This email only affects those renting properties in Wales Not long now before new regulations come into force on 28 February 2020. Hopefully agents and landlords have had time to familiarise themselves with the regulations but here is a reminder just in case. The...

This is for England Only The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 Draft regulations have been laid before Parliament to ensure all rented properties meet the electrical safety standards. 01 June 2020 the regulations will...

The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Specified Information) (Wales) Regulations 2019 This email only effect those renting properties in Wales New regulations had been laid before the National Assembly of Wales on 12 November 2019 and was due to be enforceable as of 13...

Right to rent updated Guidance Factsheet This email only affects Right to rent checks in England. On 1 December 2014 the government introduced the Immigration Act 2014 in the West Midlands as a working trial and then for the rest of England on 1 December 2016. Section...

This email affects electrical safety standards in England. Provisions were made in the Housing and Planning Act 2016, for the Secretary of State to make regulations about electrical safety standards for properties let by private landlords. (Commencement No. 11) brings...

This email applies to England and Wales The Equalities Act 2010 has 9 protected characteristics which are: age disability gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity race religion or belief sex sexual orientation There is nowhere in the...

This email only affects section 21 notices in England. The point of the consultation is to seek views on how to implement the Government’s decision to abolish section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 and improve the implementation of the section 8 grounds. In addition to...

This email only affects those letting properties in Wales who from the 1 September 2019 will have to comply with the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2019/2/enacted   On 13 August 2019 GOV.WALES website issued...

  This email only affects the section 21 notices in England. This email is further from our email that was sent to you on 12 August 19 explaining the reason as to why the section 21 Form 6A that The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) had...

On the 8 August 2019 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) posted a new version of the section 21 notice on their website. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/assured-tenancy-forms#form-6a. The confusion is, should you use this updated version of...