The government is proposing to slash the regulations on HMOs used to house asylum seekers. Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004...
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The Department of Work and Pensions is to slash the timescale for repayment of arrears for tenants on Universal Credit. It has...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The Budget has received short shrift from landlords and tenants, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak appeared to miss out the private rental...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Momentum is building against councils pushing ahead with licensing schemes despite the pandemic. Earlier this week ARLA Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A property industry accreditation service is asking whether it’s now time for the government to offer grants to help landlords through...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Pressure groups attacking landlords and letting agents are usually on the other side of the fence from property industry professionals but...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
There are more than 130,000 unlicensed properties in London that should be licensed under either selective, additional or mandatory HMO licensing...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Hounslow Council has u-turned on plans to introduce a licensing scheme for landlords. Plans for an additional licensing scheme for landlords were...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
When it comes to letting a property, it is important that landlords and renters have faith in their agent. To many renters,...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Money Shield and the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) have become officially recognised Client Money Protection (CMP) Scheme operators after securing...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The government announced yesterday that the implementation of the ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants will not take place...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News
The secretary of state for Wales has called for greater protections for tenants and a crackdown on rogue landlords in Wales. Welsh...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News
The Conservative Party’s pledge to give tenants greater rights as part of a regulatory shake-up of the private rented sector has...