{"id":67969,"date":"2022-11-22T18:43:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T18:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=67969"},"modified":"2022-11-22T19:23:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T19:23:47","slug":"the-new-renting-homes-act-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/11\/22\/the-new-renting-homes-act-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-important\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Renting Homes Act: What is it and why is it important?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">The new law affects tenants and landlords in social and private rental housing  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>THE biggest change to housing law in Wales in decades will come into effect from December 1 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.wales\/housing-law-changing-renting-homes\">New Renting Homes Act<\/a> will change the way landlords rent their homes and, according to the Welsh Government, it will simplify and improve how people &#8220;rent, manage and live&#8221; in rented homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation, which affects social and private tenants, was initially set to be introduced in July 2022 but was delayed in order to give the housing market time to recover following the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><u>Key features from the New Renting Homes Act<\/u><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tenants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Under the new legislation, tenants will now be referred to as \u2018contract-holders\u2019 and tenancy agreements will be replaced with \u2018occupation contracts\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Contract-holders will also receive a written contract explaining their rights and responsibilities. To ensure greater protection, the notice period for a \u2018no fault\u2019 grounds eviction will increase from two months to six months.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>A landlord will not be able to evict a contract holder for complaining about condition of the property (commonly known as a \u2018retaliatory eviction\u2019).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Landlords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Landlords will now only deal with two types of contracts. Community Landlords will be using a \u2018secure\u2019 occupation contract and Private Landlords will deal with a \u2018Standard\u2019 occupation contract.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>A key change in the legislation is the requirement that homes are \u2018fit for human habitation\u2019 (FFHH). This includes providing electrical safety certificates, working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in all homes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Rent will also not be paid during periods where the house is regarded as unfit for human habitation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Abandoned properties can now be repossessed without a court order.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"The way you rent is changing\u2026 for tenants and landlords\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dWkaUAP7_rM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"The way you rent is changing\u2026 for tenants and landlords\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dWkaUAP7_rM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The landlord&#8217;s view<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Landlords generally welcome the act, although some believe it to be a costly and complicated change.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Vans, 72, retired to Caerau and invested the money from the sale of his old house to rent out two flats in Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI approve of it in principle, but I am now running about buying even more in the way of smoking alarms, fire alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, fire extinguishers, fire blankets and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do approve of the fact that you have to get an electrical safety certificate but it\u2019s not all that easy to find people that do these things. I\u2019m now rushing around getting gas certificates and electrical safety certificates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElectrical safety certificates are all very well but suppose they say that the place is unsafe. You buy the flat in good faith \u2013 I can&#8217;t afford to completely rewire it suddenly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":58625,\"width\":770,\"height\":451,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-58625\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_2847-1024x601.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_2847-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_2847-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_2847-770x452.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_2847-293x172.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_2847.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-58625\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_2847-1024x601.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_2847-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_2847-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_2847-770x452.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_2847-293x172.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_2847.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Many landlords believe that the new Act does not address problematic or rogue tenants which can be costly for landlords to deal with.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt does sound as though the balance is a bit skewed to eliminate bad landlords but has no provision for elimination of bad tenants,\u201d said Mr Vans.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Climate Change Minister Julie James believes the legislation will make the renting process \u201csimpler and more transparent\u201d. However, Mr Vans does not agree.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s incredibly complicated &#8211; it complicates it in every sense, but some of the complications are good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had to write both of my tenants these new rental contracts; my leases have gone from being a few readily understood pages to about 40 pages of it, none of which I understand a single word of.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The tenant&#8217;s view<\/h3>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The importance of the act for tenants is illustrated by the experience of Lizzie Quirk, who previously had problems with uninhabitable living conditions and lack of maintenance help.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Ms Quirk is disabled and has issues with her mobility and suffers from a neurological disorder. She lived in a rented house for nine years with her son, who is also her full-time carer, before they were eventually evicted following her complaints about the standard of the house, leaving them both homeless.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the nine years we put up with many maintenance issues, while also paying rent in full and on time \u2013 we\u2019d been more than patient.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt got to the stage where there was a lot. We had no electricity for month, there was black mould covering the utility room, the living room and the kitchen, and the garden decking was rotten, and we fell through it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a crack across my son\u2019s bedroom ceiling, where the water had collected, causing the ceiling to sag by eight inches. We kept watching the crack get bigger and bigger whilst phoning and phoning and phoning the landlords.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":68282,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"502\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-68282\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175908000_iOS.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175908000_iOS.png 718w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175908000_iOS-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175908000_iOS-293x205.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"502\" class=\"wp-image-68282\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175908000_iOS.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175908000_iOS.png 718w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175908000_iOS-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175908000_iOS-293x205.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The mould growing in Ms Quirk&#8217;s living room as a result water leaking in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Ms Quirk, who previously worked as a house surveyor for Swansea council, said that it took months of struggle before their landlords sent someone to look at the house, and it resulted in both her and her son\u2019s mental and physical health to decline rapidly.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Soon after a surveyor looked at the house, Ms Quirk received a letter saying that they were going to be evicted because the landlord \u201ccould not fix the house and needed to sell it\u201d. During the time period before the eviction date, the landlords sent builders to work on the house.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The building work took over most of the house resulting in Ms Quirk having to rent a storage unit for her belongings and her son had to sleep in the living room \u201cwith all the mould and mildew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":68284,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"498\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-68284\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175732000_iOS-1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175732000_iOS-1.png 744w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175732000_iOS-1-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175732000_iOS-1-370x247.png 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175732000_iOS-1-293x196.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"498\" class=\"wp-image-68284\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175732000_iOS-1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175732000_iOS-1.png 744w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175732000_iOS-1-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175732000_iOS-1-370x247.png 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/20221122_175732000_iOS-1-293x196.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/noscript><p><\/p>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The mould had spread into the kitchen cupboards.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>As her disability meant she could not work and could not secure a guarantor, Ms Quirk could not find another house to move into at such short notice and was unable to be put in a family shelter as her son was in his 20s. There was no emergency accommodation for her and her son to be put in.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>After months of searching, Ms Quirk is now living in Ely. Although the standard of her new rented house is very high, along with a \u201cvery considerate\u201d landlord, she still struggles from the lasting effects of living in an unsafe house.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should be happy here now and I should be relaxing but it looms over me. It turned our whole lives upside down,\u201d said Ms Quirk.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an absolute nightmare and the most terrifying time of my life. I\u2019m constantly worried that I will randomly lose my house again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Ms Quirk hopes that \u201cnobody, ever, has to go through what I did,\u201d &nbsp;and wishes that this new act will be implemented correctly.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sheltercymru.org.uk\/get-advice\/renting\/the-renting-homes-wales-act-2016\/\">Shelter Cymru<\/a> believe that the new rules \u201cshould help prevent some of the problems that tenants can currently face\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the biggest change in housing laws in Wales in decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":914,"featured_media":68283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,176,3],"tags":[1291,8126,1070,422,8127,339],"coauthors":[8089],"class_list":["post-67969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ely-caerau","category-general","category-news","tag-cardiff-2","tag-landlords","tag-mould","tag-renting","tag-tenants","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The New Renting Homes Act: What is it and why is it important? 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