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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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EPC ratings

Rents

Affordability

Energy crisis

Tenants

Cost of living

Revenue

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Business

Landlords

Tenants

Cost of living

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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.

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.

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Business

Landlords

Energy crisis

Tenants

Cost of living

Energy price cap

Do you know what rampant inflation means for your landlords and tenants? [+podcast]

The growing cost of energy is "inescapable", and is behind the jump in inflation. Rik Smith, Head of Tenancy Services at Goodlord, shares what this means for your letting agency's landlords and tenants.

Jan 31, 2022

Compliance

Marketing

Landlords

Tenants

Sean Hooker: Do landlords need a rebrand?

What's in a name? Should the term "landlord" be replaced? Sean Hooker takes a deep dive into the attitudes towards towards landlords and agents, how they perceive tenants - and whether a rebrand is needed.

Dec 1, 2021

Rents

Affordability

Tenants

Cost of living

Reapit: Can the nation "level up" with rents at the current level?

Rents are high and this may affect future generations of tenants as the cost of living continues to rise while wages stagnate, as explained by Adrian Gill, Non-Exec Board Member at Reapit.

Oct 25, 2021

Covid-19

Rents

Tenants

£65 million Covid-19 fund announced to support tenants struggling to pay rent in England

A new fund of £65 million has been announced in England, to rival those already in place in Scotland and Wales, to support low-income tenants at risk of eviction during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Oct 25, 2021

Business

Landlords

Energy crisis

Tenants

Cost of living

How will the energy crisis affect your tenants' cost of living and ability to pay rent?

Energy prices are expected to continue to rise, which will add to the growing cost of living. Rik Smith, Goodlord's Head of Tenancy Services, shares his expert analysis on what that may mean for your landlords' tenants.

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