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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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Compliance, David Cox, Legislation

WEBINAR: The Tenant Fee Ban - one month to go

This morning we hosted the third in a series of webinars with ARLA CEO David Cox, focusing on the impact of the Tenant Fee Ban.

The Goodlord team

May 1, 2019

ARLA CEO David Cox answers questions about the Tenant Fees Act, coming into effect on 1st of June, in a Goodlord webinar. Hundreds of questions were submitted by letting agents from throughout the UK.

Cox's advice for agents who are still confused about they are allowed to charge tenants under the Tenant Fees Act to “work on the principle that all charges are banned, unless they are specifically permitted payments under the legislation”.

Watch the webinar in full, below, for more detail from Cox on what's in and what's out from June.

Goodlord's next webinar with David Cox will be taking place in September 2019.

WEBINAR: The Tenant Fee Ban - one month to go

Further reading

WEBINAR: ARLA's David Cox answers questions on the Tenant Fee Ban

A letting agents guide to damp and mould reports

WEBINAR: How legislation is shaping the future of lettings

ARLA CEO David Cox answers questions on the Tenant Fee Ban

INFOSHEET: Cost of living crisis: Financial support for tenants