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The Renters` Rights Bill and Managed Lettings Services

Date Published 06 October 2025

Being a landlord can already be time-consuming and now The Renters' Rights Bill is about to take things to a whole new level!

Whether you own a single rental property or have built a portfolio of a significant size, the new legislation is going to add to your workload of red tape. The key issue is that many landlords simply aren't prepared for what is coming their way.

Lettings management

It's true that some landlords enjoy every aspect of renting out property. However, vetting potential tenants, collecting rents, making sure all the legal responsibilities are complied with - these are all matters that others find hard to come to terms with.

That's why using a lettings agency to manage your rentals isn't just about helping make sure you guarantee a return on your investment. It's as much to do with allowing responsibility to be lifted from your shoulders, so that the day to day running issues are looked after on your behalf.

So where does the new Renters' Rights Bill enter the equation?

The Renters' Rights Bill

Currently working its way through Parliament, this new legislation will see the most extensive raft of changes introduced into the rental sector for a generation.

Affecting everything from rental agreements, evictions, rent increases and much more, it also includes one particular change that will mean extra time and effort to deal with for landlords right from its introduction.

A new nationwide Private Rented Sector Database will be mandatory to join and there will be penalties if a property is let or even marketed without having first provided the relevant information.

PRS database

The Private Rented Sector Database is being sold as a tool that will help landlords understand their legal obligations and be able to easily demonstrate compliance with all relevant rules and regulations.

It also aims to give better information to tenants and to support local councils in their efforts to regulate the private rental sector locally.

In practise, it could lead to landlords making themselves liable to penalties and fines, as well as raising some concerns about how private personal information with be handled.

The changes

Landlords of assured and regulated tenancies will be legally required to register both themselves and their properties. Registration will be available online and there will be alternative off-line ways to be processed.

Various penalties can be risked, as local councils will be in a position to take enforcement action against private landlords.

Letting or marketing a property without it being registered will carry a potential civil penalty of up to £7,000. On top of this, repeated instances or providing fraudulent information to the database could incur a civil penalty of up to £40,000 or even a potential criminal prosecution.

Privacy concerns surround the nature of the information that will be publicly available to potential tenants. The government is offering a commitment to carefully balance landlords' privacy concerns with the needs of private tenants' and it is not thought that all of the information held will be able to be accessed by the general public.

What should you do?

The most important thing to do is make sure you are aware of all the ramifications included in the new laws. As anyone who attended our recent event that gave landlords all the information they needed knows, that's quite a lot of things to take into consideration!

Part of our mission at Matthew Anthony is to make sure our managed lettings services make life as a landlord as stress free as possible. That includes taking on the responsibility to deal with the ever-changing landscape of rules and regulations that govern the rental sector.

Call our lettings team today and find out why so many landlords in and around Worthing choose our Lettings services.

Click here to contact Ian and Julie today , call them on 01903 608 080 or email Ian.