The Renters Reform Bill: A Step Backwards for Landlords and the Housing Market? Over the past four decades, the UK’s housing landscape has undergone significant transformations, primarily driven by legislative reforms aimed at balancing the interests of landlords and tenants. The Housing Act 1988 was a pivotal moment in this journey, introducing measures that revitalised […]
The Renters’ Reform Bill: Update and What It Means for Landlords The Renters’ Reform Bill, touted as one of the most significant overhauls to the private rental sector in decades, continues to make waves across the UK. With its aim to improve conditions for tenants and reshape the landlord-tenant dynamic, this legislation has sparked both […]
Right to Rent penalties The UK has in place a framework of laws, policies and administrative arrangements to ensure access to work, benefits and services is only available to those who are lawfully present in the UK and have the right to access them. In relation to letting property, these are known as the Right […]
Latest Mandatory How to Rent Guide A new version of the legally mandatory renting checklist is issued by the Government, six months after the last one was printed. A new version of the How to Rent Guide is published by the Government on 02 October 2023, just six months after the last one. Information on […]
Abolishing the No-Fault Eviction Ground After much anticipation the first draft of the Renters Reform Bill published on 17 May 2023, which included the Abolishing the No-Fault Eviction Ground under s.21 of the Housing Act 1988 (Form 6A). The section 21 ground for possession currently allows landlords to terminate an assured shorthold tenancy agreement without […]
Abolishing No-fault evictions & Rogue Landlords On 15 April 2019, the Government announced: “Private landlords will no longer be able to evict tenants from their homes at short notice and without good reason.” This was followed by a consultation process which ran between July and October 2019. The consultation paper proposed the abolition of section […]
Rent Homes (Wales) Act 2016 From 1 December 2022, everyone who rents a home in Wales will have an ‘occupation contract’. An occupation contract is the agreement between tenant or licensee called the ‘contract-holder’ – and their landlord. This follows from the enactment of the Rent Homes (Wales) Act 2016. Most people who rent their […]
New Legislation For Renting With Pets The government’s model tenancy agreement has been updated to allow tenants to keep pets by default. Meanwhile, the proposed Renters Reform Bill is awaiting Parliament approval. The Renters Reform Bill white paper has announced changes that will make it easier for tenants to keep pets, including giving tenants the right […]
Repealing the Section 21 Ground for Possession On 15 April 2019, the then-Government announced: “Private landlords will no longer be able to evict tenants from their homes at short notice and without good reason.” This was followed by a consultation process which ran between July and October 2019. The consultation paper proposed the abolition of section 21 […]
Recovering Commercial Rent Arrears Government plans to “ring-fence” Covid-rent arrears and introduce a binding arbitration scheme. The current moratorium preventing landlords seeking forfeiture of leases, issuing winding-up petitions or utilising the Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery scheme in relation to Covid-based rent arrears is scheduled to come to an end on 25 March 2022. However, that […]