Updated guidance for landlords and tenants

This applies to England only MHCLG released new guidance for landlords and tenants. The main change is that they have removed specific guidance regarding on-site canteens and restaurants within retirement and care settings. Whilst this may not have a huge impact for...

New rules for section 8 & 21 

Applies to England only New rules for section 8 & 21 As of 1 June 2021, the government has made changes to the notice periods, which have generally been reduced when issuing a tenant with a section 8 or 21. New prescribed form 3 and 6a have been issued and should...

Landlord right to rent checks update

This applies to England The temporary Coronavirus guidance for right to rent checks was due to expire on 17 May 2021, but as of today (12 May 2021) the Home office and Immigration enforcement have extended the guidance until 20 June 2021. This means you can continue...

Section 8 notice

This applies to England only Following our post that was published on 30 April 2021, on 4 May 2021 MHCLG published their own, and slightly different, section 8 form. This, no doubt, will lead to a lot of confusion as to which form should be used going forward.  Those...

Section 8 notice changing

Legislation has just appeared changing the section 8 notice from the 4 May. The changes are to include information about breathing spaces. However, the really interesting thing is that the periods of notice are the periods that exist outside of the Coronavirus Act....