July, 2022
The majority of landlords in the UK take their responsibility seriously, treat their tenants fairly, and provide their tenants with safe, comfortable, and good quality homes. However, it is estimated that more than half a million properties pose a health and safety risk to their tenants. A white paper on a fairer private rented sector was published on 16th June by the government to fundamentally reform the private rented sector and level up housing quality. Earlier this year, the Queen's Speech announced the Renters Reform Bill, which includes these measures. Which you can read about in our earlier blog
Arlington Park's lettings team outlines some of the action plan's areas of focus:
Renting homes of better quality
The Decent Homes Standard will be mandated for the first time by 2030, aiming to reduce the number of poor-quality rental homes by half. The landlord should maintain the home in a good repair state and ensure that it is free of health and safety hazards. In order to speed up landlord adoption of the scheme, the Government will run pilot schemes with a few local councils.
'No fault' evictions under Section 21 will be banned
Approximately a fifth of private tenants who moved in 2019 and 2020 did not do so voluntarily, so landlords will be prohibited from terminating tenancies without reason.
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