R R B comes into force on 1May
The n r l a emailed last night
There are no contracts
And so it begins
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It’s the RRA now, not the RRB anymore.
(from beta, to alpha… isn’t that the wrong direction? 
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No contracts? There must be a start date and an agreement/ contract?
They are waiting for instruction from the government
From n r l a
If you have tenants in your properties, you will need to provide them with an information leaflet outlining the new rules within the first month of the commencement date.
However – and I can’t stress this enough – they will not need to sign new tenancy agreements.
Any new tenancies that you enter into from 1st May will require a periodic assured tenancy agreement.
We are now waiting for the Government to confirm what information must be included in both of these documents - with the published timeline suggesting this will only come in January next year, just four months before the commencement date.
There’s a contract, of course, there’s just no fixed end date. I guess that’s what OP meant
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Thanks. I need to re-let my property in January 2026 as my existing tenants are leaving. Do I still give them a short hold tenancy agreement /AST? Can I still go for a year with 6 month break clause? I guess when the new laws come in it will not be valid? Is it worth joining the NRLA? Thanks
with those kind of questions being pretty basic ones, then I’d suggest that yes, you’d learn a lot from joining at this crucial time.
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Yes, you’d give them an AST. Ive never seen the point of a 12 month term with a 6 month break clause. Why not just give them a 6 month initial term. That’s what I do. The tenancy will convert automatically to an assured periodic tenancy on 1 May.
I would always recommend joining a landlord association. If you’re self managing its essential.
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Agree with @tatemono and @David122
Whilst people here and on other fora will try to be helpful, and have lots of expertise and experience, and there’s good stuff if you look online eg on Shelter’s website or ‘the independent landlord blog’, doing some training will help you feel more confident about the basics
Good luck
True enough! I’ll probably do that
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