Three key amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill have been rejected by Peers in the House of Lords, sending it back to the House of Commons before heading for Royal Assent.

The proposals rejected were to extend the student possession ground to one and two-bedroom properties as well as proposed changes to the reletting after sale ground, which would have reduced the time landlords would have to wait before reletting from 12 to six months.

The other amendment rejected was allowing landlords to take a pet deposit, although ministers say the issue will be kept under review and that the Tenant Fees Act could be modified if there is ‘clear evidence’ to warrant it. 

All three amendments had been re-tabled, having been previously rejected by the Commons in an earlier debate.

A further amendment which asked for the introduction of a new possession ground, which would have allowed landlords to recover a property to house a carer was also rejected.

Essentially this means that the Bill has now been finalised, with any further detail as to what it will contain coming through secondary legislation after Royal Assent, when it has already become law.