasn't being completely unreasonable I offered to let them move the cooker switch that they regarded as an issue but still refused the full rewire. Today I have spoken to them and they won't accept my proposal and want us to sign a refusal form before taking us to court... I could really do with some advice on how I should deal with this as they said that the rewire will take around 10 days, I can't afford to take 10 days off work nor could i put up with living in a house full of dust for that length of time with my asthma . I feel like we are being bullied and harassed by the housing association who normally won't lift a finger to help with any repairs , it took them 10 years to fix a hole in my sons bedroom ceiling after a water leak, they left our toilet supported on a 1" piece of plywood after the floorboards started collapsing for over 2 years and have left numerous leaky pipes that have left water damage marks all over yet we're supposed to jump because they want to do a rewire. It's really getting me down ... any help will be appreciated