Is your letting ready for the Renters' Rights Act?
Eleven questions about how you let today, checked against what the Act requires. Nothing is stored and there is no email to give. Answer honestly: the point is to find the gaps while there is still time to close them.
1Do you rely on Section 21 to end tenancies?
2Are your tenancies still on fixed terms?
3Are you registered on the Private Rented Sector Database?
4Have you joined the landlord ombudsman scheme?
5Do you raise rent by agreement or by a Section 13 notice?
6Is the EPC rating C or better?
7Would the property meet the Decent Homes Standard?
8Do you have a written process for damp and mould reports?
9Do you refuse pets as a blanket policy?
10Do your adverts say 'no DSS', 'no benefits' or 'no children'?
11Do you accept offers above the advertised rent?
0 of 11 answered. The score appears once all eleven are done.
This is general information about what the legislation requires, not legal advice, and it is not a substitute for reading the Act or speaking to a solicitor about your own tenancy. Provisions commence in stages, so check the current position on GOV.UK before acting on anything here. England only: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have separate regimes.