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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...

Phase two of the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG2) is a UK Government-funded scheme for properties in England that are not connected...

An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

Activists are beginning to pile pressure on London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming the public will be disappointed if he toes...

The Generation Rent activist group is placing its hopes for pro-renter policies on newly-elected Metro Mayors, who will be elected on...

Rent controls are at the heart of the local election manifesto of the Green Party of England and Wales. Co-leader Carla Denyer,...

A think tank based in central London says landlords would not quit the sector if much tougher - and more expensive...

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’...

The controversial proposal for permanent rent controls in Scotland, published just ahead of the Easter holiday, doesn’t go far enough for...

The Scottish Government’s Housing Bill allows SNP and Green politicians to create rent control areas, triggered by local authorities, and this...

While parts of Britain are considering tightening rules over Airbnbs and other short lets, the Channel island of Jersey appears to...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and the party’s controversial Mayor of London Sadiq Khan are at loggerheads over rent controls. Khan has...

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

A prominent Green Party politician is arguing for rent controls - and accuses Labour of watering down its commitment to the...

Green Party activists responsible for rent controls on Scotland have now slammed landlords who claim the number of rented homes is...

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...

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

Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...

Bristol’s controversial Labour council is extending previous licensing schemes to other parts of the city at some £1,800 HMO per licence...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

A newly-nominated candidate in this spring’s London Mayoral election has vowed to lower private rents if he wins. Serge Crowbolder, currently a...

Most home owners, including landlords, have experienced obstacles that have prevented them from carrying out energy efficiencies on their properties. That’s according...

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

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

A Labour politician has returned to the subject of rent controls - even though the party has officially abandoned this as...

By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in...

Scotland’s Court of Session has come down in favour of the Scottish Government when it comes to rent controls. A case against...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says a healthy private rented sector is a “critical” part of the housing market. The comments came as he addressed...

The Green Party wants private tenants to be able to force landlords to improve the energy efficiency of homes. The scheme -...

A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...

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

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

The National Residential Landlords Association is warning the Welsh government to steer clear of rent controls. In its response to the Welsh...

Scotland’s controversial licensing regime on Airbnbs and other short lets, due to start next month, may breach the European Convention on...

Zoopla has given its latest market update on the private rental sector, with the headline rent rise now being 10.5 per...

Over a third of private landlords would sell properties if rent controls were introduced in their area, according to a trade...

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

The long running experiment with rent controls and an eviction ban north of the border may yet continue for years to...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Labour-supporting leader of the Generation Rent pressure group have starred in a lengthy social...

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

A left-wing pressure group wants new laws to force landlords to pay hefty relocation expenses to tenants who claim high rents...

Landlords providing accommodation on the Wirral are likely to get further licensing as a new consultation goes ahead.  The proposals suggest continuing...

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

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who wants the government to give him the powers to impose rent controls, is now demanding licensing...

The Labour dominated council in Bristol has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove demanding that he gives it the powers to...

A newspaper which often carries leaks of new Labour policies has produced an interesting theory on the fate of the Renters...

The National Residential Landlords Associations has expressed relief that Labour appears to be backing away from rent controls. Association chief executive Ben...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has returned to his demand for powers to control rents in the private sector, citing a...

A Labour Mayor whose post was abolished by a public vote last year now wants to become an MP. Marvin Rees’ position...

Landlords are being asked for any evidence or case studies that can help build a case against rent controls. The National Residential...

The National Residential Landlords Association has reacted angrily to the latest UK government to flirt with adopting the Scottish example of...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

The Financial Times says the Labour Party is poised to reject the increasingly shrill calls for rent controls made by the...

Activists are demanding that the government stop landlords circumnavigating an imminent eviction ban by hiking rents so tenants leave anyway. The London...

With the government considering short let landlords having to seek planning consent for the use of complete houses, AirBnb has announced...

A risk management platform claims landlords are amongst those most at risk of fraud. Thirdfort has identified the top eight types of...

Politicians have rejected calls for rent controls, open ended tenancies and slower evictions - although this has not happened on the...

The government is proposing to slash the regulations on HMOs used to house asylum seekers.  Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004...

Research from Propertymark highlights a growing concern for the private rental sector in Scotland. As the Scottish National Party lurches from crisis...

Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...

A Liberal Democrat MP is calling on the government to bring forward a clampdown on Airbnb and other short lets.  The government...

New rules making it tougher for people to let houses via AirBnb and other short let platforms have been unveiled by...

Two of the most prominent campaigners over rent controls - albeit one on either side of the argument - have had...

An immediate private sector rent freeze and eviction ban for the duration of the cost of living crisis is the key...

Landlords are being encouraged to contribute to a crowdfunding campaign to take legal action regarding rent caps and eviction bans. It follows...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged that the long awaited Rental Reform Bill will be introduced into the Commons in two...

Landlords on non-domestic units are being urged to adhere to new regulations for their properties, or face thousands of pounds of fines. With...

The Scottish Government, despite being in the middle of electing a new First Minister, is pressing ahead with legislation for long-term...

An unexpected and unlikely political alliance has prevented another city council demanding powers to freeze private rents. London, Bristol, Liverpool and Manchester...

A leading property industry figure has exploded the myths that lie behind the calls for private rent controls. Ian Fletcher, director of...

The Portuguese government has announced sweeping measures, mostly against landlords, which some activists want introduced in the UK too. Portuguese Prime Minister...

A rant about rent controls by London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan appears to have backfired. Khan - who has repeatedly demanded that...

Another council says it wants to implement private sector rent controls - although it has no power to do so. Belfast council...

Accused variously of being a “snake” and a “betrayer”, Michael Gove has not always been popular with his ex-boss (Boris Johnson)...

A Labour council which banned councillors who were landlords from contributing to a key debate has done a U-turn on legal...

A coalition of landlords and lettings groups has submitted a Petition to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking a Judicial...

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...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has set out a radical programme of devolution to local authorities at city and county level...

Landlords are not “contributing anything useful to society” a politician has claimed. Over the Christmas and New year break Ross Greer, a...

Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...

Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...

Propertymark says some 85 per cent of its member agents in Scotland have landlord clients who have expressed a wish to...

The House of Commons will today debate a proposal for local authorities to have specific controls over the proliferation of Airbnbs...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

Two groups of activists who campaign for rent controls and reform of the private lettings sector have turned on each other. Acorn...

Scottish landlords have been targeted with a raft of restrictive legislation in recent years but most are staying the course and...

The leader of the Generation Rent activist group says that the shortage of homes to rent means no private sector tenant...

Limits to the number of homes being converted into Houses in Multiple Occupation in parts of Leicester are due to be...

It’s disappointing to say, but once again the rhetoric from both the Labour and Conservative party conferences towards the private rented...

A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...

Labour is backing a rent freeze in Scotland and flirting with one in England - but it’s just stopped one being...

The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...

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