It was announced in the Queen’s Speech in May that the Government will bring forward the Renters Reform Bill in the coming session of Parliament. A White Paper policy document will be published shortly outlining their proposals, perhaps before the Summer recess in July.

The Bill is likely to include:

• Abolishing Section 21, no fault evictions 
• Reforms to possession grounds which would strengthen a landlords legitimate grounds for taking back their property
• Extending the Decent Homes Standard to the private rented sector for the first time
• Preventing landlord from receiving housing benefit for renting poor quality homes
• A new Private Renters’ ombudsman to enable disputes between renters and landlords to be resolved without going to court
• New ‘property portal’ to help landlords understand obligations, help tenants see compliance information and support local authority enforcement.

Updates will be included in further newsletters as it becomes available.  In the meantime, please see www.gov.uk for any announcements.