Legal Update – The Renters Rights Act
It has now been announced that the Renters Rights Act will have a commencement date on the 1 May 2026.
What does this mean?
From the 1st May 2026 the tenancy reforms in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Renters’ Rights Act will come into effect which means existing and new tenancies will come under the new rules meaning an end to fixed term tenancies.
All Assured Shorthold Tenancies will become Assured Periodic Tenancies. Any fixed terms will become periodic and no further fixed terms tenancies will be able to be granted.
The government have introduced an Implementation Roadmap which provides an overview of the implementation plans for the coming years. It includes detail on how they will phase the reforms and when they will come into force.
For more information and advice on this and how this may affect you please contact our Property Litigation Team at [email protected]
