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The architect of the controversial rent control policies in Scotland has left the government. It is not known what long-term implication this...

A new version of research first released in May 2023 once again lashes some MPs for being landlords. 38 Degrees - an...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

A south coast council is set to clampdown on HMOs after a report highlighted alleged issues with the likes of bins,...

Another council has set up an advice session for private rental landlords in the area. This even will take place at Neath...

A private landlord has been prosecuted for failing to carry out works to make his rented property safe . David Almond of...

The chartered surveyor team at Stokemont is giving advice on potential pitfalls in new build homes.  This is from RICS-accredited valuer Bradley...

New additional and selective licensing schemes are to be considered by the controversial Bristol city council. The council’s Labour Mayor - Marvin...

Landlords who fail to ensure their private rented homes meet required standards face massively increased charges from a council. Bath & North...

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

A council is to spend £10m to buy homes on the open market to house local people - some at risk...

Almost all landlords letting out properties in a London borough will soon be legally required to have a selective license. It’s one...

Some £2m of government money has been channeled into a brand new country cil Taskforce aimed at identifying and clamping down...

Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...

Stockton-on-Tees is the latest council seeking people's views on the introduction of Selective Licensing for private rented housing. It launched a consultation...

MPs from a range of opposition parties are pressing the government to reinstate the stricter energy efficiency rules for landlords, recently...

Landlords across just one London borough who failed to license HMOs have been issued with fines amounting to £207,500. To date, 59...

A rogue landlord has been fined £27,460 for putting residents at risk by failing to maintain a property. Flintshire County Council brought...

If you live in a rented home, you’ll know the struggles of wanting to make your home feel like your own...

A council in the south east of England says it is “exploring the possibility” of introducing a huge landlord licensing scheme. Councillors...

It may be all change - again - at the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities if the government’s poor...

A prominent Labour councillor in Liverpool has told the local media: “Parts of Liverpool are blighted by landlords who treat the...

A city council has slammed what it calls ‘neglectful landlords’ as part of an illegal dumping crackdown. Stoke-on-Trent’s Labour authority has declared...

The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says he is demanding the powers to seize usage or poor quality homes...

A Labour MP has expressed concern at the speed of progress on the Renters Reform Bill - pushing Leader of the...

A council has gone out to formal consultation on a licensing scheme - but appears to have pre-judges the outcome. It says...

A Cardiff landlord has been ordered to pay just over £4,500 for failing to rectify faults relating to two flats he...

We’re used to councils having a pop at private landlords - but now one has praised a landlord for helping to...

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

Bristol councillors who are landlords have been told they cannot speak in a debate on rent controls.  Earlier this week we explained...

A Labour council is being tipped to vote tomorrow to introduce rent controls for the private sector, even though it has...

Renters don’t have it easy. Housemates can be unpredictable, rules can be strict, but worst of all – it’s expensive.  Most tenants...

The new Chancellor in the beleaguered Liz Truss government is former health and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt - a buy to...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has approved a London council’s plan to introduce a new private rented property...

The charity Shelter is organising a fringe meeting at next week’s Conservative party conference, with a prominent campaigner for a mandatory...

Birmingham council has been granted permission by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to introduce a massive Selective Licensing...

The minister who was behind the controversial Renters Reform Bill and the accompanying White Paper has this morning resigned from the...

A controversial Labour council aims to make life more expensive for landlords who let out whole properties via Airbnb or other...

The new Housing Secretary is to be Simon Clarke who, at 37, may be the youngest member of Liz Truss’s first...

A Bristol landlord has been banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards. Naomi Knapp, a portfolio landlord...

A council in Wales is warning landlords that enforcement action is on its way for those who fail to meet Minimum...

Greg Clark is the new Housing Secretary, with responsibilities including steering the Renters' Reform Bill through parliament. He is part of a...

Cabinet minister Michael Gove and junior minister Eddie Hughes - architects of the pro-renter White Paper issued last month - are staying...

Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...

A Labour city council that has already called for powers to impose rent controls has now extended its existing landlord licensing...

Private landlords who let out properties in Central West Bromwich are being urged to check if they need to apply for...

Birmingham’s Labour controlled council is writing to Housing Secretary Michael Gove for consent to apply a new licensing scheme over 25...

The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...

The government is poised to announce a ban on the installation of gas boilers by 2035. Instead home owners including landlords will...

The new Housing Secretary, Michael Gove, must remake the rental sector in a fairer and more stable form. That’s the view of...

A former member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet has thrown his weight behind Generation Rent’s latest campaign. Lloyd Russell-Moyle - chair of...

A London council is urging landlords to check whether their properties require licensing under a new scheme introduced this month. Enfield’s new...

A council is threatening to fine private landlords whose properties do not meet energy efficiency standards. Darlington council’s cabinet will meet next...

