• Removes fixed-term tenancies and abolishes section 21 evictions
• Allows tenants to appeal excessive above-market rents
• Introduces a new Private Rented Sector Landlord Ombudsman
• Creates a Private Rented Sector Database
• Gives tenants strengthened rights to request a pet in the property
• Applies the Decent Homes Standard and ‘Awaab’s Law’ to the private rented sector
• Makes it illegal for landlords and agents to discriminate against prospective tenants in
receipt of benefits or with children
• Prohibits landlords and agents from asking for or accepting offers above the advertised
rent
• Strengthens local authority enforcement
