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

PRS Database and Landlord Ombudsman: What’s Coming After 1 May 2026 The tenancy reforms landing on 1 May 2026 are only Phase 1. Phase 2 brings two new systems that will change how landlords are regulated, how tenants raise complaints, and whether a landlord can get a possession order at all. The first is the […]

New Possession Grounds Under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025: What Landlords Need to Know

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 disappears on 1 May. From that date, every ending of an […]

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

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

Is Section 21 Really Being 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 […]

Renters’ Rights Act 2025: What English Landlords Need to Know from 1 May 2026

Renters’ Rights Act 2025: What UK Landlords Need to Know from 1 May 2026 On 1 May 2026, every assured shorthold tenancy in England stops being one.  No opt-out, no application, no paperwork. Your fixed-term AST becomes a rolling monthly tenancy under a regime that didn’t exist six months ago. The headline everyone’s heard is […]