👉Stronger enforcement and accountability
-New Private Rented Sector Ombudsman with power to order apologies, compensation or action
-Local authorities gain enhanced enforcement powers
-Fines & rent repayment orders increased
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👉For tenants:
-Clearer rights and protections
-Better housing conditions
-Stronger challenge to discrimination
👉For landlords:
-Higher compliance burden
-Must document maintenance and decisions carefully
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👉Enhanced tenant rights and protections.
Key updates include:
🐾 Right to request a pet
🚫 Ban on refusing tenants with children or on benefits
💰 Ban on rent “bidding wars”
🏚️ Decent Homes Standard extended to private sector
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👉End of fixed-term assured shortholds (ASTs).
All tenancies become periodic (usually rolling monthly).
✅ Tenants: more flexibility to move with notice
⚠️ Landlords: lose the convenience of fixed terms
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👉Abolition of Section 21 “no-fault” evictions.
Landlords can no longer evict tenants without giving a reason. They must now rely on specific legal grounds (under Section 8 or its successor).
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