Coronavirus – Government Publish Guidance for Landlords and Tenants

Posted on March 31st, 2020

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/876500/Consolidated_Landlord_and_Tenant_Guidance_COVID_and_the_PRS_v4.2.pdf

The guidance provides advice to landlords and tenants on the provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020, and further advice for landlords, tenants and local authorities more broadly about their rights and responsibilities during the COVID-19 outbreak.

It provides non-statutory guidance for landlords and tenants in the private and social rented sectors on:

Measures relating to notices seeking possession as amended
by the Coronavirus Act 2020
Court action on possession cases during the Coronavirus
(COVID-19) outbreak
Property access and health and safety obligations in the
context of Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions