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![Generation Rent demands Labour make “all evictions discretionary”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
New demands from the Generation Rent group go much further than the original Renters Reform Bill in removing landlords’ rights. The group...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Corbynite Rental Reform MP stopped from standing in election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A Labour MP who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow administration and has spent much of his Parliamentary career criticising the private...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlording 101: Essential Skills Every New Landlord Needs to Succeed](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/lendlord/Landlording%20101.png)
Congratulations on taking the leap into becoming a landlord! Property investing offers numerous benefits, from generating passive income to building long-term...
07 May 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Website for tenants who don’t know where to turn to](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
A website is being prepared to assist private renters know where to turn if their landlord or lettings agent fail to...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove Hits Back! He says Reform Bill is STILL a Renting Revolution](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent activists spurn Reform Bill olive branch from NRLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association has taken the unusual step of extending an olive branch to the activists who run the...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Older Renters’ group takes up Generation Rent’s demands](/upload/images/shutterstock_2010700313.jpg)
A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Controversial council threatens series of new licensing regimes](/upload/images/shutterstock_261713198(1).jpg)
New additional and selective licensing schemes are to be considered by the controversial Bristol city council. The council’s Labour Mayor - Marvin...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent boss in new attack on landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The chief executive of the Generation Rent ginger group has called on his former employer to make a case against landlords,...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government announces changes to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Watchdog to Probe Five Issues Involving Landlords and Letting Agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving landlords and letting agents and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![“Shocking discrimination” by many landlords, claim activists](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Stormy%20weather%20for%20homebuyers%20Introducer%20today%20team%20LandlordNews.png)
New research has uncovered what the organisations behind it call “shocking discrimination towards migrant communities” while they try to find places...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sign the petition for a National Tenants Register](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A property law specialist wants a national register of tenants to allow landlords to check their history before rental agreements are...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - a lettings expert’s take](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/House%20with%20Key.jpg)
Section 21: Research carried out by Leaders Romans Group has found that Section 21 is rarely overused, and even more rarely...
20 May 2023
From: Rental Reform
![Activists claim “shocking discrimination” towards ethnic minority tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BTR-400x310.png)
Research conducted by activist group Generation Rent is claiming “shocking discrimination towards minority ethnic communities while navigating the private rental market.” The...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter welcomes ruling on discrimination against families](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FamilyBuyers-400x310.png)
Shelter says it welcomes a ruling by The Property Ombudsman that agents and landlords exercising a blanket ban on tenants with...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Home Office says landlords do not ‘systematically discriminate’ against tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The government has published the findings of a review into the operation of Right To Rent by private landlords and letting...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Legal challenge to rent controls moves a step closer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
A coalition of landlords and lettings groups has submitted a Petition to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking a Judicial...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords accused of discrimination by charity and council](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Richmond council in London is joining forces with the charity Citizens Advice to help stop what it calls ‘discrimination’ against renters...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls council pays housing boss £280,000 a year](/upload/images/library/PayingDeposit-400x310.jpg)
Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why Are Landlords Reluctant To Let To Benefit Claimants?](/upload/images/library/HappyLandlord-400x310.jpg)
The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...
