The United Kingdom (UK) Renters’ Rights Act 2025 which came into effect from May 1, 2026, has introduced many compliances for landlords and tenants alike. One such compliance relates to the Information Sheet, which is an official document that landlords and their agent(s) need to give to tenants.
The Information Sheet is a document produced by the government for tenants. It outlines the changes made by the Renters’ Rights Act 2025. Broadly speaking the information sheet is required to be given to tenants who were formerly under Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) contracts and later became Assured Periodic Tenancies due to the first phase of the UK Renters’ Rights Act being effective from May, 1, 2026.
If you are a landlord and have a letting agent managing your property on your behalf, that agent is required to provide the Information Sheet to the tenant, even if you’ve already given it to them yourself.
According to the UK government website, you must give this Information Sheet if the tenancy:
- Is an assured or assured shorthold tenancy
- Was created before May 1, 2026
- Has a wholly or partly written record of terms (including a written tenancy agreement)
- You must give this Information Sheet by May 31, 2026, or you could be fined up to £7,000.
According to the English government website, all tenancies will need to have a written tenancy agreement in future, that includes specific information. Landlords won’t need to change or re-issue existing written tenancy agreements. Instead, they will need to provide tenants with a copy of a government-produced information sheet, explaining how the reforms may have affected the tenancy.
The government also said that all new tenancy agreements created after the new system comes into force will need to contain specific information that will be set out by the government in secondary legislation. If an existing tenancy doesn’t have a written tenancy agreement – because it is based on a verbal agreement - landlords will need to provide a written document that covers the required information.
The information sheet in essence summarises the changes and outlines the rights. According to the UK Renters’ Act, you can’t just send a link to meet the Information Sheet requirement, like through an email or Whatsapp; it has to be the actual printed PDF from the government website.
Ian Morgan, Managing Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons said to Economic Times Wealth Online : “Landlords and their agents must pay very close attention to the detail, because, by way of example, sending a link will not be valid. Whilst this sheet does not need to be given if the tenant was wholly, rather than partially, verbal, there is then further specific information that must be given. Care and attention is therefore needed, in terms of both understanding whether the requirement applies to you and the means by which you go about satisfying the legal requirement, if your tenancy is in scope.”
How to download information sheet?
You can download the information sheet by going here: gov.uk/government/publications/the-renters-rights-act-information-sheet-2026
