Renting by room and help with future eviction laws?

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Renting by room and help with future eviction laws?

I am struggling to understand the new Renters’ Rights Act regulations and eviction process. I hope you can help.

I currently rent 2 rooms in my flat out to two separate lodgers/tenants, and keep the 3rd bedroom in the flat for myself (though it is not my main home). The 2 lodgers (technically tenants?) have both stayed in the flat for 5-10 years.

I had known them for years, and therefore, they pay very low rent for their respective rooms compared to the market. I also pay their council tax, utilities, etc., so I subsidise their stay by paying for the bills myself.

While I have been happy with this arrangement at present (though I’m paying for bills that usually landlords don’t pay), in future, at some point, I would like to rent the whole flat out to a family as a normal rental.

Am I right in understanding that from May 2026, the new regulations will mean that I cannot request these tenants to leave the property in order to rent the flat to a single household?

What happens if one of the tenants leaves because of personal reasons, but the other decides to stay? Will I be forced to keep him in the flat indefinitely, even though he only pays for a room? Neither of the tenants have income enough to rent the whole flat themselves.

I understand I can only ask the tenants to leave if I am selling the property or moving in myself, but what options do I have if I want to rent the whole flat to someone?

If I can’t ask them to leave to rent out the flat properly, I wonder if I should be asking them to leave now, even though they are good tenants?

Rita

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