{"id":26837,"date":"2024-11-05T10:33:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T10:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2024\/11\/05\/the-new-renters-rights-bill-what-does-it-mean\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T13:19:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T13:19:28","slug":"the-new-renters-rights-bill-what-does-it-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2024\/11\/05\/the-new-renters-rights-bill-what-does-it-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Renters\u2019 Rights Bill \u2013 what does it mean?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>The Labour government has designed a Renters\u2019 Rights Bill, aiming to improve the rights and protections for tenants.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Changes have already been made to improve rights in Scotland and Wales, so the proposed Bill will be applicable to renters in England, with some elements stretching to Wales.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>No more no-fault evictions&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The Bill will include the much-awaited end of Section 21 no fault evictions. With no fault evictions increasing by 52% in London in the year to March 2024<sup>1<\/sup>, the legislation will come as a relief to many. While landlords will no longer be able to evict tenants without a reason, there will be clear possession grounds for those needing to reclaim a property.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Slowing the rise in rents&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>In a bid to stop rising rents, tenants will have the power to challenge rent increases. Plus, the Bill plans to end the practice of rental bidding wars, with four in ten households renting privately last year paying above the advertised rent<sup>2<\/sup>. Some are sceptical this is possible, due to high levels of competition for each rental property; however, New Zealand did successfully implement a similar law in 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Other improved rights&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Renters will gain the right to request a pet and landlords cannot unreasonably refuse, although they can request insurance to cover potential damage. Also, \u2018Awaab\u2019s Law\u2019 will be extended to the private rented sector, requiring landlords to respond to health hazards within certain time frames to ensure that damp and mould are dealt with appropriately.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>City Hall, 2024&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>2<\/sup>New Economics Foundation, 2023&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>As a mortgage is secured against your home or property, it could be repossessed if you do not keep up mortgage repayments.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Labour government has designed a Renters\u2019 Rights Bill, aiming to improve the rights and protections for tenants.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Changes have already been made to improve rights in Scotland and Wales, so the proposed Bill will be applicable to renters in England, with some elements stretching to Wales.&nbsp; No more no-fault evictions&nbsp;&nbsp; The Bill will include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":26866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,91],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[116],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26837"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26870,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26837\/revisions\/26870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26837"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=26837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}