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Get ready: ‘Register your rental property’ service

This winter we’re rolling out the ‘Register your rental property’ service, as part of the second phase of Renters’ Rights Act implementation.

If you’re a landlord of an assured or regulated tenancy, then you must register yourself and each of your properties through the service.  

You won’t need to register on the service if you’re a landlord of supported exempt accommodation as set out in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023. You can see whether this applies to you by checking Section 12 of the Act. 

There’s an annual £65 registration fee per property, and you’ll need to renew your registration each year. If you don’t register your properties, then you risk being fined. Offline registration routes will be available for landlords who need them. 

Regional rollout

We’re rolling out the service on a regional basis across England from 15 December 2026, beginning in the West Midlands. Registration deadlines are based on your property’s location – for example, if you live in London but your rental property is in Birmingham, then you’ll need to meet the deadline for registering in the West Midlands. You can find the list of regional deadlines in the Frequently Asked Questions section below. 

At the moment you are only required to register your properties if they are currently under let, or become let during the rollout period. Under future legislation, as we roll out the public interface, you will also be required to register any unoccupied properties before you or your agent markets them for let. You and your letting agent will also need to ensure your unique landlord and property identifiers are included on adverts at this point. We will provide further guidance ahead of this requirement. 

Information you’ll be asked to provide

You’ll need to record details of your properties, like the address and the number of residents and bedrooms, as well as the amount of rent you are receiving for a property. You’ll also need to demonstrate you meet health and safety standards by uploading gas, electric, and energy performance certificates. A full list of the information you’ll need to have ready is available further down this page. 

If you use a letting agent, then you’ll still need to start the registration process yourself. There will be an option for your agent to upload certain information on your behalf. We’ll publish guidance for letting agents on how this will work ahead of service rollout. To be notified when new guidance is published, you can sign up to GOV.UK Alerts. 

Improving the sector

By registering your property, you’ll be able to demonstrate that you’re complying with the rules. We’ve developed the service using feedback from landlords to make sure it is as easy to use as possible.  

For local councils, the service will be an important tool for enforcement, allowing housing officers to better identify and tackle poor practice. 

In future, tenants will be able to use the service to see if a landlord is compliant with key legal requirements, helping them make better informed decisions about where they rent.  

The information that will be available to tenants will balance landlords’ privacy concerns with the need for tenants to make better informed rental choices. We’ll publish a list of information that the public will be able to access at a later stage.

Helping you use the service

We’re running a communications campaign for landlords to raise awareness of the regional deadlines to register your rental property.  

We’ll also publish new GOV.UK guidance to help you navigate the service.   

If you need support to register or renew once the service is rolled out, you’ll be able to get in touch with our dedicated contact centre.  

Information you’ll be asked to provide

For individual landlords

  • Name
  • Date of birth 
  • Residential address 
  • Telephone number 
  • Email address 

For organisational landlords only

  • Name of organisation/description by which it is known 
  • Type of legal entity 
  • Address (which cannot be a PO Box number) 
  • Telephone number 
  • Email address 
  • Name, date of birth, email address and telephone number of the individual making the entry on behalf of the organisation
  • Name of nominated contact within the organisation for the purposes of the database, and their email address and telephone number
  • Companies House registration number, if applicable 
  • Charity number, if applicable. 
  • Where a Companies House registration number is not provided, the names, dates of birth and addresses of all directors, trustees, partners or members of the governing body of the organisation
  • Where the organisation is constituted as a trust, the name, date of birth, address, email address and telephone number of the lead trustee 

For all landlords

  • Whether the person making the entry is doing so in their capacity as any of the following:
    • a donee of a power of attorney; 
    • a personal representative of a deceased person’s estate; 
    • a court-appointed deputy; 
    • a guardian; 
    • a receiver; 
    • a trustee in bankruptcy; 
    • a liquidator or provisional liquidator; 
    • an administrator; 
    • an administrative receiver; 
    • a person acting in a similar or corresponding capacity to those in sub-paragraphs above, under the law of a country or territory outside England and Wales; 
    • a mortgagee or a person appointed by the mortgagee to act on their behalf
  •  The name, address, telephone number and email address of any person specified in accordance with the above that is making the entry. 
  • A copy of a certified or sealed copy (as appropriate) of the relevant evidence of authority of the person specified to act in relation to a dwelling which is, or is intended to be, let under a residential tenancy:
    • the document granting the power of attorney; 
    • the grant of probate or grant of letters of administration; 
    • the deed, certificate, notice or instrument of appointment; 
    • the mortgage deed;  
    • a court order; 
    • a bankruptcy order or award of sequestration; 
    • a document issued under the law of a country or territory outside England and Wales which is similar to, or corresponds to, a document listed above. 

