Ask anyone about the state of the rental market right now and you’ll likely be met with a deep sigh and a heavy eye-roll. London rents continue to rise at the fastest rate in more than a decade and Zoopla’s most recent report predicted that the combination of high prices and low supply is unlikely to improve any time soon.

Amid rogue landlords, unsafe housing conditions and an increasing number of ‘sex for rent’ arrangements being offered to struggling tenants, it’s clear something has to change – and fast.

It’s fitting, then, that the Renters’ Reform Bill is currently back in the House of Commons, five years and four prime ministers after it was first promised. Under the new Labour government, it has been renamed the Renters’ Rights Bill and will aim to “decisively level the playing field between landlords and tenants”, according to housing ministers.

What is Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill – and will it affect you?