Online Right to Rent Checks

Right to Rent checks started in the Midlands in 2014 and were rolled out across England in 2016. Agents are required see certain paperwork and either meet the person face to face or see them over live video link. This is not usually a problem, even if just another job...
Fitness for Human Habitation

Fitness for Human Habitation

On 20 December 2018 the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 received Royal Assent. It covers both private and council housing though we will only comment on the main stream PRS implications. The new law modifies rules already in the Landlord and Tenant Act...

Tenant Fee Ban Deposit Cap.

Just a quick note to say that the Government have announced that they plan to reduce the deposit that can be charged from the previously announced 6 weeks rent to just 5 weeks’ rent. Time will tell what the effect of this will be but clearly there will be some...

Problems with client money protection.

As part of the tenant fee ban the Government have been told by the industry that the ban will result in agents going out of business and not having the money to repay deposits and rent they hold. The Government have agreed that to avoid this problem they should bring...

News on Form 6A post October 2018

As an exclusive to PRSP members we are writing to you to update you on conversation we have been having with MHCLG. The Deregulation Act brought in a new section 21 notice from 1 October 2015, for all the tenancies created after 1 October 2015, including renewals....