Renters’ Rights Act Guide: The 12 key provisions

The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 has fundamentally changed the way in which private landlords let properties in England, and has made sweeping changes to the Housing Act 1988 and other legislation.

The Act intervenes in the contractual relationship between landlords and tenants, regulating every step in the tenancy life cycle, and increasing penalties for landlords and letting agents who break the new rules.

This practical guide explains the 12 key provisions in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, including the new assured periodic tenancy regime, with links to my other content on the specific provisions.

I cover all 12 of these provisions in detail in my bestselling book, The Good Landlord Handbook, which takes you through each stage of a tenancy with the Renters’ Rights Act woven throughout.

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I keep this blog post updated to reflect changes.

Last updated: 9 October 2026

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Overview of the new assured periodic tenancy system

The government press release following Royal Assent hailed the Renters’ Rights Act as marking “the biggest leap forward in renters’ rights in a generation […] empowering renters with greater security, rights, and protections”, levelling “decisively the playing field between landlord and tenant and transform the experience of private renting.”

At the heart of the Act is the new assured periodic tenancy, which will become the default tenancy in England on the “Commencement Date”.

The Commencement Date was on Friday 1 May 2026, and that’s when all existing assured shorthold tenancies (AST) became assured periodic tenancies, and when it became no longer possible to enter into fixed term tenancies with tenants for assured periodic tenancies.

What happened on the Renters’ Rights Act Commencement Date (1 May 2026)?

The following came into effect on 1 May 2026:

• Landlords can no longer issue any new Section 21 notices and now need to use one of the grounds under Section 8 if they wish to evict tenants.
• Both existing and new tenancies are periodic. This means they are open-ended, running from month to month without fixed terms.
• Tenants can terminate at any time with two months’ notice (or less if the tenancy agreement states a shorter notice period, eg one month’s notice). Unlike the Conservatives’ Renters (Reform) Bill, there is no minimum period in the Renters’ Rights Act. This means a tenant can even give notice on day one of the tenancy.
• Landlords must use an amended Section 13 Housing Act procedure (with a new Form 4A) if they wish to increase rent. There is a new prescribed form, called Form 4A.
• Landlords can no longer insist on tenants paying rent in advance.
• Rental discrimination was banned.
• Tenants have an implied right to have pets.
• Landlords must give tenants a “written statement” of the terms of the tenancy. (The easiest way is to include this in an assured periodic tenancy agreement). See Renters’ Rights: Written Statement of Terms Explained.
• Local authorities have enhanced powers to issue civil penalties on landlords.

For those of you who like to watch content, the YouTube video below from The Independent Landlord YouTube Channel is a straightforward guide that explains the implementation details. (This was published before the implementation on 1 May 2026).

1. The new assured periodic tenancy

The Renters’ Rights Act abolished assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs) on the “Commencement Date”, 1 May 2026, and all tenancies are now periodic, with the maximum rent period of one month. Section 1 RRA refers to these new tenancies as “Section 4A assured tenancies”.

Unlike the Renters (Reform) Bill, there is not a delayed implementation period for those existing ASTs already in place.

The Guidance says that all existing tenancies converted to Section 4A assured periodic tenancies on the Commencement Date. This includes existing fixed term tenancies. The tenancy periods are the same duration as the period rent is paid for. If the rent is paid per calendar month, it is a monthly periodic tenancy. For the few tenancies where the tenant pays weekly, it is a rolling weekly tenancy.

Note that the tenancy reforms only apply to Assured Periodic Tenancies from 1 May 2026. This means, for instance, they do not apply to high rent tenancies (annual rent above £100k), agreements with lodgers, leases to companies and tenancies regulated by the Rent Act 1977.

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No minimum tenancy term

Since 1 May 2026, it has not been possible to have minimum tenancy term or fixed term for new or existing assured periodic tenancies. This is true even if the tenancy agreement states there is a fixed term.

Also, Section 13 RRA sets out a new legal duty for landlords and letting agents not to “purport to let […] for a fixed term”. Section 15 RRA includes this in the list of breaches in a new Section 16I of the Housing Act 1988 for which a local authority may impose a civil penalty of up to £7,000.

