Property Week quotes Thomas Moran on the Renters’ Rights Bill and potential concerns around the lack of detail

The Renter’s Rights Bill (RRB) is the largest legislative change to the private rented sector for over 35 years. On 27 October 2025, the Bill received Royal Assent. The main outstanding question is when the Act will be implemented and the Government has suggested that it wants there to be a smooth transition to implementation with time for the various stakeholders to prepare. 

Now the RRB has received Royal Assent, the next step will be to define the nuances of the law, such as regulations and guidelines, via secondary legislation. Some of the industry’s main gripes with the RRB include the way it simplifies what are complex issues. These include moving tenancies to a periodic model and how any transition period from previous tenancies will work.

Thomas Moran, Private Property Partner, shared comments with Property Week, in August (before the Act received Royal Assent):

While the act promises to bring greater transparency to the PRS, the lack of detail means landlords have no understanding of the legal and administrative hurdles they need to clear before they can put a property on the market or issue a notice to quit.

"It risks rushed compliance, last-minute paperwork demands and potential legal disputes if filings are incomplete or incorrect. This uncertainty is bad for landlords, but it’s also bad for tenants. Any extra regulatory burden is likely to be passed on [to them] in the form of higher rents. Without clarity, both sides of the rental market could be left worse off.

Read the full piece in Property Week here.