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The newly re-elected Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester - Andy Burnham - wants to end Right To Buy on new-build homes...

Urgent action is needed by government to protect tenants who live in poor quality private rented homes, MPs have demanded. A report...

The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...

New plans to clamp down on rogue social landlords who fail to provide safe homes have been announced today. This is part...

The National Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a consultation proposal by Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham. Burnham’s Greater Manchester Good Landlord...

Labour’s Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Cabinet minister Andy Burnham says this year is when he will ”get serious” about...

The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over all social housing - has revealed a huge surge in what it calls “severe...

While many sections of the property industry welcome the change of tone in Rishi Sunak’s approach to green issues, one group...

The death of a 27-year-old man was not caused by the mould in the private rental property he occupied. That was the verdict...

The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...

The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the social housing provider which supplied accommodation to Awaab...

A not-for-profit business that advocates tenants use Rent Repayment Orders against landlords has issued a furious response to a Supreme Court...

The Regulator of Social Housing has warned landlords in that sector to take immediate action over damp and mould. And the regulator...

A Good Landlord Charter - described as the first of its kind in the UK - is being created by a...

The government says it’s reviewing landlord guidance on the health risks of damp and mould following the death of two year...

A Conservative controlled council in the Cotswolds has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, urging him to implement rental reform legislation. The...

A newspaper has discovered that over 1,500 warnings for damp or mould have been issued to landlords by just one city...

The ingenuity of the human race knows no bounds, especially, it seems, when it comes to exploiting opportunities. We have all become...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to make it easier for councils...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...

A council wants private tenants to ‘grass’ on rogue landlords in the light of the tragic death of toddler Awaab Ishak. Telford...