Sheffield has been identified as the city that will be the most heavily impacted by the Renters Rights Act.
Inventory Base analysed which areas have the most PRS dwellings and which, therefore, will incur the most impact from the regulation.
Sheffield City Centre, or S1, has the highest concentration of PRS homes in England with these accounting for 77% of all dwellings.
London’s EC3 ranks second with 73%, and Leeds’ city centre LS1 and LS2 postcodes close behind with 71% and 68%, respectively.
In total, 39 postcode districts across England have PRS concentrations of 50% or more, marking them as the areas where the effects of reform will be most immediate and most visible.
Sián Hemming-Metcalfe, operations director at Inventory Base, said these markets will not experience Renters Rights Act reforms gradually but “all at once”.
“Meeting tighter safety expectations, maintaining consistent property standards, and evidencing that work properly (at volume) is where most operators will feel the strain,” said Sián.
“This is where operational cracks tend to show.
“Manual processes, inconsistent reporting, and poor audit trails don’t hold up under this level of scrutiny.”
