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A prominent Green Party politician is arguing for rent controls - and accuses Labour of watering down its commitment to the...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their views...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The government’s proposal to introduce a new one per cent deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder...
24 February 2024
From: Rental Reform
Bristol’s controversial Labour council is extending previous licensing schemes to other parts of the city at some £1,800 HMO per licence...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter - which has frequently been critical of landlords and their alleged treatment of poorer tenants - is advertising...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The average price of a home in Wales fell to £234,086 at the end 2023 following continued economic and financial pressures,...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A think tank says rents set in the social sector should reflect the energy efficiency of a property. It’s one of a...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Shadow housing secretary and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has accused the government of “foot dragging” over the slow progress of...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the controversial Renters Reform Bill will only succeed if landlords’ feel...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A group of 30 charities and non-profit organisations, led by campaigners at Shelter, have urged the government to get a move...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A pressure group claims the threat of being evicted makes tenants age more quickly. Generation Rent claims there is a study by...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A new analysis suggests homes in England are less affordable and in worse conditions than in most other developed nations. The Home...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Politicians meeting at party conferences this week are being urged to listen to property professionals before setting policies about the private...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
An agency chain is urging the Tories to stop in-fighting at their party conference and instead increase supply in the private...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent activist group is urging its supporters to email MPs to protest about delays in the parliamentary progress of...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his criticism of the government for failing to put flesh on the bones of the Renters...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The long running experiment with rent controls and an eviction ban north of the border may yet continue for years to...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and activist group Generation Rent have issued a joint appeal for rent controls in the capital. Khan’s...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The Labour dominated council in Bristol has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove demanding that he gives it the powers to...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill has been unveiled, as Ministers bid to address the housing crisis and create a fairer rental...
17 June 2023
From: Agent Advice
The pro-tenant anti-landlord Renters Reform Bill has at last been published by the government which first promised it in 2019. It has...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament next...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Paula Barker, Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, is the latest opposition member of parliament to ask for immediate action on banning...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Crisis, the homelessness charity, is demanding financial and legislative help for tenants. Matt Downie, Crisis chief executive, says: “This is a time of...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The future of the private rented sector in England has been back under the Westminster spotlight in the last two weeks...
12 November 2022
From: Rental Reform
The north of England has a home energy efficiency mountain to climb, with poorly insulated homes costing tenants at least £680...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The government has once again declined to give any meaningful timetable for the introduction of the Renters Reform Bill. At the end...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The Autumn Statement on November 17 may contain financial measures to help private renters, the Housing Secretary has hinted. “We know people in...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime Minister Liz Truss says Section 21 eviction powers WILL be scrapped after all. She made the explicit commitment at Prime Minister’s...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...
09 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
The architects of the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper have been housing minister Eddie Hughes MP, Housing Secretary Michael Gove...
18 June 2022
From: Rental Reform
The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
This is the entirety of the detail given by the government about the Renters’ Reform Bill, confirmed in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech. --- Renters Reform...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Voters in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum. The city was given the choice of...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Politicians in a city with one of the UK’s most frenzied short lets markets are pledging to return Airbnb style units...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Trade unions in Scotland are demanding that local council candidates sign a pledge to support “urgent” rent controls in that country. The...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A Labour MP in the westcountry appears to be winning support for a campaign he has launched called First Homes, Not...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The Chartered Institute of Housing says it’s concerned about the rapidly rising gas and home heating oil prices and the impact...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent Conservative has branded the rush towards rent controls by some politicians as “heavy-handed and economically illiterate”. Janet Finch Saunders, an...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The mayor of Labour-controlled Bristol council is teaming up with local anti-landlord activists to look at how to introduce local rent...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Our housing market needs a long-term vision, and one which is co-ordinated across government and the wider industry. And it is...
22 January 2022
From: The Big Issues
The new coalition of the Scottish National Party and the Greens in Scotland has pledged to introduce rent controls - and...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Some 6,000 signatures have so far been added to an online petition calling on the Welsh Parliament to “address” the issue...
