The Mayor of London has a new tenants fund, designed to provide support ahead of the Renters Rights Act.
The £400,000 Renters Rights Enforcement Fund will offer tenants advice and guidance about how the Act will impact them, and how they can protect themselves.
It will also help organisations and boroughs inform Londoners of their rights as well as fund training for enforcement officers.
Alongside the new fund, the mayor will launch a new campaign next month to ensure Londoners are aware of the changes, with online advertising and posters on the TfL network.
“We are seeing the biggest expansion of renters’ rights for a generation — this is a change that I have long called for and will transform the lives of London’s 2.7 million renters,” said Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London.
“I’m pleased to announce a new Renters’ Rights Enforcement Fund so that renters in London know their new rights, from a ban on no fault evictions to tribunals to challenge unreasonable rent hikes.
“It also means that crucially organisations will have more resources to make sure the new rules are upheld.”
