The 31 May 2026 RRA deadline — what UK landlords need to do

The Renters' Rights Act 2025 (RRA) became law in late 2025. Most of its provisions are scheduled to commence on 31 May 2026. The bit that matters most for UK landlords — and is most often missed — is the Written Information Sheet (WIS) obligation.

What the WIS is

Section 22 of the RRA requires landlords letting residential property in England to provide each tenant with a Written Information Sheet covering specific topics:

• The tenant's statutory rights under the Act
• Rent review mechanism and frequency
• Deposit protection scheme and certificate
• Energy Performance Certificate
• Gas Safety Record (if applicable)
• Electrical Installation Condition Report (if applicable)
• Right-to-Rent verification confirmation
• Landlord's correspondence address and contact route
• Tenant grievance procedure under the new ombudsman scheme

The WIS must be in writing, dated, retained by the landlord for the duration of the tenancy plus six years, and presented to each new tenant before the tenancy begins. For existing tenancies on 31 May 2026, the obligation is to provide the WIS within 90 days of commencement.

What non-compliance costs

£7,000 per property, civil penalty, payable to the local authority. Persistent non-compliance can also trigger licence revocation in selective licensing areas and, in extreme cases, a banning order under the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

The penalty applies whether the failure is wilful or merely procedural — there is no "I didn't know" defence in the RRA framework.

What "compliant" actually looks like

1. The WIS document itself. Must be in writing (digital is fine), structured around the nine required topics, and accurate to your property.
2. A delivery record. Proof of when the WIS was provided to each tenant — email timestamp, signed receipt, or registered delivery.
3. An update process. If any of the underlying facts change (new EPC, new Gas Safety Record, deposit re-protection), the WIS must be re-issued.

The deadline is real. The penalty is per-property. The work to comply is not hard — but it does need to be done before 31 May 2026.

How Incorpwise handles this

The Incorpwise landlord tax subscription (£9.99/property/month) includes RRA Written Information Sheet generation, automated delivery to tenants with timestamped proof, and re-issue when underlying documents change. Setup is around ten minutes per property — we pull EPC, gas, and electrical data from public registers where available and fill the rest from your inputs.

If you have between 1 and 10 rental properties and you're not yet RRA-compliant, the cost of fixing it through us (£9.99/mo × 12 = £119.88 per year per property) is roughly 1.7% of one fine. The maths is not hard.

Start the subscription from the home page — RRA enrolment is the first step in the onboarding flow.