How many laws do landlords have to comply with?

We all know that landlords have to comply with a lot of legislation but how much legislation is that?

You often see articles saying ‘landlords have to comply with 400 separate pieces of legislation’ or similar, but you never see of list of what those 400 pieces of legislation are.

So, I have decided to create a list on my Landlord Law Blog.  I am calling it the Landlord Law Blog Landlords Legislation List.

One has to set parameters for this sort of thing, so ours are:

• The Legislation List only includes legislation from England and Wales (so not Scotland or Northern Ireland)
• Both top-level statutes and secondary ‘statutory instruments’ are included
• However, we are only including legislation relevant for short lets in the Private Sector (so the list does not include legislation regarding Council houses, long leases or agricultural tenancies)
• The legislation should significantly affect private landlords – for example, be something likely to be covered in landlord training courses.
• If there is any dispute about the inclusion of legislation, my decision is final

At the time of writing this, the total has not yet reached 100, but I am sure there are things missing.  So I am inviting you to help me.

If there is something you think is missing, you can notify me via our Survey Monkey form.

Hopefully, together, we can create a useful public information page.

You will find the legislation list here.

You can also read Tessa Shepperson’s article on Property118 for valuable advice on handling rent arrears and evictions here