Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021

Public bill · Government · Presented

The measure would keep extra Covid-19 protections for renters in place until 12 January 2022, helping tenants who fell into rent arrears because of the pandemic and limiting rent increases and evictions based on those arrears. It would also cap what landlords can ask for upfront from most tenants at the equivalent of two months’ rent, and limit advance rent during a tenancy to one month at a time. Students in student accommodation would get specific rules: they could opt out of the upfront-payment limits, and they would have to give at least 28 days’ notice if they want to end the tenancy.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to extend the emergency period specified in the Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020; for that purpose to amend that Act; to provide for the giving of a minimum notice period by students; to restrict payments required to be made by tenants; for those purposes to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Last updated 11 September 2024