HMO Platform Launches New Tenancy Agreement Templates to Support Landlords Ahead of Renters’ Rights Act Rollout
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21 April 2026, UK: COHO, one of the UK’s leading shared living marketplace and property management platforms, has launched a new suite of Assured Tenancy Agreement templates to help landlords and property managers prepare for the upcoming Renters’ Rights Act, which comes into force on 1st May 2026.
The agreement templates are free to all COHO customers to download immediately and available in three forms - HMO single-room tenancies, HMO joint tenancies, and HMO single-let properties.
The Renters’ Right Act will abolish Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) in England requiring every landlord and letting agent to issue all new tenancies under a compliant Assured Tenancy Agreement before the Act comes into force.
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.
Vann Vogstad, CEO and Co-Founder of COHO said: “The Renters’ Right Act represents one of the most significant changes the private rented sector has seen in decades. 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.”
Available through the COHO property management platform, the forms are fully customisable, automatically complete themselves using data provided through the onboarding process, and can be saved as a reusable template.
Vogstad continues: “As a platform supporting more than 6,000 HMOs and over 55,000 tenants nationwide, we developed the templates inhouse. 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.”
While this is just 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 help landlords and property managers comply with the Renters’ Rights Act, including room rate prompts that flag when a tenancy rent exceeds the advertised listing price; local market rent rate data for evidence to support rent rises; and new move-in payment safeguards warning landlords on rent requests ahead of tenancy agreements being signed.
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About COHO
COHO is a UK-based shared living marketplace platform founded in 2019 by Vann Vogstad, CEO and Jon Hurley, CPO, designed to make co-living simpler, smarter, and more connected. It is the only shared living platform to offer a compatibility-based tenant matching facility, bringing tenants together with common interests.
Trusted by landlords, property managers, tenants, and prospective tenants, COHO is the leading platform to find the best house shares and to help run these homes more efficiently. It was founded to address the growing complexity of managing shared living properties, particularly Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs). Drawing on close collaboration with landlords, property managers, and industry partners, COHO has developed an all-in-one digital platform that replaces fragmented systems and spreadsheets with a single, connected workflow. Today, the platform is used by over 6,000 HMOs and supports more than 55,000 tenants, making it one of the UK’s leading systems for managing, marketing, and maintaining shared living properties.
COHO’s platform is built around the specific needs of shared living. It simplifies the most time-consuming aspects of property management, including tenant onboarding, rent collection, compliance, maintenance, and communication. Designed to improve efficiency for property managers while enhancing the tenant experience, COHO helps create more stable, better managed shared homes.
Compatibility-Based Tenant Matching
Often described as the “Tinder of shared living”, COHO’s compatibility-based tenant matching facility enables prospective tenants to find suitable housemates based on shared interests and preferences, helping to create more compatible households. By matching the right people to the right homes, COHO helps reduce tenant turnover, minimise void periods, and improve long-term tenancy outcomes.
All-in-One Smart Landlord Platform
On the landlord and property manager side, COHO brings every aspect of shared living management into one system. From marketing rooms and managing viewings to tenant onboarding, rent management, compliance tracking, maintenance requests, and day-to-day communication, COHO streamlines operations and reduces administrative burden. While purpose-built for HMOs, student housing, and co-living properties, the platform is flexible enough to support single lets, rent-to-rent models, and larger portfolios.
COHO is operated by Company For Life Ltd and is registered in England and Wales.
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