A Labour council that lost government support for its landlord licensing regime says it’s reviewing its options and will produce new...

Another council in the south of England is asking landlords and letting agents in its area how the Coronavirus crisis has...

A cluster of councils in the south of England want to know how Covid-19 has impacted landlords and letting agents in...

The pandemic-related debts of tenants and landlords should be top of the in tray of the new housing minister in Wales. That’s...

A council is urging landlord not to evict tenants when the current ban ends on May 31 without getting in touch...

A council has agreed to set aside £30,000 to pay for private rental deposits as a cheaper alternative to bed and breakfast accommodation. The ruling...

Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until last weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister.  She...

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, wants to introduce a £1.5m Good Landlord Charter This would work in partnership with the city’s...

Oliver Andrews, editor at Property Assist Claim, sets out how landlords can find the ideal tenants for their rental homes.  If you...

A landlord who committed 33 offences at a property he owns has been issued with civil penalties totalling £50,500. Zaheer Uddin Babar,...

Buy-to-let landlords in Bury now face the prospect of major fines if they are caught providing tenants with unsafe and substandard...

Croydon Council has applied for government consent to renew the borough’s landlord licensing scheme that makes sure privately-let properties meet key...

Buy-to-let landlords with a rental property in Harrow have just a few weeks left to have their say in a consultation...

A new licensing scheme designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords has been put forward for consideration by  Liverpool City Council. The new...

A buy-to-let landlord in Bristol has been forced to hand £1,569 back to the council for housing benefit payments he received. Charles...

A buy-to-let landlord in Bristol has been ordered to repay more than £3,000 following investigations by the council’s Private Housing Rogue...

Harrow Council is looking to renew its landlord licensing scheme in Edgware, enabling tougher enforcement action on rogue landlords. It is consulting...

With a number of tenants suffering financial hardship due to coronavirus, Wandsworth Council is among a number of councils in the...

Southwark Council has given the go-ahead for the introduction of a new licensing scheme which could see landlords across the borough...

New Labour leader Keir Starmer finalised his shadow cabinet appointments yesterday, with Thangam Debbonaire securing the role of shadow housing secretary. Debbonaire,...

Brent Council’s application to extend its selective licensing scheme in the north west London ward has been rejected by central government.  Brent...

A buy-to-let landlord in Liverpool has been ordered to pay almost £9.500 after failing to provide acceptable living conditions for his...

Boris Johnson has unveiled his new look cabinet, which includes the appointment of Christopher Pincher as the new housing minister. Pincher replaces Esther McVey,...

The west of England’s Landlord Expo returns to Bristol next month.  The free-to-attend event, organised by the four West of England Local...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay just over £90,000 for repeatedly ignoring selective licensing laws in north London.  Stephen Ige...

Just over a month on from the Conservative Party's election victory and all eyes are firmly fixed on Boris Johnson and...

A selective licensing scheme covering two areas in the suburbs of Leeds has been introduced by Leeds City Council.  Under the new...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £1,384 after pleading guilty to failing to selectively license a rental property he owns in...

A buy-to-let landlord in south London has been blasted for offering a corridor as a flat.  The flat in Brixton was listed...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has announced that the Welsh cabinet secretary responsible for housing policy, Julie James, will be the...

London Borough of Brent has approved the renewal and extension of borough-wide additional licensing for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) for...

Struggling to let or sell a property? There are a number of things that turn off potential renters and homebuyers off,...

Hounslow Council has u-turned on plans to introduce a licensing scheme for landlords.  Plans for an additional licensing scheme for landlords were...

Birmingham  City Council has taken action against a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) landlord in the Small Heath area in what...

A council used a plane with thermal imaging to catch unscrupulous landlords that allowed tenants to live in substandard conditions.  Several people...

Cardiff based housing association Cadwyn is calling for more private landlords with properties in the city to lease their properties with...

A landlord has been penalised for operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupancy  (HMO) in south London. Fouad Ahmad, from Streatham, pleaded...

A number of MPs are currently earning rental income from properties let to private tenants, including eight ministers in Boris Johnson’s...

An unscrupulous landlord who housed at least 25 tenants in a rundown property in north-west London has been ordered to pay...

Robert Jenrick has been named the new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, while Esther McVey has been...

The next prime minister, Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt, will inevitably reshuffle the cabinet once they are in office, and that...

A buy-to-let landlord in Telford has been fined £1,000, ordered to pay £2,183 costs and a £100 victim surcharge after pleading...

A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house in east London into two flats...

Brent Council in north London discovered three tenants living inside a shed in the garden of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £7,000 for neglecting the garden at one of his properties and allowing to become...

The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) is calling for an urgent overhaul of how universal credit is paid, with most landlords north of...

A buy-to-let landlord in South Yorkshire has been fined £4,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,121 as well as a...