The Mayor of London has launched a £400,000 support package to help tenants understand and enforce their rights ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 coming into force on 1 May.
The new ‘Renters’ Rights Enforcement Fund’ will provide backing for advice services, tenant groups and borough enforcement teams, as sweeping reforms reshape the private rented sector.
The legislation will abolish Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, introduce stronger protections for tenants and place new obligations on landlords and agents, marking one of the most significant overhauls of renting in a generation.
City Hall says the funding will support training for enforcement officers and help renters challenge poor practice, as well as improve awareness of new rights through a planned public information campaign across the TfL network.
MORE INTERVENTION
The move comes as new polling commissioned by the Greater London Authority suggests strong support for further intervention in the rental market, with three quarters of Londoners backing caps on annual rent increases.
Alongside the fund, the Mayor is continuing to push for greater powers to introduce rent controls in the capital, while also committing to expand affordable housing delivery, including plans for 6,000 rent-controlled homes for key workers by 2030.
The package forms part of a wider strategy to support the capital’s 2.7 million renters, as policymakers seek to balance improved tenant protections with the need to maintain supply.
RENTERS’ RIGHTS
Sir Sadiq Khan (main picture), Major of London, says: “We are seeing the biggest expansion of renters’ rights for a generation – this is a change that I have long called for and will transform the lives of London’s 2.7 million renters.
“I’m pleased to announce a new Renters’ Rights Enforcement Fund so that renters in London know their new rights, from a ban on no fault evictions to tribunals to challenge unreasonable rent hikes.
“It also means that crucially organisations will have more resources to make sure the new rules are upheld.”
RENT CAPS
And he adds: “I will continue working with the Government to build new social and affordable homes with record funding, including 6,000 new key worker rent control homes.
“I believe the next step is for Ministers to devolve the power to cap rents so we can tackle the capital’s problems of both affordability and supply. And the evidence is clear – Londoners would overwhelmingly back new plans to put a cap on rent increases in the capital.”
