Booklets for Landlords and Tenants Renting Privately

Housing advice booklets published by the government Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) for private tenants and landlords.

Find out about your rights and responsibilities when renting and letting.

The booklets listed here are available from the DCLG website, to view online or download in PDF format:

• Do you rent, or are you thinking of renting, from a private landlord? - advice for tenants with frequently asked questions about renting from a private landlord

• Letting your home - advice for private landlords answering common questions about letting a home

• Assured and assured shorthold tenancies: a guide for landlords - if you are letting, or thinking of letting, a domestic property and the letting began on or after 15 January 1989

• Assured and assured shorthold tenancies: a guide for tenants - if you are renting, or thinking of renting, a domestic property and the letting began on or after 15 January 1989

• Letting rooms in your home: a guide for resident landlords - if you are letting (or thinking of letting) part of your only or main home

• Renting rooms in someone's home - advice if you rent (or are thinking of renting) in a property where the landlord also lives

• Regulated tenancies - booklet describing the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants under regulated tenancies (tenancies entered into before 1989)

• Important information for landlords and tenants about the fair rent system - guidance regarding properties subject to fair rent registration on the implications of the House of Lords decision to reinstate the Rent Acts (Maximum Fair Rent) Order 1999

• My landlord wants me out: protection against harassment and illegal eviction - advice on dealing with harrassment and eviction by a landlord. Also available to download in Punjabi

• Notice that you must leave: a brief guide for landlords and tenants - on bringing tenancies to an end

• Repairs - advice on rights and responsibilities of private landlords and tenants regarding repairs

• Timing of rent increases for assured periodic tenancies

You can also order printed copies from DCLG publications - telephone 0870 1226 236 or email: communities@twoten.com