23 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Landlords slammed for discriminating on grounds of sexual orientation](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/PrideFlag-400x310.png)
An activist group that campaigns against landlords has accused some of discriminating against tenants on the ground of their sexual orientation. Baroness...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords discriminated against in re-insurance scheme - claim](/upload/images/library/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
A prominent London council wants rental properties to be included in the government’s Flood Re reinsurance scheme. Westminster council says the current...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ban Them! Call for rival bids on rental properties to be outlawed](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/MillennialOnPhone-400x310.jpg)
The homelessness charity Step By Step is demanding that rival bidding on rental property be outlawed to give the poorest prospective...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![“Uphill struggle to get landlords to fix anything” says activist chief](/upload/images/Logos/GenerationRent-logo400x310.png)
One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![MPs condemn rental conditions, councils and government](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/DamagedProperty-400x310.jpg)
A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlord group backs MPs’ condemnation of rental property conditions](/upload/images/Logos/NRLA-Logo-2020-400x310.jpg)
The National Residential Landlords Association has backed a far-reaching report by a group of MPs which has condemned the quality of...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls Campaign takes to the streets this weekend](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Protest-400x310.jpg)
A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Renters should join tenants’ union, urges Labour council](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Oxford’s Labour-run council has called on private renters to join a new tenants union. A statement from the authority says some private...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![How tenants pay rent is no business of landlords, claims Shelter](/upload/images/Logos/Shelterlogo.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that in one part of the UK alone, some 75,000 tenants have been discriminated against by landlords. The...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Anti-discrimination guide for landlords issued by government](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/IdentityChecks-1-400x310.jpg)
The government has issued a new guide to ensure landlords do not discriminate while enforcing the Right To Rent regulations. It applies...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Give landlords better due diligence on future tenants - call](/upload/images/library/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
A high profile PropTech entrepreneur has come out against the scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Alexander Siedes, chief executive and...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent to lead activists’ lobby of MPs today](/upload/images/Logos/generation-rent400x310.png)
Activists including Generation Rent are to lobby MPs this afternoon, to complain against eviction notice periods in England reverting to pre-Covid...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pets In Lets back on the agenda thanks to petition](/upload/images/library/DogInHome(1)-400x310-min.jpeg)
A petition has been launched on the Channel Island of Jersey to prevent landlords banning pets from the local private rental...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shelter and tenants’ group set up city Fair Renting campaign](/img/default/llt.png)
Shelter and tenants’ group in a major city have mobilised to set up a campaign called Fair Renting. The campaign is focussed...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Should families be banned from renting? Consultation begins...](/img/default/llt.png)
A consultation process is taking place on the Channel Island of Jersey about whether landlords should be banned from refusing to...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords told they should take more benefit claimant tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
A lettings agency is telling landlords to take more tenants claiming housing benefits. The agency in question says it’s wrong that some...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shelter says many landlords think they can get away with discrimination](/img/default/llt.png)
A BBC investigation into ‘No DSS’ statements on two prominent landlord websites has provoked campaigning charity Shelter into an attack on the...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords could discriminate against EU citizens, fears Mayor Khan](/img/default/llt.png)
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says landlords in the capital could discriminate against EU citizens living in the UK capital if those...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords “facilitating race discrimination” claims law firm](/img/default/llt.png)
A law firm says landlords being obliged to conduct checks on the immigration status of potential tenants is encouraging and even...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent demands more public cash for renting families](/img/default/llt.png)
Activists in Generation Rent claim that a fifth of families in the lettings sector suffer a shortfall between benefits and rent. Using selected data...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords slammed by report that demands national register](/img/default/llt.png)
A new report makes searing claims about the performance and quality of landlords and their homes in the private rental sector. Almost...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Petition to ban pet “discrimination” in private rental sector](/img/default/llt.png)
An online petition calling for pets to be allowed in private rental properties has gained thousands of signatures. The petition - on...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![No DSS: MPs warned affordability checks likely to increase](/img/default/llt.png)
The ‘No DSS’ issue has been effectively settled by a landmark court case, but a new document for MPs says ‘affordability...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Judge Rinder praises Shelter campaigns to help tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
Robert Rinder, the reality TV celebrity and barrister, has joined the campaigning charity Shelter to oppose what he describes as illegal...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Court rules that landlords must not discriminate against benefit claimants](/img/default/llt.png)
A second UK court has ruled that ‘No DSS’ is unlawful, after a renter won a legal trial against housing benefit...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![BTL landlords urged to review ‘advertising material and vetting policies’](/img/default/llt.png)
A specialist property litigation firm is warning buy-to-let landlords not to discriminate against benefit claimants, following a recent landmark ruling that...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why landlords must not use ‘no DSS’ to discriminate against benefit tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...
