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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

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Mar 13, 2023

Compliance

Rent controls

Rent freeze

What happens to the Scottish rent freeze from April 2023?

The rent freeze and moratorium on evictions in Scotland is changing from April 2023.

Mar 2, 2023

Compliance

Legislation

Who's liable for property compliance in a rent-to-rent contract?

The Rakusen v Jepsen final court ruling is in - and it places the responsibility of the rent repayment order on the immediate landlord, not the property owning landlord.

Feb 28, 2023

Compliance

Business

Tenants

What will the new consumer protection review of the rental sector address?

The Competition and Markets Authority will probe housebuilding and consumer protection in the rented sector in a new market study and research project.

Feb 27, 2023

Compliance

Making Tax Digital

Q&A

Legislation

Q&A: 7 of your top lettings legislation questions answered

A recent Goodlord webinar highlighted some audience questions around upcoming lettings legislation - and here's what the experts had to say in response.

Feb 27, 2023

Compliance

Right to rent

Landlords

Do your landlords understand right to rent checks?

A government report highlights how landlords currently engage with right to rent checks. Here's a breakdown of what letting agents need to know.

Jan 31, 2023

Compliance

Business

Podcast

PODCAST: Your agency's 2023 lettings and compliance checklist

Goodlord's founder and COO Tom Mundy welcomes Goodlord's Director of Tenancy Services, Rik Smith, and the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme, Sean Hooker, to talk through some of the changes on the horizon that will affect the lettings sector and how you can prepare for them.

Jan 9, 2023

Compliance

Business

Landlords

Tenants

6 expert predictions for the lettings industry in 2023: From inflation to fraud

As the new year begins, here are six predictions from the lettings experts to help agents and landlords as they plan for 2023.

Dec 19, 2022

Compliance

Landlords

Making Tax Digital

Making Tax Digital: Preparing your agency and your landlords

Landlords will have more time to prepare for the Making Tax Digital for Income Tax rules, as the government pushes back the deadline to April 2026.

Nov 16, 2022

Compliance

Making Tax Digital

Tax

WEBINAR RECORDING: Making Tax Digital: How your agency can prepare - with Robert Bolwell

Robert Bolwell, Senior Partner at Dutton Gregory Solicitors, discusses how to avoid making errors in tax reporting and how your agency and landlords can prepare for the changes under Making Tax Digital.

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