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• Updated: 19 April 2025

Renting a room in your home out - Rent a Room Scheme, types of tenancy or licence, rent, bills, tax and ending a letting

• Becoming a resident landlord

  You’re a resident landlord if you let out part of a property which is your…

• The Rent a Room Scheme

  The Rent a Room Scheme lets you earn up to a threshold of £7,500 per year…

• Your lodger's tenancy type

  The way you share your home with a lodger affects what kind of tenancy…

• Rent, bills and tax

  Rent You can charge what you want for rent but should agree the amount…

• Ending a letting

  How to end an excluded tenancy or licence If your lodger is an excluded…

• Houses in Multiple Occupation

  Your property may be classed as an House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) if…

• Updated: 24 March 2023

Private renting as a tenant - repairs, rent increases and arrears, settling disputes, deposits and your rights and responsibilities.

If the UKCA marking applies to products you manufacture or supply, you will have specific obligations and responsibilities for compliance, depending on your role.

• Updated: 17 May 2024

Find out about tax as a landlord, and how to work out your rental income if you rent out property.

• Updated: 19 March 2025

Find out when transactions involving land and buildings are exempt from VAT.

• Updated: 31 December 2020

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

Using a registered lasting power of attorney (LPA) - attorney duties, starting to act, gifting, ending, revoking an attorney.

Includes right to rent checks, evicting tenants, tenancy agreements and deposit protection schemes

• Updated: 29 August 2023