29 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Refusing DSS tenants is ‘not’ discrimination, say most landlords in poll](/img/default/llt.png)
The practice of refusing to rent homes to those in receipt of housing benefit has been ruled unlawful this week, but...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Legal victory over 'No DSS' BTL landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords must not discriminate against benefit claimants, a court has ruled. A court case in York has ruled that blanket bans...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Appeal against ruling on Right to Rent judicial review](/img/default/llt.png)
The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, often leads...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top tips for novice buy-to-let investors](/img/default/llt.png)
If you have recently entered the buy-to-let market for the first time, here are a few tips to help you ensure...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Are you overstepping the mark when communicating with tenants?](/img/default/llt.png)
Communicating with tenants can be a tricky business. The appropriate method and style of communication is usually determined by the relationship between...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![TML removes restrictions on letting to DSS tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
The Mortgage Lender (TML) will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The move comes...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fresh government guidance ‘could leave landlords open to prosecution’](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords are being urged by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) not to follow new guidance from the government on its...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords look set to influence the future of the Right to Rent scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
Private landlords will have a major say in a court case considering the future of the government’s Right to Rent scheme. The...
10 July 2019
From: Rental Reform
![Tory leadership candidates urged to scrap controversial Right to Rent scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and the Right to Rent for EU nationals](/img/default/llt.png)
Few people familiar with the UK property market would dispute the fact that the Right to Rent scheme has been deeply...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to simplify the benefits system to prevent discrimination](/img/default/llt.png)
Nationwide were among a small group of mortgage lenders asked to give evidence at a select committee yesterday on restrictions around...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![BTL landlords are simply not prepared for Brexit, says RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
EU citizens may face problems getting rented accommodation in the UK after Brexit due to a lack of guidance for landlords...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Petition against ‘No DSS’ Rightmove listings hit 40,000 signatures](/img/default/llt.png)
An online petition calling on Rightmove to ban ‘No DSS’ wording in rental adverts has attracted more than 40,000 signatures. The petition...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent branded ‘a farce’ by RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, has been...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide is the latest lender to remove restrictions on letting to DSS tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
Nationwide has announced that it will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The move...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Home Office to review Right to Rent checks following High Court ruling](/img/default/llt.png)
The Home Office has announced that it plans to reassess its Right to Rent scheme that requires landlords in England to...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to abolish controversial Right to Rent policy](/img/default/llt.png)
The government faces growing pressure to scrap Right to Rent, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, after the...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![NatWest scraps ‘no DSS’ policy](/img/default/llt.png)
NatWest has bowed to growing industry pressure by lifting restrictions on buy-to-let landlords renting to tenants in receipt of housing benefit. In...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Discrimination against tenants on benefits?](/img/default/llt.png)
Shelter has recently run a campaign aimed at banning ‘discrimination’ against tenants on benefits in the private rented sector, presenting a...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Private landlords and letting agents need to stick together](/img/default/llt.png)
The so-called housing charity, Shelter, targeted Ludlow Thompson a few months back, asking its supporters to block the letting agent’s telephone...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Government introduces new room size guidance](/img/default/llt.png)
The introduction of new guidance on room sizes in rented homes has been warmly welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![High Court review of Right to Rent policy begins today](/img/default/llt.png)
A Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent policy, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, will...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlords could be offered incentives to house tenants receiving benefits](/img/default/llt.png)
The Welsh government is planning to introduce new incentives and other support to help encourage more landlords with properties in Wales...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlords who reject tenants on housing benefits could be breaking equality laws](/img/default/llt.png)
Thousands of landlords and lettings agents across the country could be flouting equality laws by rejecting housing benefit claimants, according to...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Housing campaigners target NatWest branch over BTL mortgage ‘discrimination’](/img/default/llt.png)
Campaigners opposed to mortgage lenders allowing landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits tried to voice their discontent over the...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allowing banks to operate a “no DSS” policy is “housing discrimination”](/img/default/llt.png)
Mortgage lenders have once again been criticised for not permitting landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits – this time...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage lenders slammed for preventing landlords renting to benefit claimants](/img/default/llt.png)
