Renters' Rights Act guides for UK landlords
What the Renters' Rights Act 2025 changes and how to prepare.
Rent increases under the Renters' Rights Act 2025
The Renters' Rights Act 2025 standardises rent increases for periodic tenancies, requiring a statutory notice and giving tenants the right to challenge the proposed rent at a tribunal.
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The Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector
The Decent Homes Standard is being extended to privately rented homes. It sets a baseline covering serious hazards, reasonable repair, modern facilities and effective heating and insulation, enforced by councils.
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The landlord ombudsman: what landlords need to prepare
The Renters' Rights Act 2025 creates a mandatory ombudsman scheme for private landlords in England. Membership is compulsory, complaints are free for tenants, and the ombudsman can order apologies, remedial action and compensation.
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The private rented sector database explained
A national database of private landlords and rented properties is central to the Renters' Rights Act 2025. Landlords must register themselves and their properties, and marketing or letting an unregistered property is an offence.
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The Renters' Rights Act 2025 — landlord guide
The Renters' Rights Act 2025 fundamentally reforms the private rented sector, transforming tenancy structures, eviction processes, and landlord obligations. This guide helps UK landlords navigate the new legal landscape.
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Renters' Rights Act: the new grounds for possession
The Renters' Rights Act 2025 significantly alters possession proceedings for landlords, replacing Section 21 with a comprehensive system of grounds for possession. Landlords must now rely on these specific grounds to reg
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Renters' Rights Act: what changes for tenancy agreements
The Renters' Rights Act 2025 significantly overhauls tenancy agreements in England, abolishing assured shorthold tenancies and transitioning to periodic tenancies. Landlords must update their contracts to comply with new
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Renters' Rights Act: requests for pets in rented homes
Tenants will be able to request permission to keep a pet, and landlords cannot unreasonably refuse, though conditions can be attached.
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