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It is possible that licensing regimes operated by local councils could cut the fees they impose on landlords. The House of Commons...

Environmental health officers are making a last ditch bid to save local council licensing. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health reckons that...

Supporters of council selective licensing start rearguard action  Some of those involved in local councils have started a campaign to save selective...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has given a warm welcome to many of the provision in the Renters Reform Bill...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health gas come out in support of a legal challenge to the government’s draft regulations exempting...

Claims on social media by a leader of the Renters Reform Coalition - who is also a contributor to a Labour-supporting website...

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 a sweeping attack on the conditions of homes run by private landlords. In a statement backing...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants rogue landlords to pay bigger fines and more compensation to tenants. He is also introducing...

The government is expected to give at least some details today of the principles enshrined in a new White Paper on...

Proposals for a national register of landlords have been rejected by the government.  A report on the joint research project between the...

This week’s announcement that landlords will need to pay the first £3,500 to make improvements to their properties to ensure they...

The government has been criticised for continuing to drag its heels over taking on key recommendations made in a recent report...

The publication yesterday of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, confirming that landlords and building managers will...

The government must focus on urgently improving dangerous housing conditions across the country after new figures revealed that thousands of private...