The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (henceforth referred to as the “Act”), comes into force on 1^st December 2022, so we have prepared a short guide containing the information you need to know below.

All landlords will have to provide their tenants/contract-holders with written statements setting out the terms of the tenancy/occupation-contract and including those new points required by the Act. This needs to be served by 31^st May 2023.

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Commercial landlords are now once again able to forfeit leases on commercial properties due to non-payment of rent. There was a moratorium pause on this matter under the Coronavirus Act 2020, but this has now been lifted and commercial landlords are once again able to seek legal advice to forfeit leases. There are still, however, some omitting circumstances when rent due is classed as ‘protected rent’ under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022.

Our commercial litigation experts have provided an overview below for commercial property landlords explaining the legal options and processes available to them.

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Over recent years, research has shown that tenants are tending to stay in the same properties for longer to avoid having to pay increased rent rates upon moving.

While renting is typically thought of as short-term, Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Tracker has revealed that 21% of tenancies last a year or less, and one in five landlords reported seeing longer tenancies in their properties. Both of these suggest a change in the way that renters are deciding to live.

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The Welsh Government recently announced their plan to implement the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, which is set to come into force from 15^th July 2022.

The fact that it has taken some six years to implement the Act, since it was passed by the Senedd evidences the complexities of the legislation, as well as the current workload with which Welsh Government is contending. More...