LLCR Academy Launches: Landlord Compliance Courses for England

LLCR Academy is a landlord compliance training programme for England, launched in October 2026 by LLCR. Its first course, Tenancy Deposit Compliance for Landlords (England), has eight video lessons, runs about 60 minutes and is available on Udemy. Every course is mapped to legislation such as the Housing Act 2004 and carries a public law reviewed date.

This article is for general information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Landlords should seek independent legal advice for their specific circumstances. It describes the position in England.

What is LLCR Academy?

LLCR Academy is a library of short video courses on the legal rules that most often cost private landlords money: deposits, rent increases and possession. The courses cover the law of England only, not a mix of UK jurisdictions. They are written for self-managing landlords, and letting agents looking for a structured refresher will also find them useful.

The Academy sits alongside the LLCR platform rather than replacing it. The courses explain what the law requires a landlord to do and keep. The platform holds the record of what was actually done. Full course details are on the LLCR Academy page.

Which courses are available, and which are coming?

One course is live and three are in production. The order in which the remaining courses are released is decided by waitlist demand.

The rent increase course builds on the procedure set out in LLCR's guide to how a Section 13 notice and Form 4A work. The possession course draws on the reference material in Section 8 notice periods for every ground.

Why does the first course cover tenancy deposits?

Deposits come first because, since 1 May 2026, deposit compliance sits in front of almost every possession claim. Section 26 of the Renters' Rights Act 2025 substituted a new section 215 into the Housing Act 2004. Before that date, a deposit failure mainly blocked a Section 21 notice. Section 21 has now gone, and the sanction attaches instead to the court's power to make a possession order on an assured tenancy.

Under section 215 of the Housing Act 2004, where a tenancy deposit has been paid, the court may make a possession order only if the following conditions are met.

Prescribed information, meaning the details about the scheme and the deposit that a landlord must give under section 213(5) of the Housing Act 2004, is a separate duty from protecting the deposit itself. Section 213 requires both to be completed within 30 days of receiving the deposit, and the information must go to the tenant and to any relevant person who paid the deposit on the tenant's behalf.

Late compliance does not remove every risk. On the wording of section 215(2), late protection can satisfy the possession condition, but it does not appear to answer a claim under section 214, where the court must order the landlord to pay not less than the amount of the deposit and not more than three times that amount. How the multiplier is set depends on the facts of each case. LLCR's article on what invalidates a Section 8 notice sets out other compliance failures courts examine.

What does the deposit course teach?

The course is structured around six practical outcomes. By the end, a landlord should be able to:

1. Tell a tenancy deposit apart from a holding deposit, rent in advance and payments banned under the Tenant Fees Act 2019
2. Protect a deposit and serve the prescribed information within 30 days, on everyone who must receive it
3. Work out the penalty exposure if a deposit was missed
4. Check deposit compliance before serving any possession notice
5. Handle end of tenancy deductions with the evidence adjudicators look for
6. Keep a deposit evidence file that can be produced on request

The deductions lesson connects with LLCR's guide to how deposit adjudication works. The prescribed information lesson fits within the wider list of documents a landlord must give a tenant.

Why does every lesson include a myth check?

Each lesson takes on one piece of advice that landlords still repeat, explains where it came from and sets out what the law requires now. Much outdated advice was accurate once. The deposit course contains six myth checks across eight lessons.

One example is the belief that a landlord has 14 days to protect a deposit. That was the rule until 6 April 2012, when the Localism Act 2011 extended the period to 30 days. Another is the belief that non-protection does not affect Section 8. That stopped being true on 1 May 2026, when the substituted section 215 took effect.

How are LLCR Academy courses built and checked?

Every legal point in an LLCR Academy course is mapped to legislation or official guidance, and each course displays a public law reviewed date. The current courses were law reviewed in September 2026. When the law changes, the affected course is checked again and its date is updated.

The courses cite primary legislation including the Housing Act 2004, the Localism Act 2011, the Tenant Fees Act 2019 and the Renters' Rights Act 2025. The format is the same across the catalogue:

• Short video lessons of seven or eight minutes each
• Real scenarios drawn from situations landlords actually face
• Printable checklists for use on a landlord's own tenancies
• A final assessment with a pass mark of 75%, and a certificate of completion

The courses are written and maintained by LLCR's own team. The author, Tauhid Islam, holds an LLB and works as a paralegal at a London law firm on property, possession and compliance matters.

Are LLCR Academy courses CPD accredited?

No. LLCR Academy courses are not CPD accredited at present, and learners who pass the final assessment receive a certificate of completion. The courses are general training. They are not legal advice on any individual situation, and anyone involved in a live dispute should speak to a solicitor.

There is no general statutory requirement for private landlords in England to complete training before letting. For letting agents, the position may change: LLCR's article on letting agent licensing in England sets out what the government has and has not confirmed about future qualification requirements.

Who are the courses for?

The courses are designed for three groups:

• Self-managing landlords in England who take a deposit
• Landlords preparing to serve a possession notice
• Letting agents who want a structured refresher

They are not designed for properties in Wales or Scotland, where the law differs, or for social housing landlords.

How do landlords enrol?

Course 1 is available now through Udemy, linked from the Tenancy Deposit Compliance course page. Landlords can join the waitlist for any of the other three courses on the LLCR Academy page, and LLCR will email them when that course launches. Further platforms are expected to follow.

The courses explain what a landlord needs to keep. LLCR is designed to keep it: certificates, deposit records, notices and proof of service, dated and organised by property. Landlords who want to see where they currently stand can start with the free LLCR compliance checker.