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has raised serious concerns that the majority of buy-to-let lenders are preventing landlords renting property to...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![EU citizens could face repeat of Windrush scandal post-Brexit, says RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
EU citizens living in the UK are at risk of facing some of the same difficulties caused for the Windrush generation...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![It’s time to suspend ‘unfair’ Right to Rent scheme, says RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
The Home Office is to reconvene its Private Rented Sector (PRS) stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. The government plans to take...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Why would landlords want rent in arrears when they can get paid up front?](/img/default/llt.png)
Thousands of private landlords across the country understandably reject housing benefit claimants despite accusations that they are discriminating against those on...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government faces High Court challenge over Right to Rent scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
The High Court has given the go-ahead for a legal review to be launched into the government’s Right to Rent policy. The...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlords’ immigration checks ‘creating a hostile environment’, says RLA](/img/default/llt.png)
The controversial Right to Rent scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling discrimination and should...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent to be challenged in court this week](/img/default/llt.png)
The government is facing a High Court challenge this week to stop it forcing buy-to-let landlords to check the immigration status of...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlords who refuse to let to tenants on DSS are “beyond bonkers”](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords who reject housing benefit claimants could be breaking the law. A recent legal case which saw single mother Rosie Keogh...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![‘No DSS’ landlords may be breaking equality laws](/img/default/llt.png)
Private landlords who reject housing benefit claimants could be breaking the law. A recent legal case saw single mother Rosie Keogh win...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Race row landlord told ‘no coloured’ policy is unlawful](/img/default/llt.png)
The UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord who earlier this year banned ‘coloured people’ from renting any of his...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlord immigration checks fuelling ‘black market’](/img/default/llt.png)
A scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling a ‘black market in forged Ids’, a...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![New charter to protect private tenants in Tower Hamlets](/img/default/llt.png)
After lobbying Tower Hamlets Council for three years, private renters in the east London district have finally been granted a new...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Britons with no passport struggling to rent due to immigration checks](/img/default/llt.png)
Almost half of private landlords say the Right to Rent scheme has made them less likely to let to those without...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Government threatened with legal action over landlord immigration checks](/img/default/llt.png)
The government is facing a legal challenge over its controversial Right to Rent scheme, which effectively forces buy-to-let landlords to act...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![BTL lenders fuelling discrimination against tenants on housing benefit](/img/default/llt.png)
A significant number of landlords are being prevented from renting to tenants receiving housing benefit by discriminating buy-to-let lenders, fresh research...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Fergus Wilson bans ‘coloureds’ because they make properties ‘smell of curry'](/img/default/llt.png)
Britain’s biggest and arguably most contentious buy-to-let landlord has banned ‘coloured people’ from renting his properties because ‘they make them smell...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![PRS charity project awarded £250k lottery funding](/img/default/llt.png)
An initiative designed to promote equality and diversity in the private rented sector in Wales has been awarded a £249,425 lottery...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent causing landlords to discriminate against foreign students](/img/default/llt.png)
Many landlords are being left with little alternative but to discriminate against international students as a result of the government’s Right...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Around half of landlords refuse to let to those without a UK passport](/img/default/llt.png)
Foreign nationals and Britons without a passport are struggling to rent due to immigration checks introduced last year, according to a...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlords need to prepare for post Brexit changes in the immigration laws](/img/default/llt.png)
So, Britain voted out of the European Union. What are the implications for UK landlords, from the immigration laws point of...
27 June 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Renters demand landlords end ‘No DSS’ discrimination](/img/default/llt.png)
This Saturday renters in London are taking to the streets in a “day of action” calling for an end to what...
25 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![MPs challenge immigration minister over RLA concerns](/img/default/llt.png)
MPs scrutinising the Government’s latest immigration proposals have used Residential Landlords Association (RLA) background briefings to challenge the immigration minister over...
03 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Don’t extend Immigration Bill eviction measures to Scotland, says housing institute](/img/default/llt.png)
The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland has spoken out against the Right to Rent scheme which will require landlords to...
28 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Right to rent seeing lawful tenants refused housing](/img/default/llt.png)
The complexity of the Government’s plans to turn landlords into border police is seeing lawful tenants being refused housing, according to...