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A Labour member of the House of Lords is warning that a new law could allow landlords’ bank accounts to be...

Renters allegedly pay £669 in un-recoverable costs for each ‘unwanted’ move as a result of eviction, claims campaigning charity Shelter. It says...

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

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

A string of debt advice charities want Housing Secretary Michael Gove to go well beyond merely banning Section 21 in a...

A prominent Green Party politician is arguing for rent controls - and accuses Labour of watering down its commitment to the...

A think tank claims that the government will pay landlords in the private sector six times the expected spend on new affordable homes in the five-year period between 2021 and 2026. The New...

The think tank Policy Connect is warning that landlords have reported that sub-standard carbon monoxide alarms are persistently available online, leaving...

New research from a construction professional body shows a large proportion of people would not buy a newly built property due...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in...

A slew of MPs who are members of the Renters Reform Bill committee receive money from letting out rooms or properties...

Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...

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

MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from the Financial Times...

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

A charity claims that apparent delays to the Renters Reform Bill, which has yet to get a Second Reading in the...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign are complaining that the Renters Reform Bill hasn’t been placed ahead of other Parliamentary business...

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

The unexpected slow progress of the Renters Reform Bill through the House of Commons continues. Although the official online documentation about the...

A Labour MP has expressed concern at the speed of progress on the Renters Reform Bill - pushing Leader of the...

A Labour Mayor whose post was abolished by a public vote last year now wants to become an MP. Marvin Rees’ position...

The new director of Generation Rent, Ben Twomey, takes over from Baroness Alicia Kennedy this morning. A statement announcing his appointment earlier...

Activists who at one time appeared broadly happy with the pro-tenant Renters Reform Bill now appear to have changed their mind. Over...

A new petition has been launched on the UK Parliament website to reverse the move towards Periodic Tenancies contained in the...

The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has criticised Housing Minister Rachel Maclean for breaking MPs’ rules. Maclean broke rule 8 of the Code...

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

2023 could be a landmark year for the private rented sector if Michael Gove succeeds in his pursuit of reforming the...

The Section 24 parliamentary petition, seeking to persuade MPs to reinstate mortgage interest tax relief for landlords, has fallen far short...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it could take up to 18 months for many elements of the Renters Reform Bill...

The government has made no estimate of the number of people unable to meet housing costs due to the freeze on...

The Section 24 parliamentary petition, seeking to persuade MPs to reinstate mortgage interest tax relief for landlords, is still struggling for...

The new director of Generation Rent is Ben Twomey, who takes over from Baroness Alicia Kennedy on June 14. A statement from...

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

Activist group Generation Rent is demanding that the government tighten regulations on damp and mould - and is tying this to...

A letting agents’ trade group is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme - launched in May 2022 and open to landlords as well as homeowners - is failing to...

A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...

The petition to secure government action over the Section 24 tax issue affecting landlords has passed the 16,500 benchmark but has...

A petition calling on the government to reverse the section 24 tax change has passed a key threshold - but still has...

In today’s world, where people can make money from something as simple as posting a photo of themselves wearing a new...

The MPs Natalie Elphicke and Lloyd Russell-Moyle are to lead a debate today in the House of Commons on the private rental...

Activists got reassurance from Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in the past, and have a supportive politician in the form of...

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

The government has committed to introduce the Renters Reform Bill into Parliament during this session - despite the disarray over policies...

Prime Minister Liz Truss says Section 21 eviction powers WILL be scrapped after all. She made the explicit commitment at Prime Minister’s...

The Scottish Government’s dramatic immediate introduction of a rent freeze and eviction ban could mark the beginning of the end of the...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

The government has repeated its demand that landlords pass on energy rebates to tenants. A written parliamentary question on this issue was...

Cabinet minister Michael Gove and junior minister Eddie Hughes - architects of the pro-renter White Paper issued last month - are staying...

Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

Plans to extend tenants’ rights that were introduced as an emergency measure during pandemic will have a ‘devastating’ effect on the...

A last ditch bid is underway to include the properties of all landlords in the programme of financial help to remove...

