article_snippet.sent: An improvement notice, as served to Rodgers and O'Hagan, requires a landlord to carry out work to deal with a hazard associated with a property.
article_snippet.sent: If a landlord to carry out work to deal with a hazard associated with a property does not do the work, or 'reasonable progress' is not made, the local authority can carry out work the local authority  and claim the costs back from a landlord to carry out work to deal with a hazard associated with a property.
article_snippet.sent: the landlord does not do the work, or 'reasonable progress' is not made were convicted in December 2013 of failing to comply with an enforcement notice under Section 79 of the Building Act 1984.