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Find out what local authorities need to do to enforce the new laws and regulations. This practical session explores the Act’s impact on the private rented sector (PRS) and more widely.

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    The Renters’ Rights Act heralds the biggest shake up in the PRS since 1988. Key reform come into force on 1 May. This event brings together legal experts and practitioners to help local authorities understand what’s changing, what’s expected of them, and how to prepare.

    Designed for senior leaders, PRS enforcement teams, legal officers, and everyone responsible for providing advice to households looking to access the PRS:

    • Hear about the impact of the new laws for the PRS on local authorities and more widely
    • Find out from legal experts and local authority practitioners about how to implement the new law and its associated regulations.

    The session will provide clarity on the legislation, practical implications, and early lessons from local authorities already well advanced in preparing for the new enforcement regime.

    Key sessions include:

    • An overview of the new legislation and its impact on the PRS including the role of local authorities in enforcing the Act’s provisions
    • An update on the Renters’ Rights Act and its implementation by a legal specialist
    • Details on how a local authority practitioner is enforcing the new legislation.

    Essential for:

    Everyone involved in and responsible for PRS and enforcement:

    • Senior managers and leaders
    • PRS enforcement and compliance teams
    • Policy and strategy teams
    • Legal teams.
  • Our speakers

    Roger Jarman, Associate, HQN
    Roger Jarman is a long-standing HQN Associate. He provides consultancy services, leads training programmes and writes on housing regulation and other matters. He is the author of HQN’s toolkit on the new regulatory framework for social housing. Apart from his consultancy work, Roger runs a small housing charity in West London. In September 2024, he was appointed Chair of the Independent Housing Board for the London Borough of Ealing. He has held non-executive positions in three housing providers.

    He has worked in senior positions in both housing associations and local authorities. From 1991 to 1999, he was Head of Housing Management at the Housing Corporation and from 1999 to 2011, he was Head of Housing at the Audit Commission, overseeing the 1,400 housing inspections undertaken by the commission during that period. He was a member of the team that produced the Cave Review of social housing regulation in 2007.

    Rebecca Brady, Partner, Housing Management and Property Litigation, Devonshires
    Rebecca Brady is a Partner in Devonshires’ housing management and property litigation team, advising local authorities and registered providers on all aspects of tenancy and leasehold management. Her tenancy management work includes possession claims, injunction applications, disrepair and housing conditions claims and she has a particular interest in succession and unlawful occupation matters, including cases involving trespassers.Rebecca’s leasehold practice includes shared ownership, forfeiture, service charge disputes, section 20 consultation and lease interpretation, alongside wider property litigation such as boundary and easement disputes, adverse possession and nuisance claims.

    Rebecca also advises on policy and legislative changes and regularly provides training to clients all over the country.

    Rebecca joined Devonshires in 2012 and is a member of the Social Housing Law Association.

    Helen Masterson, Head of Private Sector Housing Standards, London Borough of Newham
    Helen Masterson is Head of Private Sector Housing Standards at the London Borough of Newham. She is a Chartered Environmental Health Officer with over 30 years’ private sector housing experience  across several London local authorities.

    Helen has a long‑standing specialism in housing regulation and has played a leading role in the design, implementation, and enforcement of large‑scale property licensing schemes, including selective and additional licensing. Her work has contributed to significant improvements in property standards, compliance levels, and tenant protections in high‑risk private rented sectors.

    She has overseen complex enforcement programmes addressing poor housing conditions, rogue landlords, and unsafe accommodation, and has extensive experience of prosecution, civil penalties, and landlord engagement. Helen has led on policy development and cross‑borough collaboration on implementing the Renters Rights Act 2025 new powers for Newham. The new powers will transform tenants’ rights but needs good communications and engagement from the government, council staff through to tenant organisations to ensure its effectiveness. Her work is grounded in frontline operational practice and a strong focus on protecting tenant health, safety, and wellbeing.
  • Programme

    2:00pm Welcome and introduction

    Roger Jarman, HQN Associate

    2:05pm Overview of the upcoming changes

    Roger Jarman, HQN Associate
    • An overview of the upcoming changes on 1 May – with more to come
    • An examination of the full range of powers available to local authorities to improve conditions in the PRS
    • Anticipated impact on the PRS of the new law and associated regulations.

    2:35pm Legal perspective

    Rebecca Brady, Partner, Housing Management and Property Litigation, Devonshires
    • An in depth focus on the new law and relevant regulations
    • How local authorities will be expected to enforce the new law
    • Practical guidance for local authorities on the implementation of the legislation.

    3:10pm A practitioner perspective on preparing for the enforcement of the new reforms

    Helen Masterson, Head of Private Sector Housing Standards, London Borough of Newham
    • How Newham are preparing for the enforcement of the new reforms under the Renters’ Rights Act eg,
      • Abolition of section 21
      • Rent increase protections
      • Enforcement of standards.

    3:40pm Q&A

    4:00pm Close

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    Cancellations must be made in writing, and will be acknowledged by HQN Limited.

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