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Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Conservative leader of a council which claims it has had problems with Airbnbs and short lets has given wholehearted backing...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A local authority in a tourist hotspot claims that local landlords have “overwhelmingly” backed a move to clampdown on Airbnbs and...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Another council may be considering a tax on guests staying at Airbnb or other short let properties. North Norfolk council, which covers...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Scotland’s controversial licensing regime on Airbnbs and other short lets, due to start next month, may breach the European Convention on...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A countryside property organisation has added its voice to the calls for an extension to a licensing scheme for Airbnbs and...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A six week consultation is now underway as a council bids to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who wants the government to give him the powers to impose rent controls, is now demanding licensing...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
An attempt to introducing statutory licensing for Airbnbs and some other tourist accommodation has got a frosty reception. The Welsh Government -...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
An area has been identified for a two-year study of the impact which second homes, Airbnbs, other holiday lets and empty...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
TV property expert Phil Spencer has called for a radical simplification of the rules surrounding landlord licensing, fees and other regulations. In...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Next Thursday voters up and down the country will be casting their votes in a series of local elections which are...
29 April 2023
From: The Big Issues
A Liberal Democrat MP is calling on the government to bring forward a clampdown on Airbnb and other short lets. The government...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
New rules making it tougher for people to let houses via AirBnb and other short let platforms have been unveiled by...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he’s going to make changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill currently going through Parliament...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords of Airbnbs and other short-lets risk facing penalties for tax evasion if they fail to report income on their rental...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that “families are being turfed out of their private rented homes under...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The Portuguese government has announced sweeping measures, mostly against landlords, which some activists want introduced in the UK too. Portuguese Prime Minister...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The new editor of an influential newspaper property supplement has come up with a way of solving what she calls “the...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The House of Commons will today debate a proposal for local authorities to have specific controls over the proliferation of Airbnbs...
09 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A Conservative MP says the stamp duty cut announced in the now-legendary mini-Budget at the end of last month should not...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Local authorities in one part of the UK have revealed their charges for the licensing of Airbnb and other short lets. Scotland’s...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A council has launched a best practice charter for operating “considerate holiday lets” in partnership with a property industry trade body. The...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Housing campaigners want the government to give English councils planning power to refuse Airbnbs Action on Short-Term Lets, a campaign group, has...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
MPs are to have another opportunity to debate possible restrictions on the number of so-called party houses let from AirBnb and...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A new campaign has been launched calling for the regulation of Airbnb and other short lets in England. Action on Short Term...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A council in a second home and short let hotspot is making a desparate plea to private landlords for help. Torbay Council,...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A council claims that a substantial number of private landlords in its area have evicted long term tenants to make space...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities. The...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A Conservative MP who has already suggested a 25 mile limit around some rental properties to reserve them for people with...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new plans unveiled by the Welsh Government. There...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
An MP has introduced a Private Member’s Bill which, if successful, would reduce what she calls the “nightmare” of Airbnb party...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A price comparison website has given a league table of features which it claims can allow landlords to increase the charges...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Politicians in a city with one of the UK’s most frenzied short lets markets are pledging to return Airbnb style units...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Talk is getting louder about restrictions surrounding Airbnb and other short let platforms - and nowhere is the volume greater than...
19 March 2022
From: The Big Issues
A Labour MP in the westcountry appears to be winning support for a campaign he has launched called First Homes, Not...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent activist group has launched a lobbying campaign, giving a template letter for people to send to MPs ahead...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords wanting to let out via Airbnb and other short let platforms in Edinburgh will have to apply for planning consent...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A government housing minister has confirmed to the House of Lords that a new tax regime for Airbnb hosts and holiday...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The owner of a property used for an illegal party has been fined by a London council for breaking lockdown. Police were called...