If you rent a home in Peterborough and nobody has explained the new rules to you, you are probably not alone.

A lot changed on 1 May 2026.

And unlike some housing announcements, these changes are already in force.

The biggest headline was the end of Section 21 “no-fault” evictions for private assured tenancies.

But that was not the only change.

Most existing assured shorthold tenancies became rolling assured periodic tenancies.

New private assured tenancies are also rolling rather than having a fixed end date.

That means the familiar six-month or twelve-month fixed tenancy has largely disappeared from this part of the private rented sector.

Tenants can normally end the tenancy by giving two months’ notice.

Landlords still have routes to regain a property, but they need to use a valid possession ground rather than simply waiting for a Section 21 notice.

There are also new rules around things such as rent increases and requests to keep pets.

For a lot of Peterborough renters, however, the most immediate problem is simpler:

Has anybody actually explained what your tenancy now is?

If you had an existing written tenancy before 1 May, you did not necessarily need a whole new tenancy agreement.

Instead, landlords or agents had to provide the Government information sheet explaining the changes.

This is where a good letting agent becomes more valuable, not less.

The law has changed.

The paperwork has changed.

The conversations between landlords and tenants have changed.

And both sides can get themselves into unnecessary rows by working from rules that stopped applying months ago.

So we will be asking Suzanne at Y-US Lettings to help us translate some of the new rental rules into normal language over the next few issues.

First question:

Since May, has renting felt any different to you at all or would you barely know the law had changed?

If you have a letting question either as a landlord or tenant then press the button below with your question for Suzanne.