Alto has launched a free Renters’ Rights Risk Calculator to help agents see where they stand before enforcement begins.
The tool asks a short set of questions about an agency’s setup, including tenancy structures, rent controls, audit trails, and compliance processes.
It then highlights any gaps and shows estimated fine exposure and operational impact.
Nick Shaw (pictured), chief revenue officer at Alto, said: “We’re already seeing agents underestimate how exposed they are.
“It’s not one big failure, it’s small gaps in how the business runs day to day.
“A process that isn’t quite right. A safeguard that’s missing. A system that doesn’t fully support the new rules.”
Shaw added: “On their own, those don’t always get picked up. But under the Renters’ Rights Act, they carry real financial risk – and that risk multiplies across every tenancy you manage.”
Alto has also introduced product updates to support compliance, including creation of periodic tenancies from day one, safeguards to prevent rental bidding above advertised prices, automated rent review controls, full timestamped audit trails, and bulk conversion tools for existing portfolios.
Shaw said: “The agents who get ahead of this now will be in a much stronger position — not just from a compliance point of view, but commercially as well.”