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May 1 2026 - Renters' Right Act Commencement Day
You have 0 days to:
Serve any final Section 21 notices
Stop accepting above-asking rent offers
Prepare for the rental bidding ban
Remove “No DSS” from adverts
Remove “No Children” from listings
Show one clear rent price
Stop using fixed-term agreements
Switch to periodic tenancy templates
Check which tenancies go periodic
Stop taking rent before signing
Take no more than one month’s rent
Move all evictions to Section 8
Train staff on new notice rules
Create Section 13 process flow
Add two months to rent reviews
File court claims for Section 21s
Update landlord move-in grounds
Update landlord selling grounds
Send the RRA Information Sheet
Create written terms where missing
Update How to Rent processes
Review tenant screening questions
Update pet request processes
Stop backdating rent increases
Discuss rent protection backbooks
Act now before it is too late...
WHAT AGENTS NEED TO KNOW IN MAY 2024 (5-minute podcast)
In this 5-minute podcast, two experts go through April 2024 rent prices, and what agents should know in May 2024.
The Goodlord team
May 3, 2024
Listen to the podcast here:
Bitesize Lettings is your five-minute, chatty update on the UK lettings sector. Each podcast is intended for a letting agent to listen to on the go.
In this podcast, published in May 2024, we cover:
- Rent prices and voids across the country from April
- What letting agents need to look out for in May
Each podcast is brought to you by two lettings experts from Goodlord and/or Vouch.

