Duration: 20 minutes
Platform: Microsoft Teams
Speaker: Anna Bennett & Baljit Basra
The Renters’ Rights Bill 2025 will introduce sweeping reforms to tenancies, possession action, shared ownership and rent increases.
The proposals will abolish section 21 evictions and fixed term tenancies while introducing new grounds for possession and the legal framework around shared ownership tenure.
Why Boards need to be thinking about it:
- Grounds for possession – The Bill will amend and widen some of the grounds for possession in Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1988 and amend some notice periods. This will be of interest to landlords, as they introduce new grounds to enable them to recover possession under certain conditions – this will result in changes to the law and practice on recovery of possession.
- Abolition of fixed-term tenancies – The Bill proposes to abolish fixed-term tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs), replacing them with periodic assured tenancies. This will impact on the types of tenancies that can be offered.
- Crucial reform planning – By proactively preparing for these proposed changes, Boards can limit their impact when they come into effect. For example, by preparing to look at new ways of gaining possession, impact on staff training and resourcing.
- Operational strategies – Operational strategies will need to be considered to ensure the smooth management of properties following the changes.
In this session we will cover:
- Explanation of the Bill – This would detail the proposed Bill and the list of reforms, concentrating on the specific impact on social housing providers.
- Why Boards need to be thinking about this – We will cover operational strategies, legal compliance checkpoints and how Boards will achieve compliance alongside what they need to know to get there.
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