Renters’ Rights Act: The End of the Hobbyist Landlord?

About this episode

Tom Bill discusses the implications of the Renters' Rights Act with Louisa Sedgwick, focusing on its impact on landlords and tenants.

In this episode of  Housing Unpacked , Tom is joined by Louisa Sedgwick, managing director of mortgages at buy-to-let specialist lender Paragon Bank to explore the Renters’ Rights Act and what it really means for landlords and tenants. They discuss her involvement lobbying two separate governments on issues like the end of Section 21, the shift to periodic tenancies, tighter controls around asking rents, and why well‑intentioned reforms may squeeze supply, push rents higher, and disadvantage more vulnerable renters. The conversation also explores the recent mortgage market shock caused by the Middle East conflict and the looming challenge of meeting new energy efficiency standards. ⁠⁠Subscribe ⁠⁠⁠ to Tom Bill's UK Residential Outlook, for all the latest properties, exclusive market analysis, news and data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Louisa Sedgwick

Topics covered

• Renters' Rights Act
• landlords
• tenants
• mortgage market
• energy efficiency standards

Keywords

• buy-to-let
• Section 21
• periodic tenancies
• rents
• vulnerable renters

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Paragon Bank

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