The Renters' Rights Act 2025 replaces the "How to Rent" guide with a new government-prescribed tenant information leaflet. Every landlord in England must serve this leaflet to all current tenants by 31 May 2026. Without it, you cannot serve a valid Section 8 notice.
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The tenant information leaflet is not optional. It is a prescribed document that landlords must serve, and failing to do so has direct legal consequences.
The government is publishing a new tenant information leaflet under the Renters' Rights Act 2025, replacing the existing "How to Rent" booklet. This new leaflet covers tenants' rights under the updated law — including the abolition of Section 21, Awaab's Law, pet rights, and the new complaints process.
Every landlord must serve this leaflet to all existing tenants — not just new tenants. If you have 10 properties, you need to serve 10 leaflets (one per tenancy) and retain proof of service for each. The leaflet must be the most current version published by the government.
If you have not served the tenant information leaflet, any Section 8 notice you serve is automatically invalid. Since Section 21 is abolished, this means you have no legal route to possession until you serve the leaflet and then serve a fresh Section 8 notice.
You must be able to prove you served the leaflet. Acceptable methods include email with read receipt, signed acknowledgement from the tenant, or recorded delivery. PropReady logs every leaflet you generate and send, creating an automatic audit trail.
Complete these steps before 31 May 2026 to ensure compliance.
The government will publish the official tenant information leaflet on GOV.UK. You must use the exact prescribed version — not a summary or your own version. PropReady will automatically include the current version in its document generator as soon as it is published.
You need to serve the leaflet to every current tenant. Make a list of all your tenancies with tenant contact details. If you use PropReady, your property dashboard already has this information.
Send the leaflet to each tenant using a method that provides proof of service. Email with read receipt is the most efficient. You can also hand-deliver with a signed acknowledgement or send by recorded post. PropReady can email leaflets to all tenants with one click and logs proof of delivery.
For each tenant, record the date the leaflet was served, the method of service, and any confirmation (read receipt, signature, tracking number). Keep this proof indefinitely — you may need to demonstrate compliance years later if challenged.
For any new tenancy created after the Act comes into force, the leaflet must be served at the start of the tenancy. Build this into your onboarding process. PropReady automatically generates and serves the leaflet when you add a new tenancy.
Failing to serve the tenant information leaflet has immediate and ongoing legal consequences.
Without the served leaflet, any Section 8 notice you attempt to serve is automatically void. Since Section 21 no longer exists, you have zero legal route to possession until you comply.
No route to possessionLocal authorities can issue civil penalty notices for failure to comply with prescribed information requirements under the Renters' Rights Act. The maximum civil penalty for this offence is £7,000.
Up to £7,000 fineTenants can report non-compliance to their local authority. This can trigger an investigation, a civil penalty notice, and entry on the national database of rogue landlords.
Rogue landlord databasePropReady automates the entire leaflet process — generate, serve, and log proof of delivery for every tenant.
PropReady always uses the most current government-prescribed leaflet. No risk of serving an outdated version.
Select all tenancies and send the leaflet in one click. PropReady emails each tenant individually with a personalised message.
Every leaflet sent through PropReady is logged with the date, method, tenant email, and delivery status. Your audit trail is built automatically.
Your compliance dashboard shows which tenants have been served and which haven't. Filter by "leaflet not served" to see exactly who's outstanding.
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