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Back in 2019, the Government promised a ban on so-called no-fault evictions. Section 21 was to be outlawed. While some housing...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

Responding to confirmation that the Renters Reform Bill will return to the Commons next Wednesday, Ben Beadle of the National Residential...

A trade body claims private tenants are ‘suffering’ because lettings agents are not regulated. Propertymark is demanding equal treatment between lettings agents...

A newspaper reports that Housing Secretary Michael Gove is willing to rely on Labour votes to pass the Renters Reform Bill...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their views...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

A landlord has quit the private rental sector after a battle with his council over why his properties were put into...

The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it wants a speedy implementation of the Renters Reform Bill to avoid uncertainty - and...

Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...

Government proposals on limiting short lets "fall a long way short of what's needed and will do nothing to put right...

Dorset councillors have approved proposals for a council tax premium on second homes and a tightening up on its existing premium...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...

A legal services provider is claiming that landlords risk criminal prosecution for breaches of licensing rules that are often “unreasonable and...

The Generation Rent activist group says the government must “make it clear that landlords and letting agents can let homes to...

The all-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee of MPs is looking into housing for disabled people.  It’s considering how the government, local...

A newspaper claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants British families to be given higher priority for social housing. Implicitly this may...

The National Residential Landlords Association wants to show the government that some local councils still advise tenants served with a valid...

A Labour politician has returned to the subject of rent controls - even though the party has officially abandoned this as...

I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...

The short-term holiday letting industry has significantly expanded in recent years, but this could all change with the introduction of a...

The government has insisted that its commitment to reform the courts process to help deal with evictions more effectively is not...

A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial...

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister in the short lived premiership of Liz...

Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section 21 notice...

A local authority in London is to buy back over 300 properties it built and sold off years ago under Right...

The National Residential Landlords’ Association’s annual conference next week is a sell out with all 800 or so tickets sold to...

Rental activists are up in arms because Housing Secretary Michael Gove failed to mention the Renters Reform Bill during his keynote...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Private...

While many sections of the property industry welcome the change of tone in Rishi Sunak’s approach to green issues, one group...

The main landlords’ trade body wants justice ministers to speed up the time taken for courts to process legitimate possession cases. In...

Conservative MP Dehenna Davison has resigned as a minister in Michael Gove’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Writing to the...

Rental sector organisations have been given an indication by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that a new How...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has announced a £50m fund to help older and disabled people in England,...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords to take responsibility for issues of damp and...

Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has been given the job of Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities...

With student accommodation in the headlines ahead of the stat of the new academic year, the National Residential Landlords Association is...

There are only a few days left for landlords to have input to a government consultation on council tax hikes for...

A council is appealing to landlords to work with the local authority and the Probation Service to help ex-offenders fit accommodation...

An angry reader has contacted Landlord Today with a letter from housing minister Rachel Maclean - which the recipient has branded...

It may be all change - again - at the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities if the government’s poor...

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

Conversions, often seen as a likely property type for private landlords, are likely to be more common if two groups of...

One of the country’s most prominent housing market indices says the current imbalance between supply and demand in the rental sector...

An angry landlord has contacted Landlord Today to show what she calls the “twaddle” response she has received from the Department...

An uneasy relationship exists between UK politicians and the residential property market. Emotions have been running particularly high recently. More details were...

Details are emerging about a new Landlords Database, which is one of the major provisions of the Renters Reform Bill. Within the...

The launch of a new landlord database, proposed by the Renters Reform Bill, could provide HMRC with a gold mine of...

In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...

TV property expert Phil Spencer has called for a radical simplification of the rules surrounding landlord licensing, fees and other regulations. In...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has still not given a new date for the publication of the Renters...

The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports this morning that...

With the government considering short let landlords having to seek planning consent for the use of complete houses, AirBnb has announced...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament next...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

Next Thursday voters up and down the country will be casting their votes in a series of local elections which are...

Social housing tenants are to be encouraged to hold their landlords to account as part of a taxpayer funded training scheme. From free advice on...

Labour’s shadow housing spokesperson is promoting a video claiming that ‘everyone’ in the private rental sector suffers from ‘rogue landlords and...

The Generation Rent activist group says the government’s proposed clampdown on short let landlords does not go far enough. At the end...

New rules making it tougher for people to let houses via AirBnb and other short let platforms have been unveiled by...

The controversial Section 21 powers are neither overused by landlords, nor abused by them - despite some organisations claiming otherwise. Research by...

A new Tory-controlled super-council, which came into force at the weekend and combines eight previous local authorities, has announced an immediate...

The plans of many local authorities to double the council tax levels for second homes and some empty properties from April...

Figures contained in the government’s new action plan to tackle anti-social behaviour reveal the depth of the problem amongst tenants. The plan...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he’s going to make changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill currently going through Parliament...

The government has taken the first step to introducing a mandatory ombudsman scheme which private landlord must join. It’s published what is...

A new How To Rent guide has been released today by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Trade bodies were...

Housing minister Rachel Maclean is quoted as saying her government’s policies are NOT driving landlords out of the private rental sector. The...

The government has indicated that the delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document is to be Friday March 24. The...

According to the most recent statistics there are 676,452 vacant properties in England, nearly half a million of which have been...

The government has delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document - it had been expected today.  The How to Rent...

A much-hyped government proposal to introduce a Rental Mediation Service to resolve disputes, sustain tenancies and reduce pressure on the courts...

A flamboyant landlord with 150 properties in England says he’s quitting the sector and taking his investment money elsewhere. Ajay Ahuja says:...

A council is to spend £1m “to gather information about the conditions of specific groups of privately rented properties and proactively...

The government has launched the consultation on the controversial subject of disaggregation - a system which has seen council tax bills...

There’s been something of a love-in on a local authority in a popular tourist area of the UK - with second...

A Tory council in Middle England has backed a committee of MPs calling for rental reform measures to be tightened up. The...

The landlords’ trade body is broadly welcoming some proposals from MPs to reform the private rented sector. Some aspects of the Levelling...

The government’s proposed tenancy reforms - including the banning of section 21 evictions - could be undermined by delays in the...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

This guidance was issued by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities this week. This guidance is in addition to the...

Residents in social and affordable housing are being given the chance to buy a share in their home for the first...

The Generation Rent campaign group says the latest English Housing Survey shows that 23 per cent of private rented homes fail...

It appears that the government has finally woken up to the fact that there are too few rental homes to meet...

There are several key reasons why property owners choose to become landlords, some of which include regular income, investment and long-term...

The government has announced that it’s going to work on a new second homes policy with one particular council - if...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to make it easier for councils...

A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...

A lettings network is urging landlords to back a campaign to abolish council tax re-banding for shared houses. Platinum Property Partners says...

Rogue landlords who exploit the supported housing system at the expense of vulnerable residents could be banned from operating or fined...

The government has once again declined to give any meaningful timetable for the introduction of the Renters Reform Bill. At the end...

The current system of so-called ‘exempt rental accommodation’ has been condemned by MPs as “a complete mess” which wastes taxpayers’ money...

Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, says rebooting rental reform must be the number one priority for...

Generation Rent, the activist group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has given a warm welcome to the return of Michael Gove...

Labour MP Rachael Maskell says she has won the support of 10 other members of parliament from across the political divide...

A Labour MP has written to the Housing Secretary demanding a timetable for the implementation of rental reform. Catherine West, MP for...

The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...