Renters' Rights Act 2025
2025 c. 26 · 149 provisionsView on legislation.gov.uk
Our take on Renters' Rights Act 2025
This Act reset private renting in England. Since 1 May 2026, landlords cannot serve Section 21 no-fault notices, fixed terms have become rolling tenancies you can leave on two months' notice, rent can rise only once a year through a notice you can challenge, and landlords cannot refuse you because you have children or claim benefits. Section 21 claims started by 31 July 2026 can still proceed. In our view its heart is that a landlord now needs a legal reason to end your tenancy. It can be an ordinary one. A landlord can serve four months' notice to sell or move themselves or family in, ending no earlier than your tenancy's first anniversary. The database and ombudsman come later.
- Can you take over a tenancy when the tenant dies?
- Can you stay if your landlord's home is repossessed?
- How to check a landlord on the new private renters' database
- One housemate's notice can end a joint tenancy for all
- Can a landlord make you sign a fixed-term tenancy in 2026?
- Tenant Remedies for Unfair Trading Practices
- What counts as landlord harassment and how to stop it
- Unlicensed HMO in England? You could be owed rent back
- Does your landlord have to give you a written agreement?
- Havering selective licensing 2026: what renters need to know
- Croydon selective licensing 2026: what renters need to know
- When a guarantor can and can't be chased in 2026
- Islington selective licensing 2026: A guide for renters
- Section 21 ended on 1 May 2026: what it means for you
- Westminster selective licensing 2026: A guide for renters
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