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Fears about potential eviction, blacklisting, and rent increases are stopping four in ten private tenants from making complaints about or requesting...

The government’s proposed ban on letting agents charging tenant fees has gained significant support from members of the general public, while...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has reiterated its call for the government to reconsider banning letting agents in England...

More needs to be done to focus on improving renting rather than obsessing over property ownership, according to a specialist provider...

Councils across the country are being urged to raise their game when it comes to protecting private tenants from a minority...

There are growing fears that tenants will end up bearing the cost of the government’s decision to ban letting agents' fees...

Letting agents in England will be banned from charging fees to tenants under plans announced by the chancellor in his Autumn...

All letting agency fees should be paid by landlords, rather than tenants, as is the case in Scotland, according to Citizens...

The government and local councils are not doing enough to clampdown on rogue landlords, according to a new report. A survey of...

The consumer charity Citizens Advice is the latest body to say the government’s heavily-publicised £5m given to councils to tackle rogue...

Luton Borough Council has launched a new initiative which aims to tackle rogue landlords who are letting properties that are being...

Private housing tenants from across income scales are living in unsafe homes that fail to meet basic legal standards, a report...

Reading Council has launched a consultation on the creation of a Private Rented Sector Housing Charter. If established, the Charter will include...

Tenancy deposit protection scheme mydeposits is to launch in Jersey after the organisation signed contracts with the Jersey Government last week. The...

The tiny number of landlord convictions is no deterrent to the worst landlords, Generation Rent has said, as it calls on...

MPs have introduced two new bills that will crackdown on rogue landlords. The first measure introduced to parliament yesterday was by the...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has responded to last week’s Citizens Advice report on the private rented sector in a statement...

Rogue landlords are raking in £5.6billion a year for unsafe homes that fail to meet legal standards, a report by Citizens...