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May 1 2026 - Renters' Right Act Commencement Day

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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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Feb 10, 2023

Business

Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper

Legislation

A step closer to renters' reform: A call for evidence response

The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee has published its response to the call for evidence on the Renters' Reform Bill white paper.

Sep 5, 2022

Rents

Landlords

Energy crisis

Tenants

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Economy

Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper

Legislation

What Liz Truss as Prime Minister means for renters' reform

Liz Truss is the new Prime Minister of the UK from 6 September 2022. Here's what that means for the lettings industry and renters' reform.

Aug 8, 2022

Compliance

Pets

Insurance

Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper

Legislation

How could renters' pet insurance work under the Tenant Fees Act?

Steve Harriott, CEO at the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, talks through the challenges the government faces in encouraging more pets in lets.

Sean Hooker: The heat is on for lettings legislation and governance

Jul 27, 2022

Compliance

Material information

Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper

Legislation

Sean Hooker: The heat is on for lettings legislation and governance

As temperatures peak across Great Britain, preparations for the Renters' Reform Bill continue apace despite government turmoil, says Sean Hooker.

Will Boris Johnson's resignation delay the Renters' Reform Bill?

Jul 11, 2022

Business

Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper

Legislation

Will Boris Johnson's resignation delay the Renters' Reform Bill?

In the wake of Boris Johnson resigning as the UK's Prime Minister, what's in store for the Renters' Reform Bill? Sean Hooker gives his predictions.

Jul 7, 2022

Compliance

Podcast

Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper

Legislation

PODCAST: How could Boris Johnson's resignation impact the Renters' Reform Bill? - with Sean Hooker

On the morning that Boris Johnson announced he would resign as Prime Minister, Sean Hooker from the Property Redress Scheme and Goodlord's Oli Sherlock talked through how this new development may affect the Renters' Reform Bill in this webinar recording.

Sean Hooker: The eagle has landed - and renter's reform is (nearly) ready to take flight

Jun 27, 2022

Compliance

Redress

RoPA

Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper

Legislation

Sean Hooker: The eagle has landed - and renter's reform is (nearly) ready to take flight

Sean Hooker shares reactions from the week that the 'A Fairer Private Rented Sector' white paper on the Renters' Reform Bill proposals was released.

"A Fairer Private Rented Sector" white paper explained

Jun 22, 2022

Compliance

Redress

Section 21

Section 8

Pets

Possessions

Lifetime deposits

Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper

Legislation

Q&A with Sean Hooker: "A Fairer Private Rented Sector" white paper explained

Sean Hooker answers questions on the Renters' Reform Bill 'A Fairer Private Rented Sector' white paper and what it means for the lettings sector.

Jun 20, 2022

Compliance

Redress

Decent Homes Standard

Section 21

Section 8

Podcast

Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper

Property Portal

Legislation

PODCAST: What the Renters' Reform Bill proposals mean for the private rented sector - with Sean Hooker

Sean Hooker, Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme, and Goodlord's Oli Sherlock joined this recording of our newsflash webinar all about the Renters' Reform Bill and the proposals that were outlined in the Fairer Private Rented Sector white paper.