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14/7/25 8:13 pm
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Generation Rent has taken the credit for keeping ‘pro landlord’ amendments out of the Renters’ Rights Bill during the most recent parliamentary debate.
The campaigning tenants’ group told supporters: “Following campaigning from Generation Rent as part of the Renters’ Reform Coalition, peers voted to reject several proposals that would have weakened renters’ rights and security.”
It believes it was influential in peers’ rejection of amendments which included reducing the no re-let period to six months after a landlord evicts a tenant to sell the home. “This means landlords will still be banned from re-letting a property for 12 months if they evict a tenant to sell the home, making it harder for unscrupulous landlords to abuse the system,” says the group.
Also rejected was a new possession ground for a landlord to evict a tenant if they wanted to house a carer. “We thought this could have been easily abused by landlords to evict,” it explains.
Generation Rent is also celebrating the rejection of a proposal for landlords to request an additional pet deposit. “We believe the existing five weeks’ rent is enough to cover damage by a pet.”
However, scores of groups, MPs and property experts backed the proposal and the NRLA believes there is still a glimmer of hope. It explains: “Ministers say the issue will be kept under review and that the Tenant Fees Act could be modified if there is ‘clear evidence’ to warrant it.”
Generation Rent is pushing for an implementation date for the bill as soon as possible after it receives Royal Assent, to give renters clarity on when the majority of the reforms will come into practice.
The NRLA is on the same page, and adds: “We are continuing to press the government to confirm its timetable for change, to allow you the time you need to prepare.”
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