Renters’ Rights Act 2025
Apex Heritage supports England tenancy workflows under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025. Keep tenancy, certificate, document, issue and rent records connected in one place.
Apex Heritage supports approved Assured Periodic Tenancy agreement building, mandatory confirmation steps, property records, tenant invitations and document sharing so landlords can keep the relevant information together.
The product uses plain-language prompts, record status and guided stepper flows so landlords can focus on the next action: renew a certificate, share a document, review a tenancy record, or progress a move-out task.
Approved tenancy agreements are assembled deterministically from owner-approved wording and landlord-confirmed details. AI-assisted legislation summaries support landlord review but do not make legal or compliance decisions. Landlords should obtain qualified advice where appropriate.
Phase 1 of the Renters' Rights Act 2025 changed much of England's private rented sector from 1 May 2026, including assured periodic tenancies, the end of section 21 for new notices, revised possession grounds, rent-increase rules and protections concerning pets and rental bidding. Later measures, including the PRS database, ombudsman and private-sector Awaab's Law, have separate or unconfirmed commencement dates.
Landlords cannot serve new section 21 notices in England from 1 May 2026. Transitional court claims based on notices served earlier were subject to statutory deadlines. Landlords should use current GOV.UK guidance and obtain legal advice about possession proceedings.
Most existing assured tenancies, including assured shorthold tenancies, automatically became assured periodic tenancies on 1 May 2026. Relevant new assured tenancies are periodic and cannot have an effective fixed end date. Some arrangements are excluded, so landlords should check official guidance.
Phase 1 tenancy reforms came into force in England on 1 May 2026. Later phases have separate dates. The government roadmap places the PRS database and ombudsman in Phase 2 and private-sector Awaab’s Law in Phase 3, with its timing still to be confirmed.
For relevant tenancies created after 1 May 2026, landlords must provide prescribed written information before agreeing or signing the tenancy. For tenancies created earlier, existing written records required the government information sheet, while oral agreements required key terms in writing, by 31 May 2026. Other duties and exclusions depend on the tenancy and circumstances.
