Propertymark has pleaded with MPs to consider the potential consequences of the Renters’ Rights Bill on fixed-term tenancies and the private rented sector’s supply as the proposed legislation is delayed until at least autumn.
The Bill has completed its passage through the House of Lords but will not return to the House of Commons for review until after the summer recess.
Nathan Emerson, Propertymark’s CEO, said his organisation’s lobbying had helped to secure more practical outcomes for the sector, but warned that the Bill still carries significant risks for the sector.
He commented: “Throughout the passage of the Renters’ Rights Bill through the House of Lords, Propertymark’s campaigning has made a difference in ensuring that the Bill is more practical for letting agents, landlords, and tenants. These include securing pet damage deposits and student tenancy safeguards.
“However, before the Bill heads back to the House of Commons to be reviewed after the summer recess, as it is due to deliver some of the biggest changes to the private rental sector in decades, Propertymark urges MPs to consider the implications this Bill could have on fixed-term tenancies and the impact it could have on the shrinkage of supply in the private rental sector,” Emerson added.
With the Renters’ Rights Bill now officially delayed until autumn, further scrutiny is expected when MPs return to Westminster. Industry bodies and campaigners are likely to maintain pressure on the government to address unresolved concerns and ensure that reforms support both tenants and landlords.
For example, fears have been raised that measures such as powers for local authorities to conduct unannounced inspections could lead to increased compliance burdens, legal uncertainty, and landlords exiting the market.
As usual, too little too late for this useless organisation! How is it that an organisation supposed to be representing agents and landlords has been outstripped by a bunch of unwashed protesters and a so called charity every time rental properties are mentioned by government.?
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I partly agree. It’s certainly too late, but much work has gone on behind the scenes and not just from Propertymark, but several other lobbyist groups. Whilst Government has been inflexible, there have been a number of subtle concessions yet to be rubber stamped. If Government wont listen there is little we can do about it other than get on with it. Remember also, much of the Bill will not be implemented until some time after the commencement date. Government themselves has said these measures will be implemented ‘when ready’.
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Just need to look important as they get commission from all the suppliers who use PM as a vehicle for selling to the agents
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Government doesn’t understand housing. They talk about rights and reforms, but ignore the one truth that matters: supply is everything.
Instead of encouraging more private landlords to provide homes, policy after policy pushes them out—while quietly paving the way for institutional investors and build-to-rent. The Renters’ Rights Bill barely dents the margins of big players, but it’s enough to force thousands of small landlords—the backbone of the sector—to reconsider.
And here’s the reality no one wants to say out loud:
Without private supply, we become Germany. That’s the benchmark institutional investors dream of—where they control the stock, renters have little choice, and home ownership slips out of reach. When that happens, it won’t just be the rental market that suffers. The sales market will flatline too, because who’s left to buy?
If government really wants to help tenants, it needs to stop vilifying landlords and start incentivising supply. Because without supply, nothing else matters
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Councils doing inspections? Landlords have been trying to inspect their properties and tenants just refuse them entry. Nothing in this new bill for landlords, not one thing, especially giving landlords the right to inspect. Allowing pets will be the final straw.
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