22 November 2021
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 head of a building body says landlords and home owners need a replacement for the defunct Green Homes Grant to...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A former member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet has thrown his weight behind Generation Rent’s latest campaign. Lloyd Russell-Moyle - chair of...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark has made a very cautious approach to the Scottish Government over its strident pledge...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The landlords’ trade body has been invited to join what it calls “high-level” talks with government over reforms to the private...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News
TV star Robert Rinder - best known for his performances under the guise of Judge Rinder - has made an outspoken...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, wants to introduce a £1.5m Good Landlord Charter This would work in partnership with the city’s...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The main landlords’ trade body has hit out at a bid by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to impose private...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A pressure group for tenants wants the next Mayor of London to win powers from the government to reduce rents, through a...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is to keep a call for rent controls in the capital as a major plank of his...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Junior housing minister Kelly Tolhurst says the government will introduce the controversial Renters Reform Bill “very soon.” This Bill is the one which...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has released its manifesto for the 2021 Welsh Parliament elections - and it makes the case...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Private landlords are setting out a manifesto of radical changes for the rental sector, starting with more repossession rights. The demands are...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The government has confirmed its long-standing intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers which currently sit with landlords - but the appropriate...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A Labour activist claiming to represent tenants is putting the squeeze on party members who are also landlords. An article on the Labour...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Boris Johnson’s “Build Build Build” announcement yesterday was designed to help drag the UK economy out of what could prove to...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Fresh figures show that there was a rise in the number of housebuilders completing new homes in England last year, helping to alleviate...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The main political parties have laid out their blueprints for government ahead of what is likely to be one of the...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has slammed the Conservative Party manifesto for proposing nothing to encourage and support landlords to continue...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Labour’s general election manifesto promises to “transform” the UK with what some commentators view as the most ambitious - and most...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Boris Johnson launched the Conservative Party manifesto yesterday with a promise to “Get Brexit done”, and although the document was rather...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Labour has launched its general election manifesto, promising to “transform” the UK with what some commentators view as the most ambitious...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The Liberal Democrats have launched their 2019 election manifesto, which sets out the polices the party aims to introduce should it...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Nottingham City Council has been criticised for targeting responsible landlords whilst doing little to clampdown on rogue operators in the local...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A new 10-point manifesto designed to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by a prominent leasehold reform campaigner, following the...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has compiled a manifesto that it hopes all political parties will take note of ahead of...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
We have seen a significant amount of publicity recently surrounding the sale of leasehold houses and the imposition of significant ground...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News
The Queen’s Speech was unsurprisingly dominated by Brexit, with a host of proposed new laws designed to prepare the UK for...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Over the weekend Number 10 said that a deal with the Democratic Unionists had been reached, but was then forced to...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News
The Conservatives have announced a range of housing policies designed to help them win the general election, including pledging to build...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling for the introduction of a specialist new court to deal solely with housing issues...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The Conservative party is under mounting pressure to look again at its plans to fund social care in England because the...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...
11 May 2017
From: Sponsored Content
Young private renters are facing staggering new hurdles to simply live alone and make a decent wage, new research shows. Those attempting...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The Conservative party should put rent controls at the heart of their general election manifesto as part of a wider effort...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The consultation period for the proposed ban on letting agents’ fees in England should either be extended or suspended until after...
26 April 2017
From: Breaking News
The mayor of London’s pledge to publically name ‘bad’ landlords who have been convicted of housing-related offences is supported by the...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Action is needed to tackle the scandal of ‘buy-to-leave’ investors who are denying Londoners the homes they need, according to the...
12 April 2016
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has set out what it believes should be priorities for the successful London Mayoral candidate in...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Labour's London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has launched his election manifesto and pledged to help the capital’s two million renters. Khan’s election...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News
MPs have introduced two new bills that will crackdown on rogue landlords. The first measure introduced to parliament yesterday was by the...
25 June 2015
From: Breaking News
Victorious housing campaigner Lindsey Garrett from the New Era Estate in Hackney is taking on Labour and the Conservatives for the...
15 May 2015
From: Breaking News
After months of campaigning and deliberating, polling day is now behind us. With all the election stories doing the rounds, we...
11 May 2015
From: Sponsored Content
Landlord support for Labour and the Liberal Democrat Party has halved since the 2010 General Election because of their interventionist policies...