Renters’ Rights Act enforcement split into breaches and offences
Author: Judith Wordsworth
1st April 2026, 6 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.
30th September 2026, 3 days ago
Why hasn’t Labour withdrawn Right to Buy?
Read More →29th September 2026, 4 days ago
Leasehold service charges have not dropped for all. Some don’t need to drop eg Leaseholders who are also joint freeholders and self manage their building. Huge areas of cities are Leaseholds converted from freehold buildings without exorbitant service charges.
Read More →29th September 2026, 4 days ago
If you have managed to remove your tenants and put the property on the market for sale and 6 months and 1 day still no buyer could this legislation, if enacted, be beneficial for landlords wanting to exit the PRS?...
Read More →28th September 2026, 5 days ago
Using a letting agent is no guarantee of keeping on top of legislation and regulations. It is the landlord who will still be liable for breaches of legislation and regulations and the resulting fines etc NOT the letting agents. The...
Read More →28th September 2026, 5 days ago
No they cannot. Formal written letter to the tenant(s) stating that the sum of £508.35 is treated as arrears until paid, a breach of their tenancy agreement and payment is required. Could refer to the tenancy agreement for any late...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dee Gidda at 26/09/2026 - 07:31
The NRLA is not the equivalent of a Landlords Union. It has no clout and no political standing.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Rose Thornton at 25/09/2026 - 16:11
Reply to the comment left by Rose Thornton at 25/09/2026 - 16:11It's not just your current tenants but the general public who will know your home address, that you are a PRS landlord, your date of birth, female and come...
Read More →25th September 2026, 1 week ago
I think the most worrying point has been missed with regard to publicising a landlord’s residential address. It is that the general public will have access to a landlord, and their family’s, residential ie home address, which includes past/prospective and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jill Church at 24/09/2026 - 10:02
Reply to the comment left by Jill Church at 24/09/2026 - 10:02You will not be allowed to enter a letting agents address, an accountants or solicitors address or a business address nor a PO Box.
Read More →22nd September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Because you do. What should be much more concerning and worrying is that the landlord, and if married/in a relationship or non-business partnership, will be required to have their, and their family’s, home address on this publicly accessible database, their...
Read More →22nd September 2026, 2 weeks ago
You do not have a residential tenancy APT agreement, I hope, but a contract with a company and therefore not a PRS landlord. If you have had drafted and signed an APT agreement with the company get it changed now,...
Read More →19th September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Tell that to tenants who put in writing that they will not open windows during the British autumn, winter and spring months.
Read More →19th September 2026, 2 weeks ago
No different for rising mortgage rates affecting minimum income needs - ahh but then lenders are accepting 6 x times income and don't give a monkeys about rising costs of utility bills, food etc etc. Plus the added benefit that...
Read More →19th September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Not rocket science especially when Local Authorities have been instructed by this government to put asylum seekers at the top of their housing lists. Many Local Authorities started bulk buying in tents from 2019 - 6 months or so after...
Read More →19th September 2026, 2 weeks ago
No government since WWII has ever been able to build to the quota they set themselves. Pure carrot to get votes.
Read More →Reply to comment left by MARY PRICE at 16/09/2026 - 21:24
This government are looking into holiday lets not qualifying as a business but as "second homes" and making holiday properties subject to Council Tax as 2nd homes ie double rather than under business rates. But easy to revert any business...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Steve Rose at 15/09/2026 - 11:38
Reply to the comment left by Steve Rose at 15/09/2026 - 11:38Actually 3 elephants. The biggest one is Labour.
Read More →19th September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Costs of regular inspections will be added to the rents.
Read More →19th September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I sold up to non-landlords so properties lost to the PRS. 30+ years was enough lol
Read More →15th September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Depends if you have finance and if you are a joint freeholder. As a joint freeholder no need to bother unless selling and the buyer(s) need a mortgage or their solicitor is uneducated in the benefits of also being a...
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