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![Free rent for last two months of tenancy, demands renters group](/upload/images/shutterstock_2251240795(1).jpg)
An activist group supporting renters is calling for the final two months of a tenancy to be rent-free in a bid...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s Renters Rights Bill - the government explains](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The government has released more information on its new Renters Rights Bill, which is expected to be launched into Parliament in...
20 July 2024
From: Rental Reform
![Named and Shamed - 27 councils and social landlords accused](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The latest report from the Housing Ombudsman, which presides over social landlords, has named 27 local authorities and social housing providers...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock Figures show New-Build levels plummeting further](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
The year to March 2024 saw the fewest new housing sites consented than during any 12-month period since the data collection...
15 June 2024
From: The Big Issues
![Labour activist demanding Airbnb clampdown dropped by party](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A Labour councillor who has wanted restricted rights for buy to let landlords and short let hosts has been dropped as...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Named And Shamed - huge number of social housing landlords slammed](/upload/images/shutterstock_2288122591.jpg)
The Housing Ombudsman - which currently presides over the social housing sector - has named and shamed 12 councils and housing...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Here We Go Again: Renters Reform Bill back in Parliament this week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Renters Reform Bill returns to Parliament this week, with a First Reading of the measure in the House of Lords...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Website for tenants who don’t know where to turn to](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
A website is being prepared to assist private renters know where to turn if their landlord or lettings agent fail to...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove Hits Back! He says Reform Bill is STILL a Renting Revolution](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Surprise move as agents issue ‘how to complain’ guide to tenants](/upload/images/shutterstock_2190262027.jpg)
A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent activists spurn Reform Bill olive branch from NRLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association has taken the unusual step of extending an olive branch to the activists who run the...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![A look into 2024 so far: 3 key insights for landlords](/upload/images/Mature%20man%20orange%20shirt%20sat%20down%20on%20a%20phone%20call%20-%20360x280.png)
Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...
16 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Landlords can afford much tougher regulation, says think tank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A think tank based in central London says landlords would not quit the sector if much tougher - and more expensive...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill shock for Generation Rent and Shelter](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters reform Bill, despite high profile PR campaigns about it from...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords’ Top Worries, Challenges and Expectations for the Future](/upload/images/shutterstock_1364479883.jpg)
The Property Redress Scheme, one of two approved ombudsman-style schemes for the private rental sector, has published the findings from a...
23 March 2024
From: The Big Issues
![Massive rise in complaints from social housing tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
The Housing Ombudsman has revealed figures showing huge increases in the numbers of complaints from tenants on social housing. The Ombudsman says...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Another social landlord slammed for poor repairs and records](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
The Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration by One Housing Group in its record keeping following the its failure to conduct...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Family ate Xmas dinner on floor due to social landlord neglect](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-400x310.png)
The Housing Ombudsman has ordered Yorkshire Housing to pay £3,780 after it found three findings of severe maladministration for how it...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Chaos! Confusion over identity and power of new Private Rental Ombudsman](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The identify of the service running the upcoming Private Rental Sector Ombudsman scheme has been thrown into doubt once more. The Renters...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents could face regulation under Labour amendment tactic](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council slammed for series of failings as a social landlord](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
The Housing Ombudsman - which assesses problems involving social housing landlords - has found severe maladministration in four cases involving Croydon...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![No new law planned for private landlords and mould](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
There is to be no comparable law for private landlords, following the introduction of Awaab’s Law. Earlier this week the Department of...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Has your tenant been told to wait for the bailiff to arrive?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association wants to show the government that some local councils still advise tenants served with a valid...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords Beware - Concerns over Quality of New Build Homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuildHomes-400x310.png)
New research from a construction professional body shows a large proportion of people would not buy a newly built property due...
