Free Tenancy Agreement Generator for England (Renters' Rights Act 2026)

What the generator produces

Part 1 is the written statement of terms. The Assured Tenancies (Private Rented Sector) (Written Statement of Terms etc and Information Sheet) (England) Regulations 2026 list eighteen things it must contain — the parties, an address for serving notices on the landlord, the property, the start date, the rent and when it is due, how rent can be increased, any bills paid to the landlord, the deposit, the tenant's notice period, how the landlord can end the tenancy, and statements of the landlord's duties on fitness, repairs, electrical safety, gas safety, disability improvements and pets. The generator includes each one, using the wording of the Regulations where the Regulations prescribe the substance, and drops the gas paragraph if you say there is no gas. Part 2 adds the ordinary terms a tenancy needs but the law does not dictate — use, subletting, access, care of the property, utilities, insurance, moving out — and a signature block.

Why the old AST template will not do

The Renters' Rights Act 2025 abolished fixed terms and assured shorthold tenancies for the private sector. A template that promises a "fixed term of 12 months", refers to Section 21, lets the landlord take two months' rent in advance, bans pets outright or charges a "renewal fee" is describing a tenancy that can no longer be created. A written agreement is still worth having — it is the evidence of what was agreed — but its content has to match the Act. The tenant, not the landlord, now chooses when the tenancy ends: two months' written notice at any time, unless you agree in writing to accept less. The landlord can only end it through the courts on a Section 8 ground; the grounds and notice periods are on their own page.

The numbers the generator checks

• Deposit cap: five weeks' rent where the annual rent is under £50,000, six weeks at or above it (Tenant Fees Act 2019). Enter a higher figure and the generator warns you.
• Rent in advance: no more than one rent period, and a rent period cannot exceed a month — the agreement says so. See rent in advance and the bidding ban.
• Rent increases: once a year, by Section 13 notice on the prescribed form with two months' notice; the rent increase notice checker tests a notice you have drafted.
• Tenant's notice: two months is the statutory minimum from 1 May 2026; a shorter period is only valid if the landlord agrees to it in writing.

Tenancies that started before 1 May 2026

Those converted automatically to assured periodic tenancies. If there was a written agreement, the landlord did not need a new one — the duty was to give every tenant the government's Renters' Rights Act Information Sheet 2026 by 31 May 2026 (the deadline checker covers who had to do what). Only a tenancy that was wholly oral needed a written statement by that date. Signing a fresh agreement with an existing tenant is allowed but not required; if you do, the generator's Part 1 is the statement to give first.

Wales and Scotland

This generator is for England. Wales replaced tenancies with occupation contracts under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 and has its own model written statement; Scotland uses the private residential tenancy with a statutory model agreement. Do not use this document for a property in either.

After the agreement

The written statement is one of a stack of documents a tenancy needs on day one. The checklist the generator prints below the agreement covers the rest: the current How to rent guide, the EPC (rated E or above — and C by 2030), the gas safety record, the EICR, right-to-rent checks, deposit protection within 30 days with the prescribed information, alarms, and any licence your council requires. Miss the deposit or gas steps and a later Section 8 claim can fail before it starts.

Statutory list: SI 2026/324, Schedule (made 18 March 2026, in force 1 May 2026) and gov.uk: Tenancy agreements — written information for your tenant (£7,000 penalty). Deposit cap: Tenant Fees Act 2019, Schedule 1. Tenant's notice: Protection from Eviction Act 1977 s.5 as amended by the Renters' Rights Act 2025 s.20. Read 12 September 2026.