Writing an opinion piece in Property118, The Landlord Crusader comments, that as the Renters’ Rights Bill returns to the Lords next week, there’s growing concern it will reshape the rental market to the detriment of tenants it claims to defend.

The end of Section 21, the shift to rolling tenancies, and new pet provisions sound like victories – but the real-world impact tells a different story.

🔸 Vulnerable groups – students, freelancers, those on benefits – risk being shut out entirely.
🔸 Landlords face greater uncertainty, no fixed-term security, and longer eviction delays.
🔸 Mandatory pet acceptance? Unfunded and unworkable.
🔸 One-month rent caps remove flexibility for tenants with weaker profiles.
🔸 Short-term and student lets could disappear overnight.

Generation Rent may cheer, but landlords selling up means fewer homes, higher rents, and fierce competition – hardly a tenant’s utopia.

This isn’t fairness. It’s a fast track to collapse.

Tenants and landlords need each other. Let’s fix the system – not break it further.