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

Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...

The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of using landlords to do her dirty work for her. In a response to the...

A leading property law firm is warning that landlords face bankruptcy as a result of the massive increase in fines they...

Landlords who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...

New research has uncovered what the organisations behind it call “shocking discrimination towards migrant communities” while they try to find places...

The government has issued a new guide to ensure landlords do not discriminate while enforcing the Right To Rent regulations.  It applies...

A local authority with a rapidly-growing number of HMOs is to consult over a new policy later this month. The Houses in...

Rogue landlord Siddika Begum of Salisbury has been prosecuted for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation in the town. Begum...

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...

Tweaks being made to the Right To Rent system should make it easier for landlords to complete the controversial process. The government...

As has been broadcast widely in the news the government has been going to extraordinary lengths to enforce their message that...

Activists are calling on tenants to withhold their payments to landlords, in an attempt to generalise a growing rent strike movement. The...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, often leads...

MPs are being encouraged to ensure EU citizens with settled status can continue to rent a property in this country and...

A man who rented hundreds of properties that he sub-let to criminal gangs running brothels and cannabis farms has been jailed...

The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...

Manchester City Council will hold a couple of HMO drop-in events over the next few days for private landlords and letting...

The Home Office has announced that it plans to reassess its Right to Rent scheme that requires landlords in England to...

The government faces growing pressure to scrap Right to Rent, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, after the...

A Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent policy, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, will...

It is estimated that around 160,000 properties will be affected by the new rules governing Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), which...

The Home Office is to reconvene its Private Rented Sector (PRS) stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. The government plans to take...

The government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, is to be challenged in...

The High Court has given the go-ahead for a legal review to be launched into the government’s Right to Rent policy. The...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling discrimination and should...

The government is facing a High Court challenge this week to stop it forcing buy-to-let landlords to check the immigration status of...

Buy-to-let landlords have been fined on average just over £654 each by the Home office for failing to meet their obligations...

The government’s Right to Rent' policy has been slammed by a government inspector for failing “to demonstrate its worth” by encouraging...

Criminal landlords who crammed up to 40 migrants inside their semi-detached townhouse in north-west London face losing hundreds of thousands of...

Two separate legal challenges have been launched against government's 'Right to Rent' policy. The scheme, which requires landlords to check the immigration...

When a landlord let his property in Hartlepool to two cousins, he did not expect them to be sent to jail...

Buy-to-let landlords allowing illegal immigrants to live in their properties may face jail after hundreds of people suspected of not having...

There has been a sharp decline in the number of in EU nationals looking to move to the UK following the...

Almost half of private landlords say the Right to Rent scheme has made them less likely to let to those without...

Steve Wood, Wales and West chairman of the Council of the Certificated Enforcement Agents Association, offers a guide to the 'Right...

The government is facing a legal challenge over its controversial Right to Rent scheme, which effectively forces buy-to-let landlords to act...

Rents in the private rented sector rose by an average of 2% in Britain in the 12 months to March 2017,...

The rental market north of the border remains strong, but demand fell across all regions, especially in areas with high numbers...

As the government prepares to invoke Article 50 to leave the EU, very few experts forecast that Brexit will have an...

An initiative designed to promote equality and diversity in the private rented sector in Wales has been awarded a £249,425 lottery...

Foreign nationals and Britons without a passport are struggling to rent due to immigration checks introduced last year, according to a...

New measures under the Immigration Act 2016, which came into play yesterday, will only be welcomed by those operating in the...

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) wants to see more ‘support and information’ offered to landlords to help ensure that they properly...

No fewer than 31 people were found to be living in cramped conditions in a four bedroom house in north-west London...

Ever mounting issues such as regulation, rent arrears, handling tenant complaints, immigration checks, tax and inland revenue are causing many landlords...

Members of Parliament have approved measures that will give greater protection to landlords wanting to evict illegal immigrants. Changes to the Immigration...

A recent judgment in a court case may significantly reduce the Government’s ability to enforce its ‘right to rent’ policy, according...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme has affected fresh criticism on the day it goes live. From today, 1 February, landlords are...

The government has announced new funding to crack down on rogue landlords and tackle 'beds in sheds'. Communities secretary Greg Clark said...

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland has spoken out against the Right to Rent scheme which will require landlords to...

The complexity of the Government’s plans to turn landlords into border police is seeing lawful tenants being refused housing, according to...

Following several days of outrage and confusion over the clampdown on letting to illegal migrants, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has...

Plans to force landlords to act as border control and potentially be jailed if they house illegal immigrants have met with...

Landlords could face a prison sentence for breaching the Government’s ‘Right to Rent’ checks in a series of measures to tackle...

New information has come to light about the Government’s plans to licence landlords. In a speech last week, Prime Minister David Cameron...

Serious questions hang over the Prime Minister’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). In...

In a surprise move, Prime Minister David Cameron said the Tories will introduce a mandatory licencing scheme for private landlords. In a...

The Mirror has laid into UKIP by exposing the party’s housing and environment spokesman as a landlord who has received over...