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The government is investigating a new way to tackle renters’ anti-social behaviour in the social housing sector - through a new...

The government has developed an insurance scheme which may help landlords who want to see flats in high rise blocks.  Following the...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...

With speculation about what happens next in Westminster at fever pitch, now isn’t the time to make predictions as to how...

With the (eventual) departure of Boris Johnson, the next question for landlords and indeed much of the property industry is: What’s going...

Unscrupulous landlords in the ‘exempt rental’ niche will be driven out by a new clampdown, the government insists. The exempt sector provides...

The architects of the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper have been housing minister Eddie Hughes MP, Housing Secretary Michael Gove...

Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...

A report from the Public Accounts Committee on the regulation of the private rented sector (PRS) was issued with little notice...

The government has given the green light to two selective licensing schemes in areas of Burnley. The previous five-year schemes expired at...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

The government has indirectly given away early details of its long-expected National Landlord Register - but it still appears to be...

The government appears to have admitted that the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper has now been delayed yet again, this time...

The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...

The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property...

Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...

The new housing minister is a landlord - and has already attracted criticism from some sections of the media. Yesterday Chris Pincher...

The government has hit back at claims from the National Residential Landlords Association that buy to let landlords are being left...

Property insurers have forced “crippling costs” on to residents of medium and high-rise apartment blocks in the aftermath of the Grenfell...

The National Residential Landlords Association is seeking clarification from gov ernment about whether landlords are included in the latest measure to...

Landlords who let out holiday properties as businesses may have to fork out as much as £1,000 more per year as...

The government has issued updated guidance on renters moving home during the pandemic, and for the first time the rules change...

A report by the National Audit Office has sharply criticised the government and councils for not doing enough to help tenants...

The National Residential Landlords Association has thrown its weight behind the recommendations of the National Audit Office report urging the government...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...