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The Renters Reform Bill has now passed all of its House of Commons stages, with amendments - as almost every Bill...

The controversial proposal for permanent rent controls in Scotland, published just ahead of the Easter holiday, doesn’t go far enough for...

Almost a quarter of London tenants have had to move rental properties more than five times in five years, a tax...

Four landlords are contemplating seeking a judicial review of a council’s proposed licensing scheme extension. Middlesbrough council is consulting on extending its...

Campaigning charity Shelter is nearing a controversial signature threshold in its petition about the Renters Reform Bill. It now has over 123,000 of...

The government should tax property ‘hoarders’ cashing in on the UK housing market says a left-leaning think tank. A report by the New Economics...

The Generation Rent activist group is urging its supporters to email MPs to protest about delays in the parliamentary progress of...

The Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill has passed its third reading in the House of Lords and is set to become law...

A Labour MP has spoken of loopholes in the Renters Reform Bill - a narrative now being pursued by some activists...

A Labour MP who last held shadow office under the party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn has attacked the government for having...

A Tory MP representing a popular tourist area has attacked the proliferation of short lets, and wants a “locals first” policy...

Private rental property should be “acquired” and used for social housing according to a think tank. And it says tax penalties, laws...

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

A Conservative MP who has already suggested a 25 mile limit around some rental properties to reserve them for people with...

Yesterday Landlord Today reported that there was now a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage...

Landlords will have to spend thousands to meet new government demands to improve energy efficiency in rental properties. Geospatial technology company Kamma...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has slammed the government’s Selective Licensing Review for failing to listen to landlords. The report, which was...

The government’s attempts to clampdown on rogue landlords have been branded ‘weak and pathetic’, partly due to the vast and complex...

A briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes has been published by the House of Commons ahead of the Report Stage and...

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is ‘missing the opportunity’ to assess fire safety regulations across all types...

Rogue landlords are profiting from the housing benefit system by enticing desperate local authorities to place single homeless people into small...

The government’s decision to introduce a draft bill to parliament this week to ban letting agents and landlords from charging introductory...

Contradictory and outdated fire safety guidance urgently needs updating to better support private landlords, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...

Local councils are calling on the government to close a legal loophole that allows landlords to get away with converting properties...

Several local authorities in London have launched an investigation into a multi-million pound business model where a number of letting agents...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is warning private investors not to be lured by firms offering schemes which allegedly promise to...

The Labour party has announced plans to reform the private rented sector should it come to power. It would introduce legislation to...