The PIMS Tenancy Agreement is designed for England from 1 May 2026. It is built to help landlords and letting agents issue an agreement that reflects the Renters’ Rights framework, tenant written information requirements, deposit protection obligations, and modern possession wording.
✔ PIMS house style compliance page
Built for current law
The wording is structured around the current assured periodic tenancy model, modern possession wording, tenant written information duties, and the fees rules landlords and agents must follow.
Designed to reduce avoidable mistakes
A tenancy agreement should not just look formal. It should guide the user through rent, deposit, notices, bills, repairs, pets, access, and ending the tenancy in a way that is clear and usable.
Made for practical landlord use
PIMS drafting is intended to work in the real world, with structured clauses, signoff sections, deposit wording, and supporting compliance prompts that help the user complete the agreement properly.
Why the PIMS agreement matters now
From 1 May 2026, landlords and letting agents in England must give tenants certain written information about key tenancy terms. That information can be included in the tenancy agreement itself, which makes the drafting of the agreement far more important than before.
- It helps bring the key tenancy terms into one controlled legal document.
- It reduces the risk of relying on scattered emails, side notes, or incomplete wording.
- It makes it easier to show what information was actually given to the tenant.
- It provides a better audit trail for landlords, agents, and compliance teams.
Important: A tenancy agreement is not just a form. Under the Renters’ Rights framework it has become one of the main places where legal information, notice wording, payment rules, and possession wording need to be handled correctly.
What the PIMS Tenancy Agreement is designed to cover
Core written terms
- Landlord details and address for service
- Tenant names
- Property description
- Start date and periodic structure
- Rent amount, frequency, and payment day
- Rent increase wording
Operational compliance wording
- Deposit cap and protection wording
- Bills, utilities, and communication services
- Repairs, access, safety, and property obligations
- Pets and consent wording
- Section 8 possession wording and prior notices
- Tenant signoff and supporting information
Why not rely on an old agreement
Many older tenancy agreements were built for a different legal environment. They may be badly structured for the new written information duties, may use outdated assumptions, or may rely too heavily on wording that no longer reflects the modern England-only position from 1 May 2026.
- Older agreements often explain less than landlords now need to disclose.
- Some older agreements do not present the key tenancy terms clearly enough for modern compliance review.
- Many templates still require heavy editing before they are fit for current use.
- PIMS drafting is intended to reduce the amount of risky manual patching later.
Why landlords and agents use PIMS
- The clauses are organised in a way that is easier to review and explain.
- The agreement is designed to support England-only compliance from 1 May 2026.
- The drafting is intended to sit alongside practical landlord guidance, not apart from it.
- PIMS pages can show users where important written terms and compliance wording are addressed.
- The structure supports future compliance markers, internal checking, and website summaries without publishing the full paid agreement publicly.
Best use of the PIMS agreement
The agreement works best when it is used as part of a wider PIMS compliance process: correct property details, correct rent figures, correct deposit handling, correct supporting documents, and proper issue of the written information the tenant must receive.
That is why the PIMS approach is not simply “download a form”. It is a structured compliance approach built around the agreement as the central source document.