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Briefing № 022 · Published 01 Jun 2026
Borough-level coverage is expanding. New English local authorities added each quarter.
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- 31 May 2026 — RRA Information Sheet must be served on all pre-May tenants — England
- 1 June 2026 — Source of income discrimination ban commences — England
- 14 June 2026 — Wales anti-discrimination written statement deadline — Wales
- 30 June 2026 — MEES/EPC C consultation closes — England
- 31 July 2026 — Last day to apply to court under existing Section 21 notice — England
- 1 October 2026 — Building Safety Levy commences — England
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A selective licensing penalty in Hackney is £40,000. A late EPC renewal can block a new tenancy. An unprotected deposit can trigger a three-times-deposit penalty.
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Harrow Selective Licensing: Two New Designations Jul 2026
Two new selective licensing designations in the London Borough of Harrow ?
Social Housing Bill: Lords 2nd Reading & RTB Reforms
The Social Housing Bill [HL] received its second reading in the House of Lords on 1 June 2026.
Southend Selective Licensing Scheme Expires Nov 2026
Southend-on-Sea City Council's selective licensing scheme covering parts of the Chalkwell, Kursaal, Milton, and Victoria wards expires on 30 November 2026.
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The monitoring system scans legislation.gov.uk, GOV.UK, local authority sites, and tribunal decisions across all four nations. The output is structured, fact-checked, and delivered. If something is wrong, one person is accountable.
The briefing exists because no equivalent product did. UK landlord regulation is fragmented across four nations, hundreds of local authorities, and thousands of instruments. Somebody needed to track all of it, every week, and structure what matters. That is what this service does.
About the founder →The Monday Briefing. A document, not a dashboard.
Each Monday subscribers receive a briefing formatted to print quality, with every item sourced, every obligation dated. It covers the previous week’s changes and anything falling due. Read it on the train. File it as the audit trail for your portfolio.
Renters’ Rights Act: Section 21 abolished 1 May 2026.
Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 ceased to apply to assured tenancies in England from 1 May 2026 under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025. No new Section 21 notice may be served on or after that date. Notices served before 1 May 2026 may only be used to issue proceedings up to 31 July 2026.
Periodic tenancies become the only form of assured tenancy. Mandatory grounds for possession are amended; the Section 8 notice period for ground 1A is set at four months.
Review any pre-1 May possession notices still in flight. Update tenancy templates to remove fixed-term and Section 21 references. Brief letting agents on the revised mandatory grounds.
1 May 2026 · England only · Welsh and Scottish provisions unchanged.
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