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The abolition of Section 21 evictions will be a disaster without improvement to the courts system, a property industry chief insists.  Ian...

A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...

The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...

Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent.  It has this week issued a statement saying the...

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

A prominent lettings agent says he can see why tenants have lost faith in the government following delays in the banning...

A charity is suggesting that if only the government got on with abolishing S21 eviction powers, homelessness would be eased. Crisis -...

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

A new survey of over 1,000 landlords has revealed that just over half would consider leaving the market due to the...

Shadow housing secretary and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has accused the government of “foot dragging” over the slow progress of...

More details have emerged of what appears to be a stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers in the short term. The...

A prominent lawyer says the use of Section 8 eviction powers as envisaged under the Renters Reform Bill could lead to...

The Renters’ Reform Bill is finally due to be published and introduced into Parliament next week. Housing Secretary Michael Gove has told Sky...

Previous estimates that half a million landlords are set to sell up may actually be a massive under-estimate, a property industry figure...

Both the Generation Rent activist group and London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan have issued a joint attack on private rental sector...

A PropTech entrepreneur is advising landlords worried about red tape to use letting agents. Neil Cobbold, managing director of rental payment service...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

The Generation Rent campaign group is advertising for a new director - the role held in recent years by Alicia Kennedy,...

Despite a string of pledges on rental sector reform delivered in recent days by government ministers, including Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

Landlord and letting agent fears over the impact of rental reform could be eased if only the industry used rigorous and...

Activists got reassurance from Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in the past, and have a supportive politician in the form of...

A Labour MP has written to the Housing Secretary demanding a timetable for the implementation of rental reform. Catherine West, MP for...

The government has committed to introduce the Renters Reform Bill into Parliament during this session - despite the disarray over policies...

One of the many activist groups in the so-called Renters’ Reform Coalition has pledged to “train people across the country to...

At Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday Labour MP Graham Stringer asked about media reports - based on leaks from government - that...

Prime Minister Liz Truss says Section 21 eviction powers WILL be scrapped after all. She made the explicit commitment at Prime Minister’s...

The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...

The government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...

Labour’s radical proposals for the private rental sector - including reducing landlords’ powers to demand arrears - have produced a dramatic...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

The government has been given the clearest signal yet that substantial numbers of landlords will quit the sector if radical reforms...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector...

The National Residential Landlords Association is asking all landlords - not just its members - to contribute to a consultation on...

The National Residential Landlords Association has identified five key areas for its campaigning in the short term, as the Conservatives elect...

Landlords should not be downbeat about the scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers as proposed in the rental reform White Paper. That’s...

What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...

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

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

The National Association of Property Buyers says soaring numbers of landlords are looking to sell homes - slashing stock and therefore...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit back at allegations made by Shelter, accusing the charity of sensationalising the way landlords...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina says he anticipates the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper may now be delayed further, possibly until...

Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes MP has met with activists to discuss the government’s reform proposals for the private rental sector.  They were...

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

The Renters’ Reform Coalition, a combination of some 20 groups of activists wanting to transform the lettings sector, has set its...

The government’s pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords and agents is  “the worst form of gesture politics in...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper includes a dramatic reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction powers will be...

Shelter claims that 397 households became homeless every day between July and September 2021 - the first three months after the eviction ban ended.  And...

Shelter has given what appears to be unconditional support to the SNP-Green proposals for reform of the private rental sector in...

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur has come out against the scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Alexander Siedes, chief executive and...

A statement on the National Residential Landlords Association’s website says the group has had talks with government over rental reform. The long-awaited...

Despite dire warnings from Generation Rent, Shelter and other campaigners, it appears that the end of the eviction ban did NOT...

Another charity has criticised landlords using eviction powers on tenants with Covid-related arrears.  StepChange, a debt advice charity, says it wants to...

Labour has echoed campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction powers,...

The scrapping of Section 21 and other provisions expected in the government’s White Paper on rental reform have been delayed until...

The White Paper on rental reform may still be some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying...

The government is expected to give at least some details today of the principles enshrined in a new White Paper on...

Growing numbers of landlords are quitting the sector, prompting a supply shortage and rent rises according to a market snapshot by...

Labour MPs have quizzed junior housing minister Eddie Hughes over the effects of the ending of the eviction ban. At the regular...

The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign group says landlords are currently “able to evict tenants just for requesting repairs...

Activists led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy of Generation Rent say the proposed reform of the private rental system must include a...

The landlords’ trade body has given its support to the principle of consultation before the much-hyped Renters Reform Bill becomes law. Yesterday’s...

The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...

The government has rejected a call for landlords to have powers to evict tenants who fall 14 days into arrears. Property investor...

The government has confirmed its long-standing intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers which currently sit with landlords - but the appropriate...

A new report makes searing claims about the performance and quality of landlords and their homes in the private rental sector. Almost...

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland has spoken out against the Right to Rent scheme which will require landlords to...