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The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

Proposals for a national register of landlords have been rejected by the government.  A report on the joint research project between the...

Letting and managing agents in England face the prospect of having to abide by a new regulatory framework, in accordance with...

Just days after Landlord Today and sister publication, Estate Agent Today, published stories outlining the lack of government response to our...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

Hull City Council has come under pressure for unjustly taking an aggressive stance against landlords after a sharp rebuke from the...

Metro Bank has announced that it will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The...

Nearly four in ten private landlords will consider selling up if the government scraps Section 21, shocking new statistics reveal.  According to...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has welcomed the housing minister’s pledge to make changes to the courts to speed up the...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

Fresh guidance for local authorities to crackdown on rogue landlords has been unveiled by housing minister Heather Wheeler. Local authorities across the...

All letting agents in England are now required to belong to an approved Client Money Protection scheme, a measure designed to...

The Ministry for Housing, Community and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced that £45.5m will be made available to help find homeless...

The government plans to crackdown on BTL landlords and letting agents posting ‘no DSS’ adverts discriminating against tenants claiming housing benefit. Around...

The government has committed to introduce mandatory five yearly electrical safety checks in the private rented sector. No time date has been...

Close to £2.4m of additional funding designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords will be made available for more than 50 councils...

Yesterday’s announcement that councils in England are going to be handed an additional £2m in government funding to tackle the small...

New plans to raise standards across the property agent sector have been unveiled by the housing minister Heather Wheeler. A new working...

Trading Standards services in London are warning landlords and letting agents to ensure that they comply with the law and not...

The government has launched new online information designed to help renters and landlords know their rights. The rental guides, published by the...

New guidance for landlords to further protect tenants from poor living conditions has been published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

Unscrupulous landlords who rent out substandard properties face being driven out of the private rented sector as new banning orders are...

A mix of tax reforms and tighter regulation for the buy-to-let sector must not prevent private landlords from being able to...