Tenants can give 2 months’ notice to quit at any time

Under Section 20 RRA, tenants can serve two months’ notice to quit from day one of the tenancy. Before 1 May 2026, tenants were unable to serve a valid notice to quit to expire during a fixed term, unless it had a break clause or the landlord agreed to release them, effectively “locking” them in for the fixed term period. That has now ended.

Note that if the tenancy agreement refers to a shorter notice period, for instance one month, that prevails. But if there is a longer notice period or a break clause, the two month notice applies instead.

The Explanatory Notes (para 204) clarifies that the notice to quit is subject to the existing common law rule that the notice must expire at the end of a rent period. “The default period of notice required is not less than two months before the end of a period of the tenancy”.

Consequently, unless the tenant gives precisely two clear months’ notice to expire at the end of a rent period, it’s likely that the actual notice that the landlord can require is between two to just under three months.

The landlord can agree to waive part of the notice period, although if it’s a joint tenancy, all of the joint tenants need to agree to a shorter period and all need to agree with the landlord to have a shorter notice period.

Under Section 21 RRA, the notice just has to be in writing, and a landlord cannot stipulate the form. For instance, it can be by email or text.

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Fixed term tenancies banned since 1 May 2026

Section 1 of the Act states: “Terms of an assured tenancy are of no effect so far as they provide for a tenancy to be a fixed term tenancy”.

Landlords must not “purport to let” a property for a fixed term period after 1 May 2026, and the local authority can impose a civil penalty up to £7,000 for doing so. (See Section 13 and Section 15).

This means that if a landlord or a letting agent tells a tenant that they are in a fixed term on or after 1 May 2026, the tenant can report them and the local authority may impose a civil penalty.

A rent period cannot be longer than one month

As part of the change to assured periodic tenancies, rent periods cannot be longer than one calendar month. (See Section 1 RRA).

Rent periods for existing tenancies need to be pro-rated if they are longer than one month, using a formula in Section 1(6) RRA.

Banning of rent in advance

Section 9 RRA prevents landlords and letting agents from “inviting or encouraging” or accepting payments of rent from the tenant or someone “acting on behalf of, or who has guaranteed the payment of rent by, a tenant” before the tenancy agreement is “entered into” by both the landlord and the tenant.

If a landlord or letting agent does this, it is now a “prohibited pre-tenancy payment” under the Tenant Fees Act 2019.

This means that landlords and letting agents cannot ask for or accept for the first month’s rent to be paid before the parties all sign (for new tenancies from 1 May 2026).

Once the agreement is signed, a landlord can require the payment of a maximum of one calendar month’s rent (or 28 days’ rent for tenancies with rental periods of less than one month).

However, any clause in a tenancy agreement which requires a tenant to pay rent in advance (eg quarterly or termly rent) is now unenforceable. (See the new Section 4B(1) of the Housing Act 1988, in Section 8 RRA).

See Section 8 for the rules on payments once the tenancy has been entered into, including the payment of the initial rent.

Section 8 RRA makes clear that existing tenancies which contain clauses which require the tenant to pay rent in advance are affected as the prohibition on rent in advance “does not apply to a tenancy entered into before the commencement date” (see the new Section 4B(2)(a) of the Housing Act 1988 in Section 8).

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2. Abolition of Section 21 Housing Act 1988

Section 2 RRA abolished Section 21 by removing Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1988 (Assured Shorthold Tenancies), which included Section 21.

The Act abolished Section 21 for both new and existing tenancies on 1 May 2026.

The government justified this by saying “this single date will prevent a confusing 2-tier system, and give all tenants security immediately”.

For Section 21 notices that were pending on 1 May 2026, landlords have up to 3 months (31 July 2026) to bring proceedings for an order for possession (depending how far in advance the notice was served).

This means the last date a Section 21 notice could be served was 30 April 2026.

