How to Rent
It has been brought to our attention that there have been minor changes to the How to Rent Guide. If you visit the MHCLG website it still records the last edit date as the 31 May, but there have been two tiny changes since then. On the 3 June there was a version...
Consultation season starts early in 2019!
Towards the end of 2018 we had about 20 consultations on different issues that had some impact on housing. This year the buds of another busy autumn are appearing already. The consultation on banning section 21 notices has been launched. It runs from 21 July to the 12...
New How to Rent Guide and Form 6A
It's the 1st June and we have a new section 21 notice to be used for all noticed served on post October 2015 assured shorthold tenancies, along with a new How to Rent Guide. From today the previous Form 6A is no longer valid (with the obvious exception of notices that...
Complaints system overhaul
Today, Communities Secretary the Right Honourable James Brokenshire has announced an overhaul of the complaints and redress system for the property industry. The idea is to have one "housing industry" wide scheme with a single point of contact for the consumer. Some...
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...
Civil Procedure Rules 2018 – 1 October 2018
On 6 September 2018, the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules 2018 were laid before Parliament and the changes are due to come into effect on 1 October 2018. Rule 8 of the amended rules will amend rule 83.2(3) of the 1998 rules as below. Civil Procedure Rules 1998...
Notes on the report stage and third reading of the tenant fees bill
The report and third reading in the House of Commons for the Tenant Fee Ban Bill was held on the afternoon of the 05 September 2018. The full transcript of the proceedings can be read at:...
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....
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