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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...

Act now!

Jul 7, 2023

Legislation

What key questions remain unanswered about the Renters (Reform) Bill?

Oli Sherlock, Goodlord's Director of Insurance, discusses five key topics that MPs should consider for the second reading of the Renters (Reform) Bill.

Jul 5, 2023

Compliance

Students

Legislation

Sean Hooker: For now, nothing has changed

Sean Hooker, Head of the Property Redress Scheme, delves into the government's timelines and plans for rental reform.

Jun 30, 2023

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Rents spike and voids plunge in June as market heats up

Goodlord’s June 2023 Rental Index shows a sixth consecutive rise in rents in England while voids dropped steeply.

Jun 30, 2023

Business

Students

Podcast

Legislation

PODCAST: Renters (Reform) Bill: What you need to know to get student let management right

Sean Hooker, Property Redress Scheme, and Glen Perry, Zest Property, join Goodlord's Oli Sherlock for this recording from our Renters (Reform) Bill webinar series, with a focus on getting student let management right.

Jun 29, 2023

Webinar

Legislation

WEBINAR RECORDING: Renters (Reform) Bill: What you need to know to get student let management right

Join our experts Oli Sherlock, Goodlord; Sean Hooker, Property Redress Scheme; and Glenn Perry, Zest Property, to find out how your agency can manage student lets in the right way in the face of rental reform.

Jun 28, 2023

Compliance

Q&A

Legislation

Q&A: From evictions to rent in advance under the Renters (Reform) Bill

Dutton Gregory's Ryan Heaven and Goodlord's Oli Sherlock answer even more of the top questions letting agents have about the Renters (Reform) Bill.

Jun 26, 2023

Business

Legislation

What can the Tenant Fees Act 2019 teach us about the Renters (Reform) Bill?

The Tenant Fees Act 2019 was the last big piece of legislative change in the English lettings sector, so here's what agents can learn from it ahead of the Renters (Reform) Bill.

Jun 26, 2023

Business

Deposits

What is the 'deposit use clause' in your tenancy agreements?

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme shares what you need to know about 'deposit use clauses' - and why they're important for Tenancy Agreements and disputes.

Jun 26, 2023

Business

Open banking

Podcast

PODCAST: How can open banking transform the lettings industry? - with Tink

How does open banking help the rental process - and where could it go in the future? Tasha Chouhan, UK and Ireland Banking Sales Director at Tink, talks through this important element of the RentTech ecosystem.

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