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3. Changes to the Section 8 HA88 Grounds for Possession

The Guidance Notes state that they “believe landlords must enjoy robust grounds for possession where there is good reason to take their property back. To support this, the Act clarifies and expands grounds for possession, while ensuring tenants are protected from arbitrary eviction and given enough time to find a new home”.

The Act introduced a couple of new Grounds for Possession to Section 8 of the Housing Act 1988 (HA88) for the private landlord, and amended the key rent arrears ground. It also extended the notice period for many key grounds.

The landlord cannot obtain an order for possession unless they have either paid the deposit into an authorised tenancy deposit scheme and serve the prescribed information before serving the Section 8 notice, or they have returned the deposit.

The only exception to the requirement regarding the deposit is for Grounds 7A and 14 (anti-social behaviour). However, unlike Section 21 notices, a landlord can obtain an order for possession if they haven’t provided a gas safety certificate, EPC or How to Rent guide (the latter was withdrawn on 1 May 2026).

“Knowingly or recklessly mis-using a possession ground” has been added to the list of offences in Section 40 Housing and Planning Act 2016, for which the First-tier Tribunal can impose a Rent Repayment Order, of up to 2 years’ rent.

I go into each of these grounds in practical detail in Chapter 15 of The Good Landlord Handbook, including how to use them, the evidence you’ll need, and the restricted re-letting periods.

But here’s a summary of the key changes to the Section 8 HA88 Grounds for Possession for private landlords – see Schedule 1 RRA. The new notice periods are in Section 3(3)(c) RRA.

• New Mandatory Ground: Sale of property (Ground 1A)
  • A landlord can give 4 months’ notice to a tenant if they wish to sell the property. The relevant date (when the 4 month notice period expires) cannot be until after the first 12 months of the tenancy, the protected period.
  • The landlord cannot market or offer the property for letting or a licence to occupy (eg Airbnb) for a restricted period starting from the date the notice is served, and ending 12 months after the date the notice period expires and the earliest date proceedings for possession will begin or 12 months from the issue of any particulars of claim for a possession claim.
  • In other words, allowing for the 4 month notice period, a landlord is forbidden from re-letting the property for a minimum 16 months from the date the notice is served, depending how on the length of the notice period.
• Change to existing Mandatory Ground: Occupation by landlord or family (Ground 1)
  • Ground 1 has been amended so that the relevant date cannot expire in the protected period, ie as per Ground 1A.
  • The definition of family includes: the landlord’s spouse, civil partner, or a person with whom they live as if married or in a civil partnership (and that person’s children and grandchildren). It also includes the landlord’s parents, grandparents, siblings, children, or grandchildren. It doesn’t include nieces, nephews, uncles and aunties.
  • It also includes “a relationship of the half-blood”.
  • The landlord cannot re-let or offer a licence to occupy for the same restricted period as Ground 1A.
• Change to existing Mandatory Ground: Serious rent arrears (Ground 8)
  • Tenants need to have at least 3 months of rent arrears (instead of the current 2 months), both when the notice is served and at the date of the hearing.
  • The notice period has increased from 2 weeks to 4 weeks.
• New Mandatory Ground for Possession: Student HMOs (Ground 4A)
  • Very narrow new Ground where HMO landlords must serve 4 months’ notice, which can only expire from 1 June to 30 September each year.
  • The Bill was amended at the Report Stage to state that landlords cannot use the ground if they entered into the tenancy agreement more than six months before “the tenant was entitled to possession” of the property.
  • The tenants must meet the student test, ie they must be full-time students. The landlord must reasonably believe they meet the student test when they use the ground, and they must intend to re-let the property to full-time students.
• Other new Grounds for Possession
  • There are other new Grounds for Possession eg for agricultural workers, ministers of religion, supported living and social housing.

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4. New procedure for increasing rent

Increasing rent

Section 6 RRA changed the rules for increasing rent by amending Section 13 HA88.

Landlords can now only increase rent once a year by following the Section 13 procedure. This means they need to issue the statutory notice, a new Form 4A to the tenants, which they need to download from the government website.

