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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!

Apr 26, 2024

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Infosheet

INFOSHEET: Your Fact Sheet on HMRC and Payroll Integration

Relying on payslips can leave agents and landlords vulnerable, using HMRC and payroll integration can minimise fraud. Here's what you need to know.

Apr 26, 2024

Material information

Infosheet

INFOSHEET: Your Fact Sheet on Section 13 Rent Increases

As part of the Housing Act 1988, Section 13 allows private letting agents and landlords to increase rents for any tenancy. Here's what you need to know.

Mar 13, 2024

Material information

Infosheet

INFOSHEET: Material information checklist

Use this checklist to ensure that you have put all the relevant property information on your listing, under Trading Standards' advice.

Your guide to the new material information rules for property listings

Dec 1, 2023

Compliance

Material information

Property listings

Legislation

Your guide to material information rules for property listings

National Trading Standards has published guidance for letting agents and landlords to improve material information in property listings.

Aug 21, 2023

Compliance

Marketing

Material information

Let Agreed? New guidance for property advertising

Trading Standards has issued new guidance for listing a property in a bid to reduce incorrect descriptions.

Aug 14, 2023

Compliance

Business

Material information

Short-term lets

Expert Q&A: Material information, consumer protection, short-term lets and more

From material information to short-term lets and court processes, here's a summary of some of the latest lettings legislation news, with David Smith, Partner at JMW Solicitors, and Oli Sherlock, Goodlord's Director of Insurance.

Mar 6, 2023

Business

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Legislation

Sean Hooker: The lettings industry's roller coaster ride is not over

The Property Redress Scheme's 2022-2023 annual report highlighted some key takeaways for the lettings industry, as Sean Hooker, Head of Redress, explains.

Jan 30, 2023

Business

Energy efficiency standards

Material information

Legislation

Sean Hooker: What your agency should be preparing for the year ahead

Sean Hooker, Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme, explains the set of circumstances converging in the coming months that will affect the rental sector.

3 things landlords offering ‘bills included’ tenancies should know

Aug 1, 2022

Business

Energy efficiency

Landlords

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Energy crisis

Tenants

Bills included

3 things landlords offering ‘bills included’ tenancies should know

Recent legislation and government cost of living support add to the list of what agents and landlords offering ‘bills included’ tenancies need to consider.

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