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Homes - Moving and Renting
Moving to a new house - this guidance applies to people buying or selling private residential homes in which they wish to live:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/housing-secretary-sets-out-plan-to-re-start-housing-market
Government non-statutory guidance for landlords, tenants and local authorities in the private and social rented sectors can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-for-social-landlords-on-essential-moveshttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-for-social-landlords-on-essential-moves
Ban on evictions
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/support-for-renters-continues-with-longer-notice-periods
The Government has announced that four-month notice periods for renters will remain in place until at least October.
As part of a phased approach, notice periods, previously extended to six months as an emergency measure during the pandemic, will be set at four months from 1 June.
Subject to the public health advice and progress with the roadmap, notice periods will return to pre-COVID-19 outbreak levels from 1 October. The current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, introduced as an emergency measure during lockdown, will end on 31 May.
Tenant Fees Act 2019
www.gov.uk/government/publications/tenant-fees-act-2019-guidance
The Government has updated the guidance for tenants, landlords, letting agents and local authority enforcement officers explaining how the Tenant Fees Act 2019 affects them. On 1 June 2020, the Tenant Fees Act 2019 became retrospective.
Commercial tenancies
Government has published a code of practice for commercial properties.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-the-commercial-property-sector
30/06/21