questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the rental period of converted assured periodic tenancies is determined for the purposes of a tenant's notice to quit in cases where rent was paid in advance under the previous tenancy in instalments covering periods other than one month; and whether his Department plans to issue guidance on the basis on which a landlord may (a) set and (b) revise payment dates following the commencement date.
answerText: From 1 May, under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, the tenancy and rent periods of an Assured Periodic Tenancy must be the same and cannot be longer than one month.Where a transferring periodic tenancy was mid-period on 1 May 2026, the tenancy will have tran...
heading: Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements