Compliance Library

Property Compliance:
Plain English
Guides

Ten detailed guides covering the compliance obligations that matter most for residential blocks, RTM companies, and private landlords in England. Written by our team. Updated as legislation changes.

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Compliance guides covering England's key landlord & block obligations
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Block Management Compliance

These guides cover the obligations that fall on whoever is responsible for a residential leasehold block — whether that is an RTM company, a residents' management company, or a freeholder.

Landlord Compliance

These guides cover the compliance obligations that every private landlord in England carries — and the penalties for getting them wrong.

Renters' Rights Act 2025

Section 21 abolished. Periodic tenancies for all. New rent increase process and strengthened tenant rights. What it means for every private landlord in England.

Renters' Rights ActSection 21Periodic tenancies
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Landlord Licensing

Mandatory HMO licensing, selective licensing, and additional licensing schemes. Which applies to your property, what the application requires, and the fine for operating without a licence.

Landlord licensingHMOSelective licensing
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Tenancy Deposit Protection

The 30-day deadline, the three approved schemes, prescribed information, and what happens at renewal. The penalty is 1–3 times the deposit — per breach.

Deposit protectionPrescribed informationDPSTDS
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Rent Arrears & Section 8

How to act from day one, which grounds to plead and why you should always plead them together, how to serve a valid notice, and the court process through to possession.

Section 8Ground 8Rent arrearsPossession
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Gas & Electrical Safety

Annual CP12 gas safety certificates, 5-year EICRs, smoke and CO alarms, and EPC minimum standards. The gas safety obligation is a criminal offence — not a civil penalty.

Gas safetyEICRCP12EPC
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Right to Rent

Every adult occupier must be checked before a tenancy begins. Who to check, which documents to accept, the Home Office online service, and penalties up to £10,000 per tenant for repeat breaches.

Right to RentImmigration ActDocument checks
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Section 21 Abolition

No-fault eviction is gone. What replaces Section 21, the new mandatory and discretionary grounds, notice periods, and what landlords with live Section 21 notices must do urgently.

Section 21Section 8Renters' Rights ActPossession
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