Renters’ Rights Act 2025: stages, votes and documents
The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 27 October 2025, 411 days after its first reading in the House of Commons on 11 September 2024. MPs divided on it 13 times between 9 October 2024 and 8 September 2025; the narrowest margin was 154 (Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39).
Stages taken place
18
Commons divisions
13
Documents listed
24
Royal Assent
27 October 2025
What the bill is for
The long title reads:
A Bill to make provision changing the law about rented homes, including provision abolishing fixed term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies; imposing obligations on landlords and others in relation to rented homes and temporary and supported accommodation; and for connected purposes.
Sponsors
- Angela Rayner (Labour, Commons), Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Labour, Lords), Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Stages
| Stage | House | Sittings |
|---|---|---|
| 1st reading | Commons | 11 September 2024 |
| 2nd reading | Commons | 9 October 2024 |
| Programme motion | Commons | 9 October 2024 |
| Money resolution | Commons | 9 October 2024 |
| Ways and Means resolution | Commons | 9 October 2024 |
| Committee stage | Commons | 22 October 2024, 29 October 2024, 31 October 2024, 5 November 2024 |
| Report stage | Commons | 14 January 2025 |
| 3rd reading | Commons | 14 January 2025 |
| 1st reading | Lords | 15 January 2025 |
| 2nd reading | Lords | 4 February 2025 |
| Committee stage | Lords | 22 April 2025, 24 April 2025, 28 April 2025, 6 May 2025, 12 May 2025, 14 May 2025, 15 May 2025 |
| Report stage | Lords | 1 July 2025, 7 July 2025, 15 July 2025 |
| 3rd reading | Lords | 21 July 2025 |
| Programme motion | Commons | 8 September 2025 |
| Consideration of Lords amendments | Commons | 8 September 2025 |
| Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons | Lords | 14 October 2025 |
| Consideration of Lords message | Commons | 22 October 2025 |
| Royal Assent | Unassigned | 27 October 2025 |
Commons divisions on this bill
Documents
Act of Parliament
- Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26) 27 October 2025
Bill
- Bill 008 2024-25 (as introduced) 11 September 2024
- Bill 127 2024-25 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) 20 November 2024
- 5901060.pdf · 5901060.html · 5901060.xml 15 January 2025
- 5901103.pdf 15 May 2025
- 5901128.pdf · 5901128.xml · 5901128.html 15 July 2025
- Bill 296 2024-25 (Lords Amendments) 23 July 2025
- 5901131.pdf 9 September 2025
- Bill 314 2024-26 (Lords Amendments) 15 October 2025
Explanatory Notes
- Bill 008 EN 2024-25 11 September 2024
- HL Bill 60(Corrected) Explanatory Notes · 5901060en((Corrected).pdf 15 January 2025
- Bill 296 EN 2024-25 29 August 2025
Impact Assessments
- Impact Assessment from the Ministry of Housing 22 November 2024
Delegated Powers Memorandum
- Delegated Powers Memorandum from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 11 September 2024
- RRBillDPM.pdf 16 January 2025
- RRBillSuppDPM.pdf 2 April 2025
- RentersRightsBillSuppDPM.pdf 25 June 2025
- Renters' Rights Bill - Supplementary DPM for LCCA.pdf 14 October 2025
Briefing papers
- Renters' Rights Bill 2024-25 3 October 2024
- Renters Rights Bill 2024-25: Progress of the Bill 9 January 2025
- Renters’ Rights Bill: HL Bill 60 29 January 2025
- Renters’ Rights Bill 2024-25: Consideration of Lords amendments 2 September 2025
- Housing insecurity in the private rented sector in England: drivers and impacts 2 September 2025
- Housing insecurity in the private rented sector in England: policy implications 2 September 2025
Official record
Sources
| Record | Read | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| Bills API: bill | 27 October 2026 | a97abdc570cd3045… |
| Bills API: stages | 27 October 2026 | 38ad45bb54f2c53b… |
| Bills API: publications | 15 October 2026 | c31ff46632749737… |