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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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Jan 24, 2022

Compliance

Energy efficiency standards

Landlord register

Decent Homes Standard

Rent controls

Pets

Lifetime deposits

Tenant rights

Legislation

Comparing plans to overhaul tenant rights in England, Scotland, and Wales

England, Scotland, and Wales all have proposals in the works to overhaul and improve tenant rights in the private rented sector. Here's a breakdown how they compare.

Aug 23, 2021

Compliance

Rent controls

Vouch: Is rent control around the corner for London - and the rest of England?

Estate and letting agents and their landlords need to know that the question of rent control is back on the agenda for London - with a template that could be expanded to the rest of England and Wales.

Jul 26, 2021

Compliance

Landlord register

Rent controls

Possessions

Property management

Licensing

Fitness for Human Habitation

Letting a property in England, Scotland, and Wales: the key legislative differences your agency needs to know

Lettings laws and regulations vary across the borders for agents, landlords, and tenants in England, Scotland, and Wales. Here's a breakdown of what you need to know.

Dec 11, 2019

Compliance

Energy efficiency standards

Rent controls

Section 21

RoPA

Make sure your agency is prepared for another decade of legislative change

The private rented sector has undergone immense legislative change in the past decade - will this continue in the next one? We take a closer look in this extract from Goodlord's latest e-book, Dawn of a decade: Lettings in the 2020s.

Jun 26, 2019

Compliance

Energy efficiency

Rent controls

Short-term lets

Build-to-rent

Global renting round-up: Rent controls, an Airbnb backlash and build-to-rent

We round up the biggest stories from the private rented sector around the world, visiting Europe, the US, Canada and Australasia.

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