Renters' Rights Act 2025

Renters' Rights Act 2025
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to make provision changing the law about rented homes, including provision abolishing fixed term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies; imposing obligations on landlords and others in relation to rented homes and temporary and supported accommodation; and for connected purposes.
Citation2025 c. 26
Introduced byAngela Rayner, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Commons)
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lords)
Territorial extent 
  • England and Wales
  • Scotland
Dates
Royal assent27 October 2025
Status: Not yet in force
History of passage through Parliament

The Renters' Rights Act 2025 (c. 26) is an act of Parliament designed to improve the rights of people renting a home in England.

It has been called a "key plank of the government's housing reforms".