Nearly 40% of landlords are unprepared for Renters’ Rights Bill impact

Spoke to a few people who manage their own properties.

They have never even heard of the Renters Right Bill let alone know what’s in it

I don’t know of any landlord that isn’t aware of the Bill.
The impact on good landlords is much lower than those that let poor quality homes to antisocial tenants.
They only need to be aware of it when each part becomes Law.
The only real impact for me and my tenants is the increased likelihood that I will seek possession in order to sell. The proposed new ground 1A could be helpful.

I am not aware of any suitable provision for dealing with ASB in the bill, perhaps the government should explain that to us.

Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 25/07/2025 – 12:11There is none. Indeed, the pipsqueak amendment in last year’s
Renter’s Reform Bill that Ground 14 of Section 8 would be amended to include “behaviours ‘capable of causing’ a nuisance or annoyance” as opposed to “behaviours ‘likely to cause’ a nuisance or annoyance” has been dropped keeping the burden of proof higher.

Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 25/07/2025 – 12:45
Yep, without any definitions in the bill those ‘weasel words’ sound like bumper pay days for solicitors.

With judges now only giving temporary closure orders for years of ASB I really fear for landlords trying to evict in future.

My agents didn’t have much of a clue until I told them they would be redundant in any plans going forward. RGI and no high street agencies is the way forward. They had a chance to try help reverse s24, now I hope they’re all gone in a year or two.

There is one tenant (not mine), a benefit claimant, in my block of 100 flats who has been causing mayhem for several years. At least five working tenants have left because they need a decent night’s sleep. The landlord and block management have been working together to obtain possession of the flat for at least 18 months, spent thousands on legal fees and still the individual is there breaking every clause in his tenancy agreement save one; his rent is paid by the DWP. Despite reams of evidence, we are still months, possibly years, away for possession. All this before the added restrictions of the RRB.

NB Section 21 cannot be used because the landlord does not have all the necessary documentation.

What about Landlords rights we seem to have been dismissed altogether! The changes are more focused on social housing benefits tenants than professional tenants. Our portfolio is based on the south coast and we purchased the worst properties in the best streets to renovate and rent out. Our tenants are professionals and semi retired people and to date we have served 2 section 21 notices to tenants not in this category! So lesson learnt! Now it is hard to buy in the right location and renovation costs are huge with less opportunity to get a good return on an even longer period. Its going to be even tougher to evict bad tenants so we have to improve on the entire tenant selection and credit check process. Its not easy but best to have property in better areas to avoid bad tenants as there are plenty around who are very touch to evict as they know there way round the system.

Tomorrow we complete on some property sales, rest up in next few weeks. I’m truly sorry for all the families who are going to miss out , some been with us 12+ years but I’m afraid this reform is the end for us. We provided brand new properties built by us, we kept rents fixed and below market rates, we suffered with some unfortunate bad tenants which cost us many £1,000’s and the eviction and court processes, time and costs we incurred was significant. It’s so biased it is not worth it. This reform act kills it for us.