30 December 2023
From: Top tips & guides
![Landlord complaint leads to agency being expelled from Ombudsman scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove slams council that boasts of clampdowns on private landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Michael Gove has written to 10 social housing providers - housing associations and councils - slamming them after findings of severe...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Social landlord criticised over “deeply distressing” tenant suicide](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over social housing landlords - has issued his report on what he calls the “deeply...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Devastating impact of Renters Reform Bill revealed by legal expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
The Renters Reform Bill could end up with landlords going bankrupt, a housing law specialist is warning. Des Taylor, director of compliance...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Dramatic U-turn on Section 21 - latest details](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
More details have emerged of what appears to be a stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers in the short term. The...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shocking Surge In Landlord Complaints from social housing tenants](/upload/images/shutterstock_705724939(1).jpg)
The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over all social housing - has revealed a huge surge in what it calls “severe...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage firm tells Tories - Renters Reform Bill isn’t that bad…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The head of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker has split from almost all of the industry by saying the...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax, Red Tape and Soaring Costs force landlords to quit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
A survey of thousands of landlords, agents and tenants has provided new evidence of buy to let investors quitting in droves. Over...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Most landlords unsure or opposed to private rental sector Ombudsman](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Over half of landlords are either against the concept of a private rental sector Ombudsman or are actively against it. As part...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Industry survey shows continued opposition to S21 abolition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
A survey of some 2,000 landlords, agents and others in the private rental sector show renewed concern over Section 21 and...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill: Landlords urged to prepare for changes as MPs return](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agent is urging landlords to stay vigilant for changes to the Renters Reform Bill now that Parliament is...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council that threatened landlords is guilty of “severe maladministration”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
A London council that just days ago threatened private landlords with unlimited fines and “have control of their properties removed” has...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Social landlord boss ordered to apologise directly to tenant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over housing associations and other social housing providers - has ordered a chief executive to...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords Beware - agent still trading after compensation failure](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Hawks Properties Limited has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour a compensation award. The agency - with...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Complaints about lettings agents go through the roof](/upload/images/shutterstock_1499251934.jpg)
There’s been a large increase in the number of complaints registered with The Property Ombudsman - with lettings agents in the...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pets In Lets - can inventories reduce the risk to landlords?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/CoupleWithDog-400x310.png)
The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill next stage delayed until autumn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform - Labour says Tories are divided and Bill is at risk](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
A newspaper which often carries leaks of new Labour policies has produced an interesting theory on the fate of the Renters...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent’s Message To Landlords - keep calm and carry on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
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
![Phil Spencer coaches letting agents on retaining landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
TV property guru Phil Spencer has offered a series of tips to letting agents on how to retain landlord clients, especially...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ombudsman for Private Landlords - “there’s nothing to fear”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The current Housing Ombudsman, who presides over redress within the social housing sector, says private landlords should not fear the extension...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords will have six weeks to consider pet requests](/upload/images/Pets/DogAndCat-400x310-min.jpeg)
Detailed analyses of the Renters Reform Bill has thrown up more information about how the provision promoting pets will be operated. If...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Give government and Renters Reform a chance, agent tells landlords](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reform Bill must make independent inventories compulsory - call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
A key figure in the inventory sector says the Renters’ Reform Bill - scheduled for publication this week - must make...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords benefit from pets allowed in properties - new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/CoupleWithDog-400x310.png)
Research conducted by the Dogs Trust and Cats Protection apparently shows that landlords are split on the subject of pets in...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour local politicians back Michael Gove’s Rental Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
The body representing local councils is backing the government’s Renters Reform Bill - even though Labour dominates most local authorities. Councillor Darren...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘Anti-Landlord’ Renters Reform Bill published by government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
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
![Gove puts activists in pole position at launch of Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![TV consumer champion backs “disaster” reform legislation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Consumer champion Martin Lewis - the man behind the Money Saving Expert website and TV shows - has backed the Renters...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - 12 major policies it's likely to contain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
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
![Tenants trained to complain about landlords, funded by taxpayers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
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...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Providing Landlord Education with Free Webinars](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
With the ever-changing landscape of the lettings industry and legislation, being a landlord can be a minefield. So many individuals view...
22 April 2023
From: Agent Advice
![Agency advises landlords on how to handle most common tenant gripes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
A lettings agency has identified the three most complained-about issues by tenants last year. All the tenants were in Greater London and...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Message to landlords - use letting agents if it’s all too much…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
A PropTech entrepreneur is advising landlords worried about red tape to use letting agents. Neil Cobbold, managing director of rental payment service...
19 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlord slammed by Ombudsman over damp and mould failures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Mould-400x310.png)
The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the social housing provider which supplied accommodation to Awaab...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter welcomes ruling on discrimination against families](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FamilyBuyers-400x310.png)
Shelter says it welcomes a ruling by The Property Ombudsman that agents and landlords exercising a blanket ban on tenants with...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory Ombudsman for Landlords - government takes first step](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The government has taken the first step to introducing a mandatory ombudsman scheme which private landlord must join. It’s published what is...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![S21 abolition is less damaging than landlords fear - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
A third of landlords say that the scrapping of Section 21 is of major concern to them according to a Mortgages...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent says tenants afraid to report damp and mould](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Activist group Generation Rent is demanding that the government tighten regulations on damp and mould - and is tying this to...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government tells tenants to complain about landlords - ad campaign](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove is urging tenants to complain about sub-standard housing with the government’s ‘Make Things Right’ advertising campaign. Social housing...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tens of thousands of rental homes found with damp and mould](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Inspection_1-400x310.png)
The Regulator of Social Housing has warned landlords in that sector to take immediate action over damp and mould. And the regulator...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council slammed for “severe maladministration” over damp and mould](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Inspection_1-400x310.png)
The Housing Ombudsman - a service which deals with social housing - says it’s found severe maladministration in how Leeds council...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mould and Damp - Ombudsman launches probes into landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Inspection_1-400x310.png)
Social housing, believed by some to be superior to private rental, is under the spotlight as two major landlords are to...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Toddler Tragedy: New guidance on mould to be set out by government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Police-3-400x310.png)
The government says it’s reviewing landlord guidance on the health risks of damp and mould following the death of two year...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour councils named and shamed by Housing Secretary Gove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Stressed(F)Tenant-400x310.png)
Three more social housing landlords have been ‘named and shamed’ by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The trio - two of which are...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Are letting agents discrediting the zero deposit insurance concept?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Many landlords have welcomed the zero deposit insurance concept - but is this being damaged by the pressure-selling techniques of some...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Most landlords want hard-core rental reform - agent’s amazing claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![‘Government acts to protect tenants’ says Gove in landlord clampdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![S21 and reform delays driving away landlords - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
The time taken to introduce legislation reforming the private rented sector is triggering an exodus of landlords, a lettings industry chief...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Sector takes centre stage in revamped redress service](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A landlord representative is to be a member of a new advisory panel which has been set up by the Property...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Five Top Tips to become an Airbnb Host - Safely](/upload/images/library/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
It's claimed that home owners could be making an extra £2.000 per month by renting out a spare room on Airbnb, depending...
