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Airbnb has ripped into politicians in Scotland who have implemented restrictions on short lets. The former SNP-Green coalition government allowed local councils...

The government is ruling out any U-turn on the tax changes regarding furnished holiday lettings - despite substantial complaints from Tory...

A housing industry group wants the energy efficiency of a social rented property to be factored into the rent the tenant...

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...

Back in 2019, the Government promised a ban on so-called no-fault evictions. Section 21 was to be outlawed. While some housing...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

Renters allegedly pay £669 in un-recoverable costs for each ‘unwanted’ move as a result of eviction, claims campaigning charity Shelter. It says...

Tenant referencing provider Canopy has released data from a  rental affordability index, which claims most tenants are at the very limit...

Burnley council says it’s considered the findings of a six-week public consultation and is set to increase planning controls over the...

Scotland’s new Housing Bill - introducing a laborious eviction process and rent caps across the country - will ‘compound the mistakes’...

A new housing deal will provide another 92 Build To Rent units run by Legal & General. The properties will be two,...

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

A council has agreed a council tax rise of an additional 100% on second home and long-term empty homes, despite widespread...

Anonymous reports of energy theft have skyrocketed by 62% since 2021, Crimestoppers’ figures reveal.  In 2023 alone, the charity received 11,552 reports...

A newspaper reports that Housing Secretary Michael Gove is willing to rely on Labour votes to pass the Renters Reform Bill...

The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...

Another council is consulting about a controversial selective licensing scheme.  North Lincolnshire council says the proposed scheme is “designed to improve housing...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark has called for equal parity between short-term lets and the private rented sector to ensure they meet...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their views...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

Liverpool council and Merseyside Police have secured the eviction of a private tenant making life ‘a nightmare’ for the local community. The...

Cardiff council is proposing new measures to help bring long-term empty houses back into use. Tomorrow it’s considering introducing a council tax...

A landlord has quit the private rental sector after a battle with his council over why his properties were put into...

Yet another council is consulting on whether to continue a selective licensing scheme. The scheme applies to several areas of Burnley and...

The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it wants a speedy implementation of the Renters Reform Bill to avoid uncertainty - and...

Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...

Government proposals on limiting short lets "fall a long way short of what's needed and will do nothing to put right...

SNP councillors in Scotland have come up with an innovative suggestion to improve energy efficiency in private rental properties. They want councils...

The Generation Rent group has thrown its weight behind a ban on mortgages for holiday homes buyers - and its chief...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Last week Housing Secretary Gove announced...

Reversing the tax penalties imposed on buy to let landlords in recent years would reduce the impact of short lets on...

Airbnb has released new figures showing that the typical host landlord makes a modest £5,500 a year by sharing their space...

Generation Rent has yet again come out for rent control over the private sector - and wants it to be an...

A Labour MP who has campaigned for some years against short let landlords says proposals to crack down on the sector...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to restrict Airbnb-style short lets do not go far enough, a group of activists has said. Yesterday...

The Conservative leader of a council which claims it has had problems with Airbnbs and short lets has given wholehearted backing...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...

A survey by an activist group suggests that one in three tenants claim that their private renting conditions are impacting their...

Airbnb has given its backing to a proposal from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a mandatory register of short let...

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

A Selective Licensing scheme proposal is out for consultation in the Scunthorpe area -  with a harsh message from a council...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which has frequently been critical of landlords and their alleged treatment of poorer tenants - is advertising...

The government has overturned its policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum seekers. The policy had previously been...

Two new build household names often favoured by landlords buying investment properties have announced a merger. Barratt has reached a £2.5 billion...

The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland is reminding landlords who registered or renewed with the Landlord Registration Scheme during January,...

A legal services provider is claiming that landlords risk criminal prosecution for breaches of licensing rules that are often “unreasonable and...

The Generation Rent activist group says the government must “make it clear that landlords and letting agents can let homes to...

The Labour Party has committed to extending a crackdown on social housing landlords who fail to fix mouldy homes, to include...

The all-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee of MPs is looking into housing for disabled people.  It’s considering how the government, local...

A property expert claims capital values on properties should drop significantly if they are not considered appropriately energy efficient. “Homes which aren’t...

If you're thinking of investing in a holiday home this year, there can be a lot to consider. From gathering insight to...

A newspaper claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants British families to be given higher priority for social housing. Implicitly this may...

HSBC bank is working with Shelter on housing campaigns. A statement from the charity says: “With support from partners including HSBC UK,...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

There is to be no comparable law for private landlords, following the introduction of Awaab’s Law. Earlier this week the Department of...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

The National Residential Landlords Association wants to show the government that some local councils still advise tenants served with a valid...

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

Airbnb in the UK is bringing in restrictions on certain bookings over New Year’s Eve to deter guests holding anti-social parties. Proprietary...

A local authority is hosting a free event for local landlords which will give them insights into latest developments in the...

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

A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...

Two landlords who let their two-bedroom flat in Tower Hamlets to as many as 22 people, have pleaded guilty to nine...

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...

The government has insisted that its commitment to reform the courts process to help deal with evictions more effectively is not...

Airbnb is launching a new Sustainability Hub to help its landlord hosts in the UK retrofit and improve the energy efficiency...

London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan wants 10,000 private homes in the capital to be brought into the social rental sector within...

A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial...

The UK’s Office for National Statistics will soon have access to data on short-term lets listed on Airbnb, Booking .com and...

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister in the short lived premiership of Liz...

A think tank that describes itself as “centre right” praises the Renters Reform Bill and claims the fear of landlords selling...

Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section 21 notice...

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

A local authority in London is to buy back over 300 properties it built and sold off years ago under Right...

The National Residential Landlords’ Association’s annual conference next week is a sell out with all 800 or so tickets sold to...

A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...

A family of landlords have been jailed for a total of 31 years after committing horrific violence against tenants and in...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Private...

The main landlords’ trade body wants justice ministers to speed up the time taken for courts to process legitimate possession cases. In...

Conservative MP Dehenna Davison has resigned as a minister in Michael Gove’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Writing to the...

Rental sector organisations have been given an indication by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that a new How...

A veteran Tory MP who has been a junior minister in the department responsible for housing now says the rental market...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has announced a £50m fund to help older and disabled people in England,...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords to take responsibility for issues of damp and...

The Scottish Government says rent controls - already existing as a so-called emergency measure - will become permanent. Scottish First Minister Humza...

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has been given the job of Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities...

With student accommodation in the headlines ahead of the stat of the new academic year, the National Residential Landlords Association is...

A council is appealing to landlords to work with the local authority and the Probation Service to help ex-offenders fit accommodation...

A leading agent in an area set to be hit by draconian planning restrictions on holiday lets is warning that the...

Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and activist group Generation Rent have issued a joint appeal for rent controls in the capital. Khan’s...

A council is to consult on a new licensing scheme that aims to tackle rogue landlords in parts of Scunthorpe that...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged to publish “shortly” revised timetables for the implementation of further energy efficiency targets for the...

An angry reader has contacted Landlord Today with a letter from housing minister Rachel Maclean - which the recipient has branded...

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

New research has uncovered what the organisations behind it call “shocking discrimination towards migrant communities” while they try to find places...