UK Renters’ Rights Bill: What Tenants and Landlords Need to Know | Merryn Talks Money

Host John Stepek and author of the Money Distilled newsletter is joined by Bloomberg reporter Helen Chandler-Wilde and Stuart Trow, author of “Young, Poor and Totally Screwed” to unpack one of the Labour government's key reforms; the Renters’ Rights Bill.

The bill aims to moderate rent increases, ban “no-fault” evictions, and end fixed-term tenancies, and is likely to be made into law by the end of 2025. But without any meaningful supply side reforms, there are questions over how effective the new policy will be. Indeed, there are risks that it could do more harm than good, particularly to those already struggling to find accommodation, as tighter regulation and higher costs encourage more landlords to leave an already overly-tight market.

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