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A government housing minister says the Boris Johnson administration wants to shift the balance of power in the rental sector favour...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords in England, telling them how to enact the government’s...

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

A government housing minister has confirmed to the House of Lords that a new tax regime for Airbnb hosts and holiday...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

Landlords in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a new £65m debt fund. Although announced today...

A council has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher calling for a new approach to the short lets issue. Oxford council leader...

The government is not budging on the Tenant Fees Act and will not amend it to allow separate and additional charging...

Landlords require help in the shape of an emergency package to assist tenants clear Covid-related arrears. That’s the view of Propertymark, which...

The Welsh Government says the mandatory six month notice period which landlords must give their tenants will now last until the...

Propertymark, the trade body for letting agents, has joined landlords in writing to junior housing minister Eddie Hughes to call for...

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

A Labour Party pressure group has tweeted the message: “All landlords are bastards.” The tweet, from Labour Tenants United, is the latest...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

The pandemic-related debts of tenants and landlords should be top of the in tray of the new housing minister in Wales. That’s...

It may not be a typical part of the country but on one of the Channel Islands there is now a...

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

A little-known group called Labour Tenants United has criticised the party’s new housing spokeswoman. Initially the group welcomed the appointment to the role...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has made the most explicit admission yet of the government’s desire to diminish the private rental sector. In...

Hundreds of landlords and property professionals say their national economic contribution is under-appreciated and inadequately supported. Landlords have hit out at a lack...

The controversy over government proposals to increase the numbers of pets in private rental properties has taken an unexpected twist. Two measures...

Wales has extended its eviction ban from March 31 until the end of June - but it is more severe than...

Scottish private sector landlords and tenants who face financial difficulties caused by the pandemic have more time to access support after...

A second attempt by Labour to halt in-person property viewings during the pandemic has been batted away by the government. Labour’s shadow...

The government has revealed that it has no plans to introduce a national licensing scheme for landlords. Housing minister Chris Pincher MP...

The government’s model tenancy agreement has been amended to be pro-pet. The new agreement means renters with what are described as “well-behaved pets”...

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

Both Labour and the Scottish National Party have spoken out over online platforms carrying advertisements from landlords seeking sexual favours in...

Junior housing minister Kelly Tolhurst says the government will introduce the controversial Renters Reform Bill “very soon.” This Bill is the one which...

An eviction ban has been introduced by the Scottish Government to take effect until well into the New Year.  Because of the...

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

Labour wants to see a tenant loans scheme in England similar to one now operating in Wales. Easington Labour MP Grahame Morris...

Sigma Capital has joined forces with Swedish investment firm EQT to create a £1bn housing joint venture, with a view to...

Rules which were due to expire at the end of September have been extended meaning buy-to-let landlords in Wales must now...

The government has been slammed for attempting to shift the responsibility for renters in need onto landlords.  Chris Town a landlord and...

Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland have been left with little alternative but to serve 350 eviction notices since the beginning of lockdown,...

The government has indicated that it will not scrap Section 21 evictions through the Renters' Reform Bill until at least 2021.  The...

Landlords north of the border whose tenants are having difficulty paying rent during the coronavirus crisis can now apply for a...

Labour is urging the government to permit private tenants who are struggling to pay their rent due to the coronavirus epidemic to...

Landlords are being urged not to evict tenants facing financial hardship as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic.  Responding to a petition...

Boris Johnson has unveiled his new look cabinet, which includes the appointment of Christopher Pincher as the new housing minister. Pincher replaces Esther McVey,...

The Scottish government has announced new measures to regulate short-term lets north of the border.  The government is handing local authorities fresh...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has announced that the Welsh cabinet secretary responsible for housing policy, Julie James, will be the...

New communities secretary Robert Jenrick and housing minister Esther McVey look set to focus on increasing homeownership, but this appears to...

Robert Jenrick has been named the new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, while Esther McVey has been...

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

The next prime minister, Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt, will inevitably reshuffle the cabinet once they are in office, and that...

New rules could effectively see the introduction of 12-month minimum tenancy contracts as standard in Wales. Welsh housing minister Julie James AM...

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

The housing minister James Brokenshire’s announcement yesterday that there will be a consultation period on the ability of landlords to remove...

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...

The Welsh government is planning to introduce new incentives and other support to help encourage more landlords with properties in Wales...

The Minister for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, Justin Tomlinson, will address the Residential Landlords Association’s (RLA) Future Renting Wales conference...

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 Welsh Assembly is being urged to reconsider the bill to ban tenants’ fees in Wales due to concerns that that...

Kit Malthouse has been named as the government’s latest housing minister after Dominic Raab, who spent just six months in the...

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...

The tenancy security deposits that tenants leave with landlords or their letting agents should be capped at a maximum of three...

Councils are being urged to do more to crack down on rogue landlords who are leaving thousands of tenants living in...

Theresa May continued to shake-up her ministerial team yesterday by handing jobs to several junior ministers, but he her decision to...

The Welsh minister for housing and regeneration, Rebecca Evans AM, will address the RLA’s Future Renting Wales conference in Cardiff today.  The Future...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has announced that the Welsh cabinet secretary responsible for housing policy, Carl Sargeant, will be the...

New measures to clamp down on unscrupulous landlords who trap and cram vulnerable tenants in unsafe, overcrowded homes in Govanhill, Glasgow,...

With significantly more new homes urgently needed to help plug the housing shortage in this country, the government views the Build...

Most buy-to-let landlords could soon be required to licence their properties in the London borough of Brent if the government agrees...

The fire that engulfed a 24-storey tower block in west London yesterday, tragically killing several people when flames tore through the...

New proposals to ensure all privately rented homes north of the border meet a minimum standard of energy efficiency have been...

Renters are expected to be given a boost with ministers promising new minimum tenancies and vowing to build more homes to...

The government has launched an official consultation process on plans to for new banning orders to clampdown on rogue landlords and...

Don Valley MP Caroline Flint is calling for selective licensing to be extended across the borough, after visiting Newham in London,...

The government’s plan to tighten licensing requirements for landlords of shared accommodation in an effort to clamp down on rogue landlords...

The housing minister’s call this week for significantly more homes “of every single type” to be built, including significantly more homes for...

The head of the UK's largest property franchise group has called on the new Housing Minister, Gavin Barwell, to reverse 'punitive...

Gavin Barwell has been appointed the new Minister for Housing, Planning and London, taking over from Brandon Lewis, who has moved...

Professional investors should be exempt from the recently introduced 3% stamp duty surcharge, according to the Better Renting for Britain campaign. Some of...

Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has written to all local councils in England in order to clarify homelessness guidance following pressure from...

Conservative MPs have defeated a Labour amendment to the government’s housing and planning bill to require landlords to ensure their properties...

The Government is poised to introduce tough new laws for landlords this week – with fines of up to £30,000 for...

Local authorities that charge landlords for licences solely to collect information on the number of landlords in an area have been...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has announced new measures that will clamp down on “criminal” landlords who “trap and cram vulnerable tenants...

Local councils are being urged to drop landlord licensing schemes following the publication of new laws showing that they are not...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) claims there is a major drafting error in Government regulations affecting the end of private sector...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backtracked on suggestions that the government may introduce longer standard tenancy agreements in the private rental...

The Welsh Government has launched the ‘Rent Smart Wales’ brand ahead of introducing licensing of all private landlords in the Autumn....

If the first few hours of the new government’s approach to housing are anything to go by, it could be a...

Mark Francois, the MP for Rayleigh and Wickford has been appointed the new housing minister, replacing Brandon Lewis. The move was part...