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A collection of guidance to help landlords, homeowners and letting agents carry out correct right to rent checks and avoid civil penalties.
Includes right to rent checks, evicting tenants, tenancy agreements and deposit protection schemes
Landlord responsibilities when renting out your property, including making repairs, health and safety, increasing the rent and changing regulated tenancies.
You’re a landlord if you rent out your property. As a landlord you must:…
You must keep your property in good condition, and any gas or electrical…
The tenancy agreement should include how and when you’ll review the rent.…
You can often sort out disputes with your tenants without going to court:…
If you let your property to several tenants who are not members of the…
When you rent out property you may have to pay tax. Running a property…
There are special rules for changing rents and terms for regulated…
Universal Credit information and guidance for private and social rented sector landlords.
This guidance explains the information required to complete the leaseholder deed of certificate, and what information your current landlord must provide in the landlord’s certificate.
Find out if someone can rent your private residential property in England.
Find out how tenants and letting agents in the UK pay tax on behalf of landlords abroad under the Non-resident Landlord (NRL) Scheme.
What we require from each different type of landlord and the approach we will take
What to include in a tenancy agreement, different types of tenancy (including assured shorthold tenancy) and how to end a tenancy.
What we do and how we approach regulating landlords.
Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court
Learn more about paying tax and keeping records as a property landlord.
Information on the introduction of a new Private Rented Sector Database in the Renters (Reform) Bill to support the future digital Privately Rented Property Portal service.
How we engage with landlords, and what further action we may take
Use the online form service or postal form (NRLY) if you're a letting agent acting for landlords based outside the UK.
As a landlord, find out if the leaseholders in your block have the right to take over management of your building, and the process they must go through to do this
If a tenant is having difficulty paying their rent, apply for a Managed Payment to Landlord using the Apply for a Direct Rent Payment service to request payment of rent from a tenant’s Universal Credit.
Information on how the Renters (Reform) Bill supports responsible pet owners in the private rented sector.
Information on the Renters (Reform) Bill requirement for all private landlords who rent out property in England to join a government approved redress scheme.
Information and documents relating to the English Private Landlord Survey.
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