Overview
- Landlords will only be able to evict in defined circumstances such as selling or moving back in, not within the first year of a tenancy and with four months’ notice.
- Fixed terms will shift to rolling tenancies, rent can rise only once a year in line with the market, and bidding wars are banned with required published asking rents.
- A new Private Rented Sector Landlord Ombudsman and a national landlord database will handle complaints and improve transparency and compliance.
- Minimum standards will apply to homes, local councils gain stronger enforcement tools including rent repayment orders, and discriminatory letting practices are outlawed.
- Tenant groups welcomed stronger protections as the NRLA urged time to prepare and warned of possible supply impacts, with officials to confirm implementation dates soon.