The new housing minister is a landlord - and has already attracted criticism from some sections of the media. Yesterday Chris Pincher...

A government housing minister says the Boris Johnson administration wants to shift the balance of power in the rental sector favour...

Some 6,000 signatures have so far been added to an online petition calling on the Welsh Parliament to “address” the issue...

The sleaze allegations engulfing the government have moved to those MPs letting out their London homes while claiming money from taxpayers...

A former member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet has thrown his weight behind Generation Rent’s latest campaign. Lloyd Russell-Moyle - chair of...

MPs have launched a campaign called ‘Carbon Monoxide Safe 4 Summer’ to highlight concerns over risks associated with the poisonous gas. They...

The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...

The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Tuesday May 11, with many expecting this to be when the government confirms...

One of the country’s leading property experts says landlords are now reassessing their portfolios as a result of possible Capital Gains...

The activists group Acorn, which has staged several anti-landlord demonstrations including some outside homes, is opposing a new Bill going through...

A councillor has criticised an MP who came out in favour of landlords in a dispute over licensing. Earlier this week Landlord Today...

An influential all-party committee of MPs and members of the House of Lords is calling for a new council tax fund...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has confirmed that the definition of ‘substantial arrears’ for the purposes of possession orders and evictions will...

The government is being warned landlords won’t be able to meet new guidelines being set for Right To Rent once the Coronavirus...

The government has confirmed its long-standing intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers which currently sit with landlords - but the appropriate...

The government has confirmed that it will not extend the ban on landlords evicting renters beyond 23 August. Renters across England and Wales received greater...

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has welcomed confirmation from a government minister that the courts will begin to hear possession...

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has announced that Rebecca Marsh, the existing chief ombudsman at the Legal Ombudsman, will become the new...

Heading into March, the UK housing market was showing the kind of green shoots appropriate for the start of spring, with...

After two elections and three years of intense debate and hostility, the general election in December seemed to offer the political...

The government plans to introduce mandatory electrical installation inspecting for all rented homes.  Detailed regulations for enforcing compulsory five-year electrical safety checks...

What has happened to residential property prices since the last general election just two years ago? On a national scale, the...

Robert Jenrick has been named the new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, while Esther McVey has been...

A new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been launched with a view to looking into short-term lets. The new group, which...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has welcomed calls by a parliamentary committee for tax incentives for private landlords to improve the...

The government has committed to introduce mandatory five yearly electrical safety checks in the private rented sector. No time date has been...

The introduction of a ban on fees charged by landlords and letting agents look set to finally come into force on...

Landlords investing in the rural private rented sector face higher costs and fewer options to meet new requirements of minimum energy...

A call by a Parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in privately owned residential blocks has...

With more Airbnb listings in this country than ever before, there is growing concern among MPs that the home sharing website...

With savers receiving miserable returns, many shrewd investors are turning to the buy-to-let sector as a means of supplementing their income,...

The government has confirmed that the long-awaited extension of Mandatory HMO Licensing will be introduced from 1st October 2018, subject to...

PayProp has added its voice to growing calls for rent payments to be added to a tenant’s credit score. The automated rental...

Buy-to-let landlords across the UK should be responsible for the installation of carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, according to a new report. Under...

Over the past couple of years, private landlords have suffered some disappointing blows compared with other investors, such as the scrapping...

Labour MP and gas safety campaigner George Howarth has tabled an early day motion (EDM) calling on landlords and social housing...

The government’s decision to push back plans to make landlords submit tax returns digitally has been warmly welcomed by the Residential...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are adopting a more professional approach to their lettings business, as reflected by the fact...

Gavin Barwell has been appointed the new Minister for Housing, Planning and London, taking over from Brandon Lewis, who has moved...

A top politician has been reported to the ethics watchdog following accusations that he broke strict parliamentary code on financial and...

Many part-time landlords across the UK are putting their tenants’ lives at risk and could face hefty fines for breaking basic...

The online petition opposing the proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords has now reached 35,000 signatures – but is...

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the private rented sector has launched an inquiry into the energy efficiency of private...