Landlords need to give at least two months’ notice of the rent increase to expire at the end of a rent period. This doubles the previous notice period.

Any rent review clauses or agreements to increase the rent are no longer valid.

However, if a landlord has issued a Section 13 notice, they may agree a lower amount with the tenant. (This is in the revised Section 13(4)(b) Housing Act 1988, amended by Section 6(6) RRA).

The landlord and tenant can agree to decrease the rent at any time as well.

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Tenants’ right to challenge the proposed rent increase

Section 7 RRA makes it easier and less risky for tenants to challenge rent increases.

For Section 13 rent increases since 1 May 2026, there are new rules for challenging rent increases.

Tenants can challenge the notice free of charge at the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) in the two month period before the rent increase date specified in the statutory notice, the new Form 4A.

The FTT has the power to reduce the rent if the rent is above the market value. The rent increase won’t come into effect until the next payment date after the tribunal makes a “determination”, and the FTT can delay the start of the new rent by two further months in the event of “undue hardship”.

Note that the Secretary of State has the ability to change the date the rent increase comes into effect by regulation, so that it could be backdated to the date in the Section 13 notice, should the Secretary of State decide to introduce regulations.

Assuming the Secretary of State does not backdate the effective date of the rent increase, it could be as long as 6 months before a rent increase comes into effect after the landlord serves the notice, when taking into account the time it will take for the FTT to hear the case and make a determination.

Tenants have nothing to lose by challenging the rent, other than the court fee of £47. Even if the rent increase is well below the market rent, the increase will be delayed until the FTT makes a determination. This is likely to lead to backlogs in the FTT.

Here is an example of a decision by the FTT for a property in East Sussex where the FTT determined the market rent to be £25 pcm less than the requested rent, but still an increase in the rent of 35%.

Before 1 May 2026, the FTT could set the rent at a higher amount than the requested rent, should they believe the requested rent is below the market rent. The Renters Rights Act changed this so that the FTT is now only able to accept the proposed rent, or set a lower rent if they determine the market rent is lower.

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Tenants’ right to challenge the amount of rent in the first 6 months

Section 7 RRA also has made it easier for tenants to challenge the amount of rent in the first six months of a tenancy.

Although tenants could previously challenge rent in the first six months of a tenancy under the old Section 22 of the Housing Act 1988, the FTT could only reduce the rent if it is “significantly higher than the rent which the landlord might reasonably be expected to be able to obtain under the tenancy” for similar houses let in the locality.

However, under Section 7 RRA, the test for challenging the rent in the first six months is the same as for challenging rent increases, namely whether or not it is above the “open-market rent”.

This came into effect on 1 May 2026.

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>> Useful resource: Rent decisions by the First-tier Tribunal

5. Ban on encouraging, inviting or accepting rental bidding

Chapter 6 of Part 1 RRA introduced new rules which ban “rental bidding”, which came into effect on 1 May 2026.

When landlords (or agents) list or otherwise offer a property to rent, they now need to specify the proposed rent in writing.

Landlords and agents are not only unable to encourage or invite an applicant to offer a higher rent, but they are unable to accept an offer of rent that is higher than the proposed rent.

If a local authority finds on a balance of probabilities that a landlord or a letting agent has breached these obligations, they receive a civil penalty of up to £7,000 for an initial breach, which can increase to £40,000 for subsequent breaches.

Also bear in mind that tenants can challenge the initial rent in the first six months of a tenancy, so make sure you keep evidence that this was the market rent (for instance, the number of serious applicants who wanted the property).

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6. Right for tenants to request consent for a pet

Section 11 RRA sets out the new rights for tenants to ask their landlord for consent to have a pet that came into effect on 1 May 2026.

The landlord cannot turn down the request unless they have a good reason. This includes a prohibition in any superior lease.

This right doesn’t apply to applicants, only tenants, which means that landlords can still technically say “no pets” on any listing or advertisement.

The landlord has 28 days to respond to the tenants with their decision.

The tenant can appeal against a refusal by escalating a complaint to the PRS Landlord Ombudsman, once it’s launched in 2028, or by taking the case to court. As the Ombudsman will be free, it’s likely that’s what most tenants will do. Both parties will be able to submit evidence to the Ombudsman.

The definition of pet is wide, and refers to an animal kept mainly for “personal interest, companionship, ornamental purposes” or any combination.

The original draft of the Renters’ Rights Bill (and the Renters (Reform) Bill) contained wording to make it an implied term of every tenancy that the tenant must comply with a request by the landlord to take out insurance for pet damage themselves or to reimburse the landlord for their reasonable costs of having pet insurance. This was to be a specific permitted payment under the Tenant Fees Act 2019.

However, the government removed this in the House of Lords, which means that landlords are not permitted to require tenants to take out insurance for pet damage.

An amendment to allow landlords to charge a “pet deposit” of up to 3 weeks’ rent never made it into the final version of the Act.

For more detail on pets, see the Related Posts below.

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7. Private Rented Sector Landlord Ombudsman

Chapter 2 of Part 2 RRA introduces a Private Rented Sector Landlord Ombudsman Service (called the Landlord Redress Scheme in the Act). All “residential landlords” in England with assured tenancies will be legally obliged to join it, including those who use a letting agent or a managing agent who is a member of a redress scheme.

See Section 63 RRA for the definition of “residential landlord” (short version is that it includes Assured Periodic Tenancies and Rent Act tenancies).

Prospective, current and former tenants will be able to make a complaint to the Ombudsman free of charge. It provides an alternative to complaining to their council or taking legal action in the courts.

Landlords will need to join before they market a property for letting.

Local authorities may impose a civil penalty on landlords of up to £7,000 for failing to join the Ombudsman, and letting agents who market a PRS property where the landlord is not registered. This increases to £40,000 for repeat or ongoing offences.

The Act gives the First-tier Tribunal the right to award a rent repayment order for “continuing or repeat breaches” of the Ombudsman, adding it to Section 40 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, and is in the list of offences subject to rent repayment orders.

Landlords will be legally obliged to comply with the Ombudsman’s decisions, and failure to comply is subject to local council enforcement action, as above.

The details have not yet been published. It is expected that it will be the Housing Ombudsman (who deals with social housing), but this has not been definitively confirmed.

The Implementation Roadmap states that it is likely that landlords will be required to join the Ombudsman in 2028.

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8. Private Rented Sector Database (aka Register your rental property)

Chapter 3 of Part 2 RRA sets up a PRS Database which landlords will be legally obliged to register both themselves with and their properties. There will be civil penalties if they market or let out a property without registering it and providing the required information. It will be called the “Register your rental property” service.

The database will be rolled out on a region-by-region basis from 15 December 2026, with landlords having three months to register their rental properties after the database is launched in their area.

If landlords don’t register, they won’t be able to get an order for possession (apart from Grounds 7A and 14 for tenant anti-social behaviour). Local councils will be able to impose a civil penalty on landlords of up to £7,000 if they don’t join the database before they let or advertise a property. This can increase to £40,000 and result in criminal prosecution.

It will cost landlords £65 to register each rental property, and they will need to renew the registration on an annual basis.

The Guidance refers to it as a “one stop shop” for landlords, where they’ll be able to access guidance through a “single front door”, which will ensure “landlords have access to simple up-to-date information about their responsibilities”. This promises to be helpful for self-managing landlords in particular.

During the Committee Stage of the Bill, Matthew Pennycook made it clear the database would operate alongside selective licensing. He said the “database is not designed to replace selective licensing. Unlike the database, selective licensing schemes aim to target specific local issues in specific local geographies by enabling more intensive practical enforcement strategies. We believe that selective licensing is a valuable tool when used appropriately and combined with other measures. It enables local authorities to drive better outcomes for local residents, tenants and responsible landlords”.

For full details on the “Register your rental property” service, see the related post below.

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9. Decent Homes Standard for the PRS

Part 3 RRA amends the Housing Act 2004 to include a new system for assessing housing conditions and enforcing housing standards. The Secretary of State has the power to “specify requirements to be met by qualifying residential premises” in regulations.

When it comes into force, there will be a legal obligation for properties in the private rented sector, including HMOs, which are let under an assured tenancy or the Rent Act 1977 to meet the Decent Homes Standard.

The Secretary of State also has the power to extend the DHS to licences to occupy and other types of tenancies (such as high rent tenancies) by regulation. Local authorities will have a new power to issue civil penalties of up to £7,000, introducing a package of investigatory powers and bringing in a new requirement for local authorities to report on enforcement activities.

Following a consultation, the government confirmed that homes in the private rented sector will need to meet the DHS from 2035.

To meet the Decent Homes Standard, a property will need to meet the following 5 criteria:

• Criterion A: Meets the current statutory minimum standard (free of any serious Category 1 hazards)
• Criterion B: Meets a reasonable state of repair
• Criterion C: Has core facilities and services
• Criterion D: Provides a reasonable degree of thermal comfort (it will be EPC C from 1 October 2030)
• Criterion E: Is free of damp and mould

For more detail, see the Related Post below.

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10. Awaab’s Law – remedying hazards in the private rented sector

Awaab’s Law is the name given to Section 42 of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, which introduces an implied term into social housing tenancy agreements to “take action, in relation to prescribed hazards which affect or may affect the leased dwelling, within the period or periods specified in the regulations”.

It is named after Awaab Ishak, the toddler who died of a severe respiratory condition caused by mould in the social housing flat in which he lived with his parents.

Section 60 RRA will extend Section 42 to the private rented sector, and require private landlords under an assured tenancy to address hazards, such as damp and mould, within specified time periods. The details will be set out in regulations, after consultation.

Section 61 RRA gives the Secretary of State the right to extend the DHS to licences to occupy,

The government launched a consultation on 9 October 2026 on how to roll-out Awaab’s Law to the private rented sector. You can read more in the related post below.

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11. Rental discrimination: No direct or indirect bans on children or benefit claimants

Chapter 3 of Part 1 RRA has banned “rental discrimination” from 1 May 2026, and landlords and agents are prohibited from having blanket bans on renting to people who receive benefits or who have children.

They also cannot discriminate indirectly against people who receive benefits or have children, for instance, by saying prospective tenants must have a “professional job” or permanent employment.

The ban on rental discrimination also applies to Scotland and Wales, as well as England.

This means that landlords and letting agents need to consider all prospective tenants on individual merits (e.g. their ability to afford the rent) rather than disqualifying them because of family status or income source.

The Act extends the rental discrimination prohibition to lease agreements, mortgages and insurance contracts, by saying that any term in a contract has no effect.

Landlords can still turn down applicants on the grounds of affordability. This is because the Act explicitly states that landlords may still take a “person’s income into account when considering whether that person would be able to afford to pay rent under a relevant tenancy”. They can say that a property is not suitable for a family if, for instance, it would lead to overcrowding.

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12. The “AST trap” for long leases with ground rent over £250 has ended

This came into effect on 27 December 2025. Where ground rent for long leases previously exceeded £1,000 in London and £250 outside of London, the lease was considered as an Assured Shorthold Tenancy if the property was the leaseholder’s only or principal dwelling. This meant that the landlord had the right to serve a Section 8 HA88 Notice using the Mandatory Ground 8 regarding rent arrears if the annual ground rent is more than three months in arrears.

This was called the “AST trap”, as a long lease that was never intended to be a short-term tenancy agreement could be treated as an AST, and the freeholder was able to use Ground 8 to obtain an order for possession for the property.

Clause 31 RRA brought an end to the AST trap by stating that tenancies of more than seven years cannot be Assured Tenancies. This means that Section 8 does not apply to new long leases of more than 21 years, and existing leases over 7 years.

This came into effect on 27 December 2025, which is two months after Royal Assent (see Section 145(5)).

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Final thoughts

There’s a lot for landlords and letting agents to adapt to now that the tenancy reforms have come into force.

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