Renters' Rights Act 2025 · England
Guides
The Act rewrote how renting works in England from 1 May 2026. These 12 guides explain each part of it in plain English - what changed, what it means for you day to day, and where the deadlines and penalties sit. Every legal claim traces back to the Act, its regulations or published gov.uk guidance.
- Landlords and tenants
Section 21 abolition: what ended on 1 May 2026 and what replaced it
No-fault eviction ended for every assured tenancy in England. What that means in practice for landlords and tenants, and what possession looks like now. - Landlords and tenants
Section 8 possession grounds explained in plain English
The mandatory and discretionary grounds, the notice period each one carries, and the 12-month restriction on the selling and moving-in grounds. - Landlords and tenants
Rent increases explained: section 13, Form 4A and the tribunal
The only lawful route to a higher rent, the timing rules that decide whether a notice is valid, and how a tenant challenges the figure at tribunal. - Landlords
The written statement of terms: who needs one and what goes in it
Who has to give one and by when, the 18 matters the regulations prescribe, and the penalty for getting it wrong or skipping it. - Landlords
The Information Sheet duty and the 31 May 2026 deadline
The one-off duty owed to tenants who were already renting before the reforms, why the deadline has passed, and what to do if you missed it. - Landlords and tenants
Periodic tenancies explained: life after the fixed term
Fixed terms have gone. What a rolling periodic tenancy means month to month, and exactly how a tenant gives notice to leave. - Landlords and tenants
Pet requests: the right to ask and the 28-day response rule
How a tenant makes a request that counts, what the landlord must do within 28 days, and what a reasonable refusal actually looks like. - Landlords
The private rented sector database and the landlord ombudsman
The two big pieces of the Act that are not live yet, what each will require, and the groundwork worth doing before they arrive. - Tenants
Tenant rights under the Renters' Rights Act: a walkthrough
Every new protection in one place, written for renters: security, rent, pets, paperwork, discrimination and how to push back. - Landlords
Landlord compliance timeline: every date and duty in order
A chronological checklist from Royal Assent to the duties still to come, with what each date actually required of you. - Landlords and tenants
Discrimination, rental bidding and rent in advance
The bans on refusing benefit claimants and families, the rule that the advertised rent is the ceiling, and the cap on rent taken up front. - Landlords
What happens if you get it wrong: penalties and enforcement
The two penalty levels, who enforces them, how rent repayment orders work, and the practical difference between a slip and a pattern.
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