Important: our series of technical guidance, including this one, will constantly change as we find new things hidden in the legislation. There are also many sub-regulations yet to be published.

Continuing with our technical guidance, another significant change introduced by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (“the Act”) aligns with England for fitness for human habitation, smoke and CO alarms and electrical safety reports.

Important: our series of technical guidance, including this one, will constantly change as we find new things hidden in the legislation. There are also many sub-regulations yet to be published.

Under section 91 Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (the Act), the landlord of a fixed term made for less than seven years or a periodic standard contract must ensure that the dwelling is fit for human habitation both at the start of the contract and its duration.

Section 92 of the Act contains the repairing obligations of a landlord.

Training for Professionals is to provide face-to-face training in various parts of Wales during April 2022 for the new Renting Homes (Wales) Act.

Picking the right tenants to rent a home is a lot easier for landlords who have a screening process.

Thousands of landlords renting out buy to let apartments face huge bills to pay for the stripping of unsafe cladding from blocks of flats.