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The Generation Rent activist group says the government must “make it clear that landlords and letting agents can let homes to...

A newspaper claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants British families to be given higher priority for social housing. Implicitly this may...

A council in Wales is making changes to the system it uses to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health gas come out in support of a legal challenge to the government’s draft regulations exempting...

A local authority in London is to buy back over 300 properties it built and sold off years ago under Right...

Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer is calling on landlords to step up and open their accommodation to Afghan refugees. He says current solutions...

There have been several examples of local councils asking private landlords to help find accommodation for refugees - but now the...

Another council is looking for privately rented accommodation of all sizes to resettle refugees. Since 2016, Stratford-on-Avon council has resettled many refugee...

The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign is now calling for a Minister for Refugees. Baroness Alicia Kennedy makes the call...

This guidance was issued by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities this week. This guidance is in addition to the...

An appeal for private landlords to come forward with vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, properties for rent, has been launched. Accommodation is now...

A council says it’s offering private sector landlords an opportunity to lease their vacant property and help support local residents who...

Landlords who have mortgages from the Yorkshire Building Society have been told that they do not need to inform the lender...

Rooms-to-rent platform Ministry of Rooms has launched a new initiative to make it easier for Ukrainian refugees to connect with landlords...

Specialist but to let lender Keystone Property Finance has pledged to help UK landlords who want to house Ukrainian refugees.  There have...

A council in one of the remote parts of the UK is appealing for registered landlords who might be able to...

A prominent lettings agent says politicians wanting an open door policy for refugees from Ukraine do not explain how they will...

Airbnb says it will offer free short-term housing to up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine.  These stays will be funded by Airbnb...

The National Residential Landlords Association is calling for clarity on how the private rental sector can help Ukraine. Home Secretary Priti Patel...

The government is calling on landlords with suitable properties to submit Afghan resettlement offers through a relaunched housing portal. Landlords are being...

A London council chief is asking for help from private landlords.  The leader of Kingston council in the south west of the...

A council is making an urgent appeal to private landlords with vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, three or four-bedroom family homes for...

Landlords in the heart of the London commuter belt are being asked to come forward if they can provide accommodation for...

Reigate and Banstead council is appealing to private landlords with vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, two, three or four-bedroom homes for rent. The...

Orkney Council wants private landlords who hold family accommodation to come forward if they would be suitable for Afghan families. Councillors recently...

Epsom & Ewell council is the latest to seek private landlords’ help to house five households of Afