Abstract Following the devolution of powers by the UK Government to the National Assembly for Wales, the law in Wales has diverged considerably from the law in England on many issues, including housing policy. In Wales, recent housing policy and law focused on the improvement of housing quality and on the equalisation of the relationship between the housing provider and the housing occupier in order to ensure that those living in rented accommodation have a better awareness of their rights and clearer and more accessible paths to obtain redress. This article introduces the key provisions of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 and explains the changes it makes to the regulation of the public and private domestic rental sector in Wales. It aims therefore to outline the main changes made to the law as between England and Wales, and also aims to highlight why an increased consumer protection focus could improve the housing sector but brings with it the risk of stymieing the housing market by increasing costs and decreasing housing availability through over regulation. The paper identified how lessons from Wales may have implications for the improvement of tenant rights in other national housing markets.

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租户权利和 2016 年租赁房屋（威尔士）法

摘要 随着英国政府向威尔士国民议会下放权力，威尔士的法律在许多问题上与英格兰的法律大相径庭，包括住房政策。在威尔士，最近的住房政策和法律侧重于提高住房质量以及住房提供者与住房占用者之间关系的平等化，以确保居住在出租房屋中的人更好地了解自己的权利，并更加明确和明确地了解自己的权利。更容易获得补救的途径。本文介绍了 2016 年《租赁房屋（威尔士）法》的主要条款，并解释了它对威尔士公共和私人家庭租赁部门的监管所做的更改。因此，它旨在概述英格兰和威尔士之间法律的主要变化，并且还旨在强调为什么增加对消费者保护的关注可以改善住房部门，但同时也带来了通过过度监管增加成本和减少住房供应而阻碍住房市场的风险。该论文确定了威尔士的经验教训如何对改善其他国家住房市场的租户权利产生影响。