Property management platform COHO has launched a suite of free assured tenancy agreement templates to help landlords and property managers prepare for Renters' Rights Act compliance before the legislation comes into force on 1 May 2026.
The templates are available to all COHO customers and come in three forms: HMO single-room tenancies, HMO joint tenancies, and HMO single-let properties.
The Renters' Rights Act abolishes assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs) in England, requiring every landlord and letting agent to issue new tenancies under a compliant assured tenancy agreement before the Act takes effect.
Periodic from day one, the new agreement removes fixed terms and automatic end dates, introducing significant changes to tenancy structures, eviction grounds, and compliance obligations across the private rented sector.
"The Renters' Rights Act represents one of the most significant changes the private rented sector has seen in decades," said Vann Vogstad, CEO and co-founder of COHO (pictured).
"For many landlords, it has created uncertainty around knowing whether their existing agreements meet the new legal requirements or what documents to use or trust."
"Our tenancy agreement templates address these growing concerns to give confidence to landlords that they are sourcing forms that are accurate and compliant from day one while reducing the administrative burden of transitioning to the new system," he added.
Available through the COHO platform, the templates are fully customisable, automatically populate using data gathered during onboarding, and can be saved as reusable documents.
"As a platform supporting more than 6,000 HMOs and over 55,000 tenants nationwide, we developed the templates in-house," Vogstad continued. "Each one is based on real-world agency documentation and reviewed by a UK property solicitor to ensure alignment with the Renters' Rights Act."
"The templates are part of our wider approach to embed compliance and operational change directly into our platform, helping landlords and property managers adapt to regulatory shifts without relying on disconnected tools or manual processes," he said.
The current release is phase one. Phase two will see COHO evolve the agreements into a fully dynamic system, where clauses are automatically generated based on property type, licensing conditions, and tenancy-specific settings such as pets, usage restrictions, and household composition.
COHO is also developing additional tools to support Renters' Rights Act compliance more broadly. These include room rate prompts flagging when a tenancy rent exceeds the advertised listing price, local market rent data to support evidence for rent increases, and new move-in payment safeguards warning landlords on rent requests before tenancy agreements are signed.
