The How to Rent guide has been updated
Landlords in the habit of granting assured shorthold tenancies
('AST') will be familiar with the
statutory requirement that the tenant of a new AST be provided with
the current government's 'How to Rent' guide. This
requirement has been in place since October 2015.
On 7 August 2019, with little fanfare, the Ministry of Housing,
Communities and Local Government issued an updated version of the
guide, which can be found here. The Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notices and
Prescribed Requirements (England) Regulations 2015 requires that
the version of the guide then in use is
provided.
It is therefore vital that landlords ensure that, for new or
newly rolling tenancies (those being statutory periodic tenancies)
starting after 7 August 2019, they are providing this updated guide
to their tenants.