08 October 2022
From: Agent Advice
![Landlords and New Builds - what protections are there?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
What protections do landlords have when investing in a new-build property? From this week those landlords buying a new build home can...
08 October 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Rental Reform Delay allows proposals to be rewritten says industry chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Figures/PayProp_NeilCobbold-400x310.png)
One of the highest profile figures in the lettings industry says the apparent inaction by government over rental reform gives an...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![More enforcement needed if rental reform ever actually happens - claim](/upload/images/library/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
More enforcement is required if the government is to introduce the scale of reforms it has called for in its recent...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![It’s Landlords versus Generation Rent in Parliament today](/upload/images/library/StudentsInHome2-695x395.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association and the Generation Rent activist group both give evidence today to MPs as they begin a...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shamplina Speaks - So what do YOU want to tell the government?](/upload/images/library/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
In June, the government finally released its long-awaited White Paper ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’. You will almost certainly have seen...
06 August 2022
From: Rental Reform
![Hypocrite? Council wanting landlord controls is slammed on housing record](/upload/images/library/LandlordLicensing-4-400x310.jpg)
A council now consulting on a huge licensing scheme for private landlords has been slammed - over its own record as...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Jason Harris-Cohen, Managing Director of Open Property Group](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Open%20Property%20Group/400x310%20OPG%2060%20sec%20interview.jpg)
Who are you? My name is Jason Harris-Cohen and I am the Managing Director of Open Property Group. What is your company and...
02 August 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
![Yet another MPs' committee probes private rental sector](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
Yet another committee of MPs has launched a ‘call for evidence’ as it starts an investigation into the private rental sector. The...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords invited to join redress scheme governing body](/upload/images/library/TenantsLandlordTalking-400x310.png)
Landlords are being invited to join the advisory council of the country’s largest lettings redress scheme. The Property Redress Scheme covers more...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Clarity Not Confusion - White Paper reforms must be detailed](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
With speculation about what happens next in Westminster at fever pitch, now isn’t the time to make predictions as to how...
09 July 2022
From: The Big Issues
![Rental Reform - time to influence, says Agent Rainmaker](/upload/images/library/PropertyPuzzle-400x310.jpg)
Now is the time to lobby the Government on the detail of the Renters Reform Bill. That’s the message from the expert...
02 July 2022
From: Rental Reform
![Reforms can create a professional PRS - if it’s properly policed](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Leading rental payment platform PayProp has welcomed the added protections for landlords and renters outlined in the UK government’s rental reform...
25 June 2022
From: Rental Reform
![Activists want pet insurance costs taken from existing deposits](/upload/images/Pets/CatInHome(1)-400x310-min.jpeg)
The Generation Rent group of activists says it has concerns over the broad proposals to allow landlords to charge for additional...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Is Rental Reform just a diversion for Boris? ask suppliers](/upload/images/library/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Thank goodness the uncertainty is over - but is it all too skewed towards tenants? That’s the worry of suppliers as Daniel...
18 June 2022
From: Rental Reform
![Activists' Victory? What campaigners think of the White Paper](/upload/images/library/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
One of the highest profile advocates of widespread reform in the private rental sector has been Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of...
18 June 2022
From: Rental Reform
![The 12 Key Points from the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper](/upload/images/library/Documents-400x310-min.jpeg)
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
![Power swings to tenants under Government Reform Measures](/upload/images/library/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform - are government proposals the right proposals?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
Wherever you stand, whether you’re a landlord or tenant, the supply and demand issues impacting the private rented sector are at...
28 May 2022
From: Rental Reform
![Gove accuses landlords of letting tenants live in unsafe homes](/upload/images/library/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made a sweeping attack on the conditions of homes run by private landlords. In a statement backing...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords’ critics rejoice as government caves in to their demands](/upload/images/library/HappyLandlord-400x310.jpg)
Activists have expressed their delight that the government has “listed to the voice of renters” in its provisions for widespread reform...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - in the government’s own words](/upload/images/library/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
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
![Government's new Landlord Ombudsman scheme plus eviction reforms](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/house%20of%20lords_jpg%20400%20x%20310.png)
The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![MPs condemn rental conditions, councils and government](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/DamagedProperty-400x310.jpg)
A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...