Mandatory registration for landlords

As part of the Renters Reform Bill (RRB) proposals, it will become necessary for all landlords to be registered. There appears to be places to be registered: Privately Rented Property Portal There will be an online portal/database that all landlords will have to...

New Section 8 grounds revealed

As part of the Renters Reform Bill (RRB), the Government have announced the new grounds they are proposing for Section 8 notice.  Note that after the RRB becomes law, it will only be possible to use Section 8 notice to evict. They proposed grounds are: Table 1:...

Renters (Reform) Bill

Renters (Reform) Bill has now been published. The full Bill can be seen here, and in summary: Section 21 will be abolished. End of Fixed Term tenancies, with Periodic only, i.e. there will be no more AST’s, only Assured Tenancies. Tenant can give two months’ notice,...

87 members of parliament are landlords

PropertyWire has published an article stating ‘the perspectives of those who profit from renting may be more prominent in parliament than those of the tenants who remain at the mercy of this broken system.” One in five Conservative MPs are landlords, with...