Renter’s Rights Act – new Information Sheet shared by the Government

The Government has now published the Renters’ Rights Act Information Sheet 2026. This sheet must be provided to tenants by their landlord or their landlord’s agent by no later than 31 May 2026. 

The Government has produced the sheet to explain to tenants how their tenancy may be affected by the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (‘RRA 2025’). 

What needs to be done? 

If you are a landlord and have a letting agent who manages the property on your behalf, the agent must provide the Information Sheet to the tenant, even if you, as the landlord, have also provided it.

You must give this Information Sheet if the tenancy:

• was created before 1 May 2026
• is an assured or assured shorthold tenancy
• has a wholly or partly written record of terms (including a written tenancy agreement)

The above must be done no later than 31 May 2026, or the landlord and/or their agent could be liable for a fine of up to £7,000. 

Please note this sheet does not need to be given to lodgers, but a copy must be given to every tenant named on the tenancy agreement. Social landlords letting a non-social tenancy may need to provide this Information Sheet. 

How to serve the Information Sheet

First and foremost, check the service provisions within the existing tenancy and serve this way as a belt and braces approach, but Government guidance says you can –

• Print a hard copy and send by post (we recommend recorded post) or give it by hand. It is important to retain proof of delivery and take a time-stamped photo if delivering by hand
• Send the PDF itself electronically as an attachment, for example, to an email or text message
• As a belts-and-braces approach, we recommend sending by post and also another way, for example, by hand delivery or by email.

Do not try to serve via email or text with just a link to the PDF Information Sheet, as this will not be valid and you will face a fine. 

It is important to note that the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 does not require landlords or their agents to change or re-issue any existing written tenancy agreements.

This sheet is valid only when downloaded from the Government website's linked page, so it is always important to send only the official document. You can access the Information Sheet here. 

Verbal tenancies 

If there is currently only a verbal agreement in place, agreed before 1 May 2026, the Information Sheet cannot be provided. Instead, the landlord or their agent must provide certain written information about the terms of tenancy from 1 May 2026.

If a landlord does not do this, the tenant could complain to the local council, and the landlord could receive a fine of up to £7,000. 

Landlords will need to give this information when they create a new tenancy on or after 1 May 2026. You will need to do this before either landlord or tenant signs a tenancy agreement or otherwise agrees to the tenancy. 

You may include this information in a written tenancy agreement, but you can give it separately. 

See the list of information you will need to include, published on 20 March 2026, on the Government website.

What to do if you already rent out a property to tenants

There will be no need for landlords to provide this information to an existing tenant if (1) the tenancy agreement was signed before 1 May 2026 or (2) there is a written record of the agreement between you and your tenant (there is a written tenancy agreement).

Instead, a landlord and/or their agent must provide the Renters’ Rights Act Information Sheet 2026, as referenced above. 

The Government website allows you to sign up to receive an email alert when new guidance is published, which we recommend all landlords and agents do to ensure compliance.