Landlords and letting agents

Guidance and services

• Licensing of houses in multiple occupation (HMO): guidance for landlords
  Guidance about checking if the building you manage needs a license and how to apply.
• Letting fees: guidance for landlords and letting agents
  Explains what landlords and letting agents can charge tenants from 1 September 2019.
• Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016: guidance
  Explains how the act will make it simpler and easier to rent a home.
• Guidance for local authorities on enforcing standards in rented properties: coronavirus (COVID-19)
  How local authorities will inspect and take action on unsafe rented private properties.
• Private Rented Sector leasing scheme: guidance
  Explains the scheme and what it means for tenants and property owners.
• Rent Smart Wales
  Rent Smart Wales handles the registration and licensing of landlords and letting agents.
• Private Rented Sector Leasing Scheme: leaflet
  How landlords with a property to rent can lease it through their local authority.
• Private Rented Sector Leasing Scheme: checklist
  What landlords need to do to lease their property through their local authority.
• Rent Smart Wales: checks to licence landlords and letting agents
  How Rent Smart Wales check landlords and letting agents before giving them a licence.
• Renting a home from a private landlord or letting agent: guidance for tenants
  What tenants need to consider when renting a home, their rights and responsibilities.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Bill: impact assessments
  Impact assessment
  How the Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Bill may impact on different areas.
• Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Bill: justice system impact assessment
  Impact assessment
  An assessment on how the Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Bill affects the justice system.
• Rent Smart Wales: code of practice
  Policy and strategy
  What registered landlords and letting agents must do by law.