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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...

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Cost of living crisis: Government announces new financial support

May 27, 2022

Business

Landlords

Energy crisis

Tenants

Cost of living

Energy price cap

Cost of living crisis: Another energy price cap increase and new financial support

The government has announced new financial support for households after news that the energy price cap is expected to increase yet again in October 2022.

Why extending Right to Buy won’t fix the housing shortage

May 24, 2022

Rents

Affordability

Landlords

Tenants

Stock

Cost of living

Why extending Right to Buy won’t fix the housing shortage

The government plans to extend the Right to Buy scheme - yet it's still not a solution to the lack of housing stock, as Adrian Gill of Reapit explains.

How the cost of living crisis will affect rent arrears and possessions

May 12, 2022

Business

Cost of living

Revenue

Podcast

PODCAST: How the cost of living crisis will affect rent arrears and possessions - with Paul Shamplina

Paul Shamplina, Chief Commercial Officer at Hamilton Fraser and Founder of Landlord Action, and Goodlord's Oli Sherlock joined this recording of one of our latest webinars to discuss the impact of the cost of living crisis on arrears and possessions.

How is the energy squeeze affecting rents, costs, and yields?

Apr 25, 2022

EPC ratings

Rents

Affordability

Energy crisis

Tenants

Cost of living

Revenue

How is the energy squeeze affecting rents, costs, and yields?

As energy bills increase, here's what letting agents need to know about how this may affect rents, costs, and, therefore, overall property yields.

Apr 25, 2022

Business

Landlords

Tenants

Cost of living

Take part: How do you think the cost of living crisis will impact your tenants, landlords, or business?

We want to hear from lettings professionals who are concerned about the impact of the cost of living crisis on the private rented sector.

3 ways the cost of living is changing tenant demand and landlord behaviour

Apr 19, 2022

Affordability

Landlords

Tenants

Cost of living

Movement

3 ways the cost of living is changing tenant and landlord behaviour

The rising cost of living is already altering tenant and landlord behaviour, as Ben Tyers, Business Development Manager at Vouch, explains.

New support available for landlords to upgrade their properties' EPC ratings

Mar 28, 2022

Business

Energy efficiency

EPC ratings

Energy efficiency standards

Energy crisis

Cost of living

Spring Statement

Your guide to the new support available for landlords to upgrade their properties' EPC ratings

Landlords facing stringent EPC rating requirements in the near future could benefit from zero-rate VAT for the installation of energy saving materials from April 2022.

Mar 28, 2022

Affordability

Tenants

Rent controls

Cost of living

Why affordability is key to the rent control argument

Fixing affordability in housing could help avert the need for rent controls - but there's no such silver bullet, says Adrian Gill, Non-Exec Board Member at Reapit.

What's influencing rent arrears and possession claims in 2022?

Feb 16, 2022

Covid-19

Business

Rents

Affordability

Cost of living

Possessions

What's influencing rent arrears and possession claims in 2022?

Leanne McCarthy, Claims Facilitator at Goodlord, outlines the top factors that will influence your tenants' rent arrears and your landlords' possession claims in 2022.

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