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![Tory Rental Reform and Housing Policies in Full](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
The Conservatives have set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and related issues. Here...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Clampdown, S21 Scrapped, and other manifesto pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Liberal Democrats have set out a predictable set of pledges in their manifesto for next mon this election, centred on...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![A Remarkable Story of A Leaseholder Seeking Justice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...
18 November 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Labour call to campaign against “excessive rents”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_309559970.jpg)
A Labour pressure group wants the party to campaign on housing at the next General Election, including railing against what it...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgages available soon for flats hit by unsafe cladding](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CladdingScandal400x310.jpg)
January 9 is the date from which a range of mortgage lenders are honouring their commitment to ensure flats in blocks...
30 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Eco-rules and taxes add tens of thousands to new build costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHome-400x310.png)
Twelve changes to taxes, rules and regulations in the next three years will add £20,000 to the price of a new...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Do you know your Fire Door responsibilities?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/fire-400x310.png)
Time is running out’ for building owners and managers to take action over fire door risk assessments under new Fire Safety...
22 October 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Nightmare may end for landlords trying to sell in high-rise blocks](/upload/images/library/StudentPropertyBlock-400x310.jpg)
The government has developed an insurance scheme which may help landlords who want to see flats in high rise blocks. Following the...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Many landlords still excluded from new Building Safety Law](/upload/images/library/Health%26Safety400x310.png)
The Building Safety Bill has become law - and while it does offer help to leaseholder landlords with one or two...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour MP backs buy to let landlords over cladding cash help](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CladdingScandal3-400x310.png)
Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Small-scale landlords to benefit from new cladding scandal deal](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/MillennialAtHome-1-400x310.jpg)
The government says major house builders have agreed to spend £2 billion on fixing the dangerous cladding on their own buildings,...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants given 15 questions to ask landlords and agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/house-prices400x310.png)
A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Canapes and Cheque Books For Landlords?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RishiSunak-400x310.jpg)
I hope you weren’t holding your breath for the Chancellor to announce a package of help for landlords in his Spring...
02 April 2022
From: Agent Advice
![Cladding Scandal: MPs call on government to reverse anti-landlord position](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CladdingScandal3-400x310.png)
A cross-party group of MPs has opposed government plans to make many buy to let landlords pay for the replacement of...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![What the new Building Safety Bill means for Leaseholders](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/build-to-rent400x310.png)
As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...
05 March 2022
From: The Big Issues
![Gove slammed for “lazy and false” views about landlords](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![New bid for landlords to be treated equally in cladding safety work](/upload/images/library/CladdingScandal2-400x310.png)
A last ditch bid is underway to include the properties of all landlords in the programme of financial help to remove...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Excluding landlords will lead to cladding safety problems](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CladdingScandal2-400x310.png)
Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Woes - Rising Costs, Levelling Up, Cladding Confusion](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
Last October, stakeholders across the private rented sector were told by ministers that the Government needed extra time to create a...
12 February 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Cladding Help: Government still considering including BTL landlords](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CladdingScandal400x310.jpg)
The government has hit back at claims from the National Residential Landlords Association that buy to let landlords are being left...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Don’t exclude landlords from cladding help, politicians will be told](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CladdingScandal2-400x310.png)
Government plans to rectify dangerous cladding are riddled with confusion and risk needless delays to addressing the problem. That’s the warning from...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government slams insurance firms over premiums on blocks](/upload/images/library/Flats400x310.jpg)
Property insurers have forced “crippling costs” on to residents of medium and high-rise apartment blocks in the aftermath of the Grenfell...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let losing its appeal, warns leading London buying expert](/upload/images/library/BuyToLetHouses400x310.png)
One of the most respected buying agents in London says buy to let in the capital is losing its appeal for...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government told: Don’t penalise landlords over cladding](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
The campaign to ensure that landlords are included in the government’s measures to alleviate the problem of dangerous cladding is gathering...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why are landlords deliberately excluded from cladding help?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CladdingScandal2-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association is seeking clarification from gov ernment about whether landlords are included in the latest measure to...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Blaze casualties prompt fire warning to private landlords](/upload/images/library/FireSign-400x310.png)
A company behind a fire safety initiative has surveyed tenants in both the private and social rental sectors, and claims shortcomings...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Glimmer of hope for landlords owning cladding leaseholds](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords directly affected by the cladding scandal - because they own units in low and medium-rise blocks - have some good...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Will new Bill help landlords caught in cladding crisis?](/img/default/llt.png)
The government claims its new Building Safety Bill, published yesterday, will create “lasting generational change” after Grenfell and the cladding crisis...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Experienced Labour heavyweight becomes shadow housing spokesperson](/img/default/llt.png)
Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until last weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister. She...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of landlords lumbered with loans and unsellable flats](/img/default/llt.png)
It’s feared that the government’s latest funding to solve the cladding crisis will leave thousands of landlords with loans and unsellable...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![London Mayor wants windfall tax to fund cladding removal](/img/default/llt.png)
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants a £3 billion one-off windfall tax on private developers to fund replacement cladding on affected...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords with flats in cladding crisis set to benefit from new fund](/img/default/llt.png)
The unknown number of landlords with properties in blocks caught in the cladding crisis may be able to benefit from a...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Good news: Landlords don’t need EWS1 for no-cladding buildings](/img/default/llt.png)
One hidden aspect of the recent cladding controversy has been that many landlords have been unable to sell or remortgage flats...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Flat owners welcome government response on cladding](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has published its response to the House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s (HCLG) report on cladding...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![The government’s attempt to remove cladding has been ‘too slow’](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has been criticised by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) for taking far too long to remove all flammable cladding...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Budget 2020: what Rishi Sunak’s announcement means for the PRS](/img/default/llt.png)
Rishi Sunak's first Budget included new taxes for overseas property buyers, funding to remove unsafe cladding, fresh funds to support the...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fire safety issues affecting tower blocks ‘run far deeper’ than flammable cladding](/img/default/llt.png)
Rendered insulation could be a bigger issue for scores of tower blocks with flammable cladding, according to Andrews Property Group. Almost three...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Social landlords could face a £10bn bill to ‘to fix fire safety problems’](/img/default/llt.png)
The government is being urged to fund a bailout to help social landlords avoid a £10bn bill to fix fire safety...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold reform campaigner unveils key areas where changes are needed](/img/default/llt.png)
A new 10-point manifesto designed to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by a prominent leasehold reform campaigner, following the...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Government allocates £200m to replace Grenfell-style cladding from high rises](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has set up a £200m fund to replace unsafe Grenfell Tower-style cladding on around 170 private high-rise residential buildings...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Government releases £400m for cladding upgrades](/img/default/llt.png)
The government has released the first tranche of an estimated £400m to fund the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding on...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlords welcome MPs fire safety plans](/img/default/llt.png)
A call by a Parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in privately owned residential blocks has...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Hackitt report welcomed as a “step in the right direction”](/img/default/llt.png)
The publication yesterday of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, confirming that landlords and building managers will...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tenants launch fundraising page to pay for ‘independent’ fire safety checks](/img/default/llt.png)
A crowdfunding page has been set up by concerned tenants who are looking to pay for an independent fire safety inspection...