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Renters’ Rights reforms: what they mean for London tenants — and why it’s worth checking your Rent Repayment Order rights New Tenant-favouring Laws Recent changes to rental law — often referred to as the Renters’ Rights reforms — are intended to strengthen protections for tenants and improve standards in the private rented sector. Much of…

Tenants awarded over £21,000 in London Rent Repayment Order case Tenant Payout Tenants of a shared house in West London were awarded £21,771.68 in rent repayments after a tribunal found that their landlord had been operating the property as an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO). Since this case, new laws have been introduced to…

Why Barking & Dagenham may be London’s highest-risk borough for unlawful renting — and what that means for tenants Our Data Analysis London Tenant Services’ analysis indicates that Barking & Dagenham is likely the London borough with the highest concentration of properties exposed to Rent Repayment Orders (RROs). This conclusion is not based on anecdote…