All landlords will need to provide the following dwelling information

Dwelling information

  • Address of dwelling  
  • Name of the person who is the residential landlord, or who intends to become the residential landlord, of the dwelling and a correspondence address (which cannot be a PO Box number) in England and Wales and an email address for that person in relation to the dwelling. 
  • Ownership type
  • Dwelling type
  • Number of bedrooms in the dwelling 
  • Whether the dwelling is currently under let
  • Name and email address of any of the following:
    • the owner of the freehold property which includes the dwelling; 
    • any other superior landlord; 
    • the property manager for the dwelling 

Tenancy information

  • Number of occupants of the dwelling
  • Number of households occupying the dwelling 
  • Information as to whether the dwelling requires a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licence, an additional licence or a selective licence, and if so, the numbers of those licences, if available 
  • Whether the dwelling is let unfurnished, partly furnished or unfurnished

Rent information

  • Rent charged and frequency of payment, and
  • Whether the rent is inclusive of utilities and if so, what utilities are included.

Health and safety information

Health and safety information you should provide:

  • If the dwelling has a gas supply— (a) a copy of the gas safety record, if one exists, and (b) the gas safety record issue date 
  • Electrical safety information as follows— (a) a copy of the Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR), if one exists, or appropriate Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC), and (b) EICR or EIC expiry date 
  • Information as to whether the landlord was required to give a valid Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) to the person who is the tenant currently occupying the dwelling, and if so, a copy of the most recent EPC, if one exists 
  • If the most recent EPC for the dwelling is no longer valid, the date the current tenancy started 
  • If the most recent EPC for the dwelling gives an energy performance rating of below the minimum level of energy efficiency, information as to whether the dwelling has a registered Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) exemption, and if so, what types of exemption apply 

Frequently asked questions

When can I register my property on the service? 

The service will roll out on a regional basis from 15 December 2026. This is to avoid bottlenecks in the service which could arise if everyone were to register and renew properties on the same date. This will help registration run smoothly as a result.  

To do this, we are staggering when properties in different regions are required to be registered. This means that the requirement to register will kick in for properties in a different part of the country on a rolling monthly basis. Once properties in a particular region are required to be registered, you will have a 3-month window in which to do so. After this deadline, councils in this region will be able to initiate enforcement activity. 

This rollout covers the date from which you are legally required to register. If you wish to register before you are required to do so, including if you let properties in multiple regions and would like to register these all at once, you will be able to do this.   

‘Register your rental property’ service – Registration deadlines 

Region Date regulations commence Deadline to register 
West Midlands 15 December 2026 14 March 2027 
East of England 15 January 2027 14 April 2027 
East Midlands 15 February 2027 14 May 2027 
South East 15 March 2027 14 June 2027 
Yorkshire and Humber 15 April 2027 14 July 2027 
North West 15 May 2027 14 August 2027 
North East 15 June 2027 14 September 2027 
London 15 July 2027 14 October 2027 
South West 15 August 2027 14 November 2027  

How has the fee for the ‘Register your rental property’ service been decided?  

All landlords will be required to pay an annual £65 fee to register a property on the ‘Register your rental property’ service. The fee is for one property. You’ll need to pay the fee each time you register a different property. 

The government has set the fee at a level that balances the need for fairness and sustainability for landlords, with the cost of operating the service, and tackling non-compliance in the private rented sector. In return for the fee, landlords will get access to information to help them meet their legal obligations and be able to show they are complying with the rules. 

Fees will also support activity to identify and act on non-compliance with the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 reforms. This will include funding to help councils have the staff and skills they need to identify and tackle non-compliance and drive slum landlords who persist in breaking the law out of the sector. 

I have properties in two regions. Can I register them all at the same time? 

You can register your properties whenever you want from 15 December 2026, but you must register before the registration deadline for your property’s area.  We have set up a rolling registration programme to give landlords more time to register, and to prevent the system being overwhelmed when it launches.  

If you have unoccupied properties, you do not need to register them yet and should wait for further guidance about when you will be required to register before you market a property for let. 

Can my letting agent or property manager register my properties for me on the service?  

Landlords are responsible for starting and ending the registration process. You can agree with your letting agent or property manager that they can provide certain information on your behalf. We will be publishing guidance for letting agents and property managers before launch with details about what information this will include. Whilst your letting agent or property manager can support you, you as a landlord will remain responsible for providing all required information.

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