UK’s largest landlord welcomes Renters’ Rights Act
Grainger chief says reforms strike the right balance between improving security for renters and protecting communities.
The UK’s largest private rental landlord has welcomed the Renters’ Rights Act, claiming it will raise standards across the sector while also keeping the market attractive to long-term investors.
Helen Gordon (pictured), Chief Executive of Grainger, told Proactive Investors: “We welcome the passage of the Renters’ Rights Bill, which we believe will raise standards across the private rented sector while ensuring the market remains attractive to long-term, responsible investors.
“The abolition of no-fault evictions, when coupled with court reform and robust processes for addressing poor tenant behaviour, strikes the right balance between improving security for renters and protecting communities.
The Government is providing stability for investors and landlords, while ensuring reforms deliver stronger rights and greater confidence for renters.”
“By confirming that rents will remain aligned to the open market and ruling out rent controls, the Government is providing stability for investors and landlords, while ensuring reforms deliver stronger rights and greater confidence for renters.”
She adds that she also welcomes “the Government’s acknowledgement of BTR and support for the sector as part of the Bill’s implementation plans” along with wider policy focus on increasing housing supply and removing planning barriers.
And she concludes: “As the Bill moves to Royal Assent, we are ready to implement these changes with immediate effect if required, although implementation is not expected until 2026.”
Long overdue
She is not alone in her support for the RRB. As was reported in The Neg, another senior figure, Stephen Moss, Chief Executive of investment business Sourced, has also welcomed the Bill. According to him, it is “long overdue” and will professionalise the sector, with “landlords who rely on eviction threats rather than good service to retain tenants” now being “forced out of the market”.
The RRB has just received Royal Assent, although the implementation dates for specific measures have yet to be announced, with the majority thought to come into effect at different points during 2026.
Who, with an ounce of experience in Housing – believes that Renters Rights is coupled with court reform and has robust processes for addressing poor tenant behaviour, … strikes the right balance between improving security for renters and protecting communities. naive or what !