{
  "id": 6394878,
  "title": "Can my landlord make me pay £400 water bill debt even though the account is in his name?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/can-my-landlord-make-me-pay-400-water-bill-debt-even-though-the",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-09T06:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/buytolet/article-16111377/Can-landlord-make-pay-400-water-bill-debt-account-name.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A month ago, my landlord asked me to sign a new tenancy agreement which said I now had to pay the utility bills. Previously these had been paid by the landlord.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}