Renters' Rights Act

The Renters’ Rights Act received Royal Assent and became law in October 2025, bringing major changes to the private rented sector in England.

Key reforms 

✅ Ending Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions
📅 All tenancies becoming periodic
💰 Limits on rent increases (once per year)
🛡️ Stronger tenant rights and property standards
📋 Mandatory landlord registration and Ombudsman scheme

These reforms aim to improve fairness, security and transparency for everyone involved. We will share more updates when implementation dates are confirmed.    

 

The Renters’ Rights Act key dates confirmed are:

📜 Investigatory rights for local authorities. 📆 27th December 2025

📜Part 1 - tenancy changes, including end of fixed terms and Section 21, updated possession grounds. 📆1st May 2026

📜PRS Database and Ombudsman 📆Late 2026

📜Decent Homes Standard 📆Still to be confirmed

More information can be found on the NRLA website link on the page.

Tenant Fact Sheet

The Government has now released the official Tenant Fact Sheet for the Renters’ Rights Act 2026.

This marks an important milestone in preparing tenants and landlords for the changes coming into force on 1st May 2026.

The fact sheet provides a clear summary of tenants’ new rights and what you can expect from your landlord under the new legislation.

Landlords must provide the official Information Sheet to tenants no later than 31 May 2026. Failure to do so can result in a civil penalty of up to £7,000 per tenancy.

To meet the legal requirements landlords should:

  • Provide tenants with the official government-issued PDF, exactly as downloaded from GOV.UK. it cannot be edited or replaced with any other version.
  • Serve it either as a printed hard copy (delivered in person or posted), or by sending the PDF as an attachment via email or text message.
  • Not send a link to the GOV.UK webpage. Sharing a link alone does not meet the legal standard for service.

To access the Information Sheet please see: The Renters’ Rights Act Information Sheet 2026 - GOV.UK

 

Further information 

Please see the downloads section of this page for further information from DASH and NRLA.   

Alternatively please visit: Guide to the Renters’ Rights Act - GOV.UK

Please revisit this page which will be updated with further information as the Act progresses.