PRS Database and Landlord Ombudsman: What’s Coming After 1 May 2026

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PRS Database and Landlord Ombudsman: What Landlords Need to Know The tenancy reforms that landed on 1 May 2026 were only Phase 1 of the Renters’ Rights Act. Phase 2 brings two new systems that change how landlords are regulated, how tenants complain — and whether a landlord can get a possession order at all. […]

New Possession Grounds Under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025

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New Possession Grounds Under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025: What Landlords Need to Know Until 30 April 2026, a landlord who wanted a tenant out could serve a Section 21 notice, wait two months, and file for possession without giving a reason. That option is gone. Since 1 May 2026, every ending of an assured […]

The New Assured Periodic Tenancy: What Replaces the AST from 1 May 2026

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The New Assured Periodic Tenancy: What Replaces the AST from 1 May 2026 Every assured shorthold tenancy in England is about to become something else. Not a new tenancy. Not a renewal. The same tenancy, with its fixed term stripped out by statute and its Section 21 exit permanently closed. From 1 May 2026, the […]

Is Section 21 Really Being Abolished? What Landlords Need to Know

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Section 21 Abolished: What Landlords Need to Know For nearly four decades, Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 gave landlords in England one straightforward exit: two months’ notice, no reason required, possession order on paper. Between July 2024 and June 2025 alone, landlords issued over 30,000 accelerated-procedure claims through this route (MOJ possession statistics […]

Rent Increases from May 2026: Section 13, Form 4A and What’s Actually Changed

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Rent Increases from May 2026: Section 13, Form 4A and What’s Actually Changed Until 30 April 2026, most landlords in England raised rent the same way they always had: a clause in the tenancy agreement kicked in once a year, the rent went up by CPI or a fixed percentage, and nobody thought much about […]

Renters’ Rights Act 2025: The Complete Landlord Guide

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Renters’ Rights Act 2025: The Complete Landlord Guide On 1 May 2026, every assured shorthold tenancy in England stopped being one. No opt-out, no application, no paperwork: fixed-term ASTs became rolling monthly tenancies under a regime that didn’t exist a year earlier. The headline everyone heard was that Section 21 is gone — and it […]