Archive

The architect of the controversial rent control policies in Scotland has left the government. It is not known what long-term implication this...

There are over 200 amendments to the Renters Reform Bill having its Third Reading in the Commons today. PropTech supplier Goodlord has...

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

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

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...

A campaign by a UK government to help landlords retrofit their properties with energy efficient amenities has had almost zero impact,...

MPs from a range of opposition parties are pressing the government to reinstate the stricter energy efficiency rules for landlords, recently...

A council has been slammed for its “absolutely outrageous” failure to stop the eviction of up to 80 tenants - a...

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

News that a ban on oil and LPG boiler installations has been pushed back 10 years has been welcomed by the...

A Conservative politician has named an individual who he claims is responsible for high rent rises and increasing homelessness. Murdo Fraser, the...

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

The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months - despite widespread opposition from the...

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

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

Councils are to be given powers to enact huge tax increases on second homes and empty properties, the Scottish Government proposes. New...

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

The Scottish Government - which is already implementing a rent cap and eviction ban for the private sector - is now...

The Green Party’s co-leader Carla Denyer has branded the government’s Right To Buy scheme as a “slum landlord’s charter”.  Denyer made the...

Politicians in the Scottish Parliament have backed a controversial cap which means rent rises for private tenants mid-tenancy cannot exceed 3.0...

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

A host of local Labour leaders including mayors Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan are leading a call for an immediate private...

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

A local authority controlled by the Green Party says it’s issued 550 per cent more fines against landlords in the past...

A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...

There are early signs that the controversial private rental sector rent freeze in Scotland could be made permanent. The freeze, along with...

Bristol councillors who are landlords have been told they cannot speak in a debate on rent controls.  Earlier this week we explained...

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

Two councillors have successfully used the London Assembly to push London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the government to do more to...

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

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

The so-called emergency rent freeze and eviction ban in Scotland “can serve as a Europe-wide template for protecting tenants rights” according...

A combination of Labour, the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists have pushed through a rent freeze proposal. The Cost of Living...

The politician who is the architect of an emergency private sector rent freeze set to come into force this week has attacked...

The housing chief of the Scottish Government says that all homes in that country - irrespective of tenure - must hit...

A landlord group is threatening legal action following a council’s approval of a new licensing scheme. York council - run by a...

Trade unions in Scotland are demanding that local council candidates sign a pledge to support “urgent” rent controls in that country. The...

A newspaper is suggesting that proposals for rent controls could be scuppered because of the relatively large proportion of elected politicians...

Labour is the latest political party to call for rent controls following similar pleas from the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists. Paul...

Two prominent Brexiteer MPs are spearheading a campaign that claims Net Zero energy efficiency policies are unpopular. In their launch statement, they...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

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

High profile MP Caroline Lucas has told a newspaper that the government turns a blind eye to bad landlords. “This government, like previous...

The new coalition of the Scottish National Party and the Greens in Scotland has pledged to introduce rent controls - and...

Activists in the Acorn pro-tenant movement have sharply criticised the Green Party which runs Brighton council for allegedly failing to prosecute...

The Green Party says the fact that some landlords increased rents during the Coronavirus pandemic shows the need for rent controls. The...

Belfast council has unanimously passed a motion calling for the Northern Ireland Executive to introduce a rent control scheme for the...

A Labour councillor in a Green Party-controlled local authority wants the body to name and shame rogue landlords on a publicly-available...

Adrian Ramsay, newly-elected co-leader of the Green Party, wants a windfall tax on the value of investment properties owned by private...

A leading market analyst says the looming threat of rent controls may be deterring landlords entering the buy to let sector,...

A respected political website claims that over 30 MPs from a range of political parties have written to the Housing Secretary...

The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark has made a very cautious approach to the Scottish Government over its strident pledge...

The prospect of increased renters’ power has already been seen north of the border with the pledge to introduce rent controls...

The UK’s first Minister for Tenants’ Rights says he will introduce rent controls because renters currently “pay way over the odds”. Although...

Rent controls, possibly ensuring that rents do not exceed 25 per cent of household income, are poised to be introduced into...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has confirmed that the definition of ‘substantial arrears’ for the purposes of possession orders and evictions will...

A Green Party councillor is demanding that tenants be allowed to write the local authority’s policy for the private rental sector. According...

The Green Party says there should be an end to private rental sector eviction grounds “such as the wish of the...

With just one day until voting day, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the country, including for...

An HMO landlord’s attempt to rent out bedrooms smaller than the national minimum size has been thwarted after his legal case...

With just a few hours until polls close in London, housing remains the main issue that may help determine who gets to run the...

Chancellor George Osborne is presenting the “summer budget” tomorrow with rumours circulating that he will give in to calls to close...

Landlord support for Labour and the Liberal Democrat Party has halved since the 2010 General Election because of their interventionist policies...

The Green Party has launched its manifesto which contains what the National Landlords Association (NLA) described as a “one-sided view of...