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The Welsh Minister with responsibility for housing, Julie James, has supported the need to review the way the private rented sector...

A £50m scheme to bring more empty homes back to life in Wales - but private land are excluded from applying. The...

A formal consultation that saw an overwhelming number of responses opposed to extend notice periods to six months has been ignored...

Labour is backing a rent freeze in Scotland and flirting with one in England - but it’s just stopped one being...

The Welsh Government, which recently pushed back its so-called rental revolution until December, has nonetheless published extensive new guidelines about the...

There’s embarrassment all round for the Labour-run Welsh Government as it reveals a late delay to its much-hyped rental reform. The reform...

No it’s not an April Fool - some tenants in Wales are experimenting with an alternative to radiators and heat pumps....

A lettings agency is to hold free events to support landlords ahead of what it calls a “landmark transformation” in rental...

A national awareness campaign has been launched to prepare landlords for the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 on...

The National Residential Landlords Association has described a six months notice period for tenants as “yet another body blow to landlords.” Over...

Landlords in the holiday let market in Wales look almost certain to face hefty new barriers under proposals being considered by...

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

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

New simplified rental contracts are to be introduced from spring 2022 in Wales with minimum notice periods for evictions extended from...

Wales is the latest part of the UK to follow the example of England and suspend evictions  until January 11 as...

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

Renters across Wales received greater protection this week after the Welsh government extended the six month notice for evictions, which was...

A series of recommendations recently published by the Law Commission of England and Wales could soon transform the future of home...

A new bill that could potentially make it harder for landlords to evict problem tenants swiftly and efficiently due to current...

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

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