It is part of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) wider reform agenda to improve lives and level up the country. However, DLUHC states whilst most private rented homes are of good quality, offering safe, comfortable accommodation, the conditions of more than half a million properties – or 12 per cent of households which pose an imminent risk to tenants’ health and safety, means around 1.6 million people are living in dangerously low-quality homes, driving up costs for our health service. 

So, to punish the 88 per cent of decent landlords providing good quality accommodation, the UK Government, has shaken up the PRS in an attempt to force up the quality of accommodation offered by rogue landlords. 

This ‘New Deal’ for tenants will now extend the Decent Homes Standard to the private sector for the first time. In early June 2022, the UK Government introduced the Social Housing Regulation Bill, which means failing social housing landlords could face unlimited fines and Ofsted-style inspections.