Secure and standard occupation contracts under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016: community/private landlords, Schedule 3 routes, introductory and prohibited conduct regimes

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The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 obtained Royal Assent on 27 October 2025. For guidance on the Act’s effect on residential tenancies in Wales, refer to Practice Note: Renters’ Rights Act 2025—key provisions.

This Practice Note considers when an occupation contract under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (RH(W)A 2016) constitutes a secure contract. It addresses the definition of a community landlord and assesses when a community landlord may use a standard contract (for example, an introductory standard contract or a prohibited conduct standard contract).

It should be read together with Practice Note: Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016—terms of secure contracts, which covers: variation of secure contracts, the withdrawal of a joint contract-holder, dealing with a secure contract by transferring it to other secure contract-holders or potential successors, and the termination of secure contracts.

Further material on RH(W)A 2016 is available in Practice Notes: Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016—a summary of the key provisions and Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016—model written statements for occupation contracts.

Circumstances in which an occupation contract will be a secure contract

See also Practice Note: Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016—a summary of the key provisions. The general rule is...

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Sarah Salmon

Cornerstone Barristers

Sarah Salmon specialises in public law, housing, and property law. She is ranked as a leading junior in Legal 500 for Administrative Law and Human Rights, Social Housing and Social Housing (Wales and Chester Circuit). She is recommended in Chambers and Partners for Housing. In 2024, she was appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of counsel (B panel) and nominated for Property and Housing Junior of the Year in the Legal 500 Bar awards.Sarah has represented public bodies (including the police), charities, local authorities, housing associations, individuals and companies in her specialist areas. She was chair of the Social Housing Law Association from January 2019 to December 2022. She is now the chair of the Wales branch of SHLA. As part of her role at SHLA Wales, Sarah assisted in drafting evidence to the Senedd in October 2025 in relation to the Building Safety...

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