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The National Union of Students claims the government has “folded to landlord’s lobbying” and watering down the Renters Reform Bill so...

The Generation Rent activist group has once again repeated its demand for a series of reforms surrounding the scrapping of Section...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

Responding to confirmation that the Renters Reform Bill will return to the Commons next Wednesday, Ben Beadle of the National Residential...

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

A trade body claims private tenants are ‘suffering’ because lettings agents are not regulated. Propertymark is demanding equal treatment between lettings agents...

A think tank based in central London says landlords would not quit the sector if much tougher - and more expensive...

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

A consultation on how to develop a more dynamic energy price cap has been launched by the regulator, Ofgem. The regulator claims...

Members of the union UNISON who participate in round-table discussions with activist group Generation Rents are to receive gift vouchers for...

A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association says it wants a speedy implementation of the Renters Reform Bill to avoid uncertainty - and...

New additional and selective licensing schemes are to be considered by the controversial Bristol city council. The council’s Labour Mayor - Marvin...

The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a provider of so-called ‘smart property protection technology’. This means that landlords can...

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

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

The government claims that millions of homeowners in England and Wales will be given greater rights, powers, and protections over their...

Shadow housing secretary and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has accused the government of “foot dragging” over the slow progress of...

A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...

There’s been a strong personal attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak by anti-landlord activists over the subject of energy efficiency. The Generation...

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

The Scottish Government says rent controls - already existing as a so-called emergency measure - will become permanent. Scottish First Minister Humza...

A charity has acknowledged that landlords need help to keep their homes, and in turn continue to provide much-needed homes in...

New government figures show 79,840 households faced homelessness in England between January and March 2023 – the highest number on record.  Now...

Campaigning charity Shelter has won the backing of the Co-Op Bank for a new anti-eviction drive. The bank has funded Shelter research...

A Labour MP wants the government to include private landlords in the Building Safety Act’s leaseholder protections scheme.  The government introduced the...

The Labour dominated council in Bristol has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove demanding that he gives it the powers to...

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

The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months - despite widespread opposition from the...

A landlord who was banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards, has lost an appeal to...

A newspaper claims  unrest about the Renters Reform Bill amongst Tory MPs revolves around fears that buy to let landlords will...

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 has pledged that the long awaited Rental Reform Bill will be introduced into the Commons in two...

The landlords’ trade body is broadly welcoming some proposals from MPs to reform the private rented sector. Some aspects of the Levelling...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

Bristol councillors who are landlords have been told they cannot speak in a debate on rent controls.  Earlier this week we explained...

Landlords are not “contributing anything useful to society” a politician has claimed. Over the Christmas and New year break Ross Greer, a...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit back at a claim that it is seeking to ‘turn students’ against the government’s...

Two councillors have successfully used the London Assembly to push London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the government to do more to...

The future of the private rented sector in England has been back under the Westminster spotlight in the last two weeks...

The so-called emergency rent freeze and eviction ban in Scotland “can serve as a Europe-wide template for protecting tenants rights” according...

A group wanting pets to be allowed in private rental properties says its research shows the issue is not opposition from...

It's claimed that home owners could be making an extra £2.000 per month by renting out a spare room on Airbnb, depending...

What protections do landlords have when investing in a new-build property? From this week those landlords buying a new build home can...

A combination of Labour, the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists have pushed through a rent freeze proposal. The Cost of Living...

The politician who is the architect of an emergency private sector rent freeze set to come into force this week has attacked...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Agents are warning that...

A trade body is warning that landlords may face a new challenge if, as expected, the government agrees a controversial expansion...

Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organisation Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill...

The government only has itself to blame for the explosion in AirBnb and other short lets properties. That’s the view of the...

A review into the effect of short-term lets has been launched by the government.  The government says future policies could involve physical...

Leading rental payment platform PayProp has welcomed the added protections for landlords and renters outlined in the UK government’s rental reform...

