Renters’ Rights Act enforcement split into breaches and offences
Author: Judith Wordsworth
1st April 2026, 7 months ago | 33
Judith Wordsworth
Judith Wordsworth
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No longer a PRS landlord, thankfully, having entered the business in around 1992 and out 2024.
Always self managed after letting agent found tenants. Mostly good tenants a few horrendous and only let to those on benefits after one initial professional shared AST to 2 young ladies.
Never joined the NRLA, but did obtain advice re one horrendous tenant from Pims.co.uk (best £79 ever spent).
Did a law degree (LLB Hons) in 2006 for something to do then an MSc in European Rural Development.
Saw the writing on the wall when the Renters Reform Bill rose it’s head and started the exit. Decision helped by one aforesaid horrendous tenant who was trashing the property, was abusive and was in arrears. This eviction included my threatening to take the Local Authority to court under their Selective Licensing Scheme unless they assisted. And assist they did in person, within 10 minutes, lol.
Read the Renters Reform and Rights Bills line by line- both ill thought out, badly drafted and with, possibly, unintended consequences. Had one to one meeting re the Reform Bill with the then Lord Chancellor.
20th October 2026, 3 days ago
If you don't know the legislation and regulations of your business should you even be in it? Would be interesting to know how many Property118.com PRS landlords have even read the RRA never mind understood it.
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 20/10/2026 - 12:42
It will be for any empty property not just PRS rentals.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Barry Fitzpatrick at 20/10/2026 - 10:58
Could look at Guardianship. Maybe that is the way forward with BTL's and stuff Labour and LAs ???? https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/property-guardians-fact-sheet/property-guardians-a-fact-sheet-for-current-and-potential-property-guardians
Read More →Reply to comment left by Southern Boyuk at 20/10/2026 - 10:00
Reply to the comment left by Southern Boyuk at 20/10/2026 - 10:00Local Authority's will send the landlord monthly rent monies left over after any maintenance expenses have been deducted. Nothing yet if the LA will also be charging the landlord...
Read More →19th October 2026, 4 days ago
It's not the £65 per property, as it is after all an allowable expense, but the breach of a landlord's, and importantly if they have one, their family's Art 8 HRA/ECHR by the publishing, accessible to all and sundry, of...
Read More →19th October 2026, 4 days ago
Always always serve tenancy notice documents by post, checking first whether your tenancy agreement stipulates 1st or 2nd class postage, and IMPORTANTLY get a proof of posting certificate. Proof of Posting certificate shows useful compliance for the Postal Rule. ie...
Read More →16th October 2026, 1 week ago
“ … the government’s own impact assessment admits that extending the legislation could have financial implications for landlords and cause some landlords to leave the market.” When will government realise that the majority of issues that Awaab’s Law seeks to...
Read More →13th October 2026, 1 week ago
When will this government realise that Landlords cannot control tenants lifestyle behaviour eg not putting the heating on, not opening windows, not wiping condensation off windows in the morning after it's appeared, not cleaning, not putting lids on saucepans, not...
Read More →12th October 2026, 2 weeks ago
Needs a collective action, preferably all PRS landlords, Art 8 HRA and Art 8 ECHR breaches by this Publicly accessible landlords database.
Read More →10th October 2026, 2 weeks ago
Did not need to have a written tenancy, verbal is enough to create one neither do you need to have taken a deposit. BUT you are in breach of the RRA if you did not serve your tenants The Renters’...
Read More →10th October 2026, 2 weeks ago
The death of Awaab Ishak, sad as it is, can and should not be used to open the floodgate of fines and further legislation/regulation/compliance for PRS landlords. I do not mean to be harsh or unfeeling as nothing worse than...
Read More →Reply to comment left by NEIL T at 05/10/2026 - 17:52
Are you referring to students or PRS landlords? If referring to Landlords being weak & negative might well be those being stronger, better informed and can read the student/university market and getting out. If referring to students, too many are...
Read More →5th October 2026, 3 weeks ago
If no-one completed this, and cited breach of Art 8 HRA/ECHR and the very real possibility of physical and mental heath for having to have their and their family's residential address made public, and the landlords DoB giving an open...
Read More →5th October 2026, 3 weeks ago
I seriously doubt they do want to either inherit a BTL business or enter the market themselves. My daughter was adamant she did not want to be a landlord, not even under the Rent a Room Scheme, as had all...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Kate Gould at 05/10/2026 - 09:02
Reply to the comment left by Kate Gould at 05/10/2026 - 09:02Hence joint tenancy as no need to apportion or find a person to blame. Draw back to joint tenancy if landlord decides to accept 1tenant terminates for all is...
Read More →5th October 2026, 3 weeks ago
Add the cost to the rent and claim as an allowable expense against tax. More worrying, as I keep saying, is the public publication of a landlord's residential address, their date of birth, their email address and their telephone number....
Read More →5th October 2026, 3 weeks ago
Perhaps time for ALL PRS landlords to now serve a s8 notice. No need to go for the Possession Order if you want to remain. If the s21s had been served when I first suggested this, in 2018, PRS landlords...
Read More →3rd October 2026, 3 weeks ago
Letting Agents need to 109% realise their client is the landlord who will bear the brunt of non-payment of rent, renting some someone not entitled to rent, damage caused to their property by the tenant, ASB by their tenant, and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 30/09/2026 - 23:31
She should be charged under s95 Housing Act as it’s a criminal offence. But we’re still waiting……….
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 30/09/2026 - 16:17
She did and rented it to her brother, hence the who has of her saying she wasn’t a landlord. But she rented it to him fi4 money.
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