There has been an angry response by some politicians in Wales to the decision by the Labour administration to delay implementation...

There’s embarrassment all round for the Labour-run Welsh Government as it reveals a late delay to its much-hyped rental reform. The reform...

The Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign group is accusing many landlords of failing to sell - despite having said they...

The abolition of Section 21 eviction notices could lead to a surge in evictions by private landlords anxious to sell before...

Activists from pressure groups and London-focussed tenants’ bodies have handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street asking the Prime Minister...

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...

The Building Safety Bill has become law - and while it does offer help to leaseholder landlords with one or two...

Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...

The Renters’ Reform Coalition, a combination of some 20 groups of activists wanting to transform the lettings sector, has set its...

A Labour Mayor and a former Labour baroness have teamed up to call for rent freezes in London, claiming they slash...

A prominent country property expert has issued an urgent appeal to rural landlords to become involved in the consultation process which...

Shelter claims that 397 households became homeless every day between July and September 2021 - the first three months after the eviction ban ended.  And...

The National Residential Landlords Association is seeking clarification from gov ernment about whether landlords are included in the latest measure to...

Shelter has given what appears to be unconditional support to the SNP-Green proposals for reform of the private rental sector in...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...

Belfast council has unanimously passed a motion calling for the Northern Ireland Executive to introduce a rent control scheme for the...

A right wing think tank has published a blog post suggesting that while rent controls appear a popular help for current...

The activist group Generation Rent says the £65m package announced by the government over the weekend is not enough and must...

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

The government needs to beef up enforcement if it wants to address rogue landlords who put tenants at risk, says the...

Landlord Today readers will be more than aware that legal changes happen often these days, and it can be understandably challenging...

A large number of private rental tenants may be eligible to take advantage of the new and controversial Breathing Space debt...

Activist group Generation Rent are telling tenants to use the slightest documentation error by landlords to avoid eviction. It claims as many...

The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign group says landlords are currently “able to evict tenants just for requesting repairs...

The government has produced figures that counter the long-running claims by rental sector activists that there has been a build up...

A coalition of 20 pro-tenant organisations - including at least one actively campaigning against some government measures - wants a meeting...

A new academic report suggests that more than 400,000 private tenants may be in significant rent arrears by the end of...

The controversial Breathing Space policy comes into effect from next Tuesday, May 4, and a charity is admitting it is not...

Wales has extended its eviction ban from March 31 until the end of June - but it is more severe than...

Activists in Generation Rent have hit out at the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions.  The government has extended this...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

A leading property lawyer insists that a controversial new ‘debt moratorium’ system starting this spring will not mean a free ride...

The government has set out details of its new Debt Respite Scheme - also known as Breathing Space - which comes...

The government insists that its ban on bailiff-enforced evictions “protects the most vulnerable renters” during the pandemic. The claim comes in the...

The government has rejected a call for landlords to have powers to evict tenants who fall 14 days into arrears. Property investor...

There’s been a modest increase in deposit protections across England and Wales in the past year. Data from the Tenancy Deposit Service...

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

It’s been confirmed that during the current one month lockdown in England there will be no enforcement of possession orders except...

Sadiq Khan’s proposal to introduce rent controls in London risks reducing the number of private homes available for rent, as landlords...

Housing charities want the government to extend the ban on landlords evicting renters beyond 20 September. Renters across England and Wales received...

Buy-to-let landlords in England will now have to give tenants six months’ notice to vacate their property except in cases involving...

A number of buy-to-let landlords continue to work closely with tenants to support those in rent arrears as a result of...

There could be a significant increase in repossession cases in London once the tenant eviction ban ends this weekend, legal experts...

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty has swept the globe and has cause a number of markets and industries...

A Labour MP has called for the ban on evictions to be extended until later in the year, as renters fear...

With the Coronavirus crisis widely expected to lead to a rise in rent arrears as many tenants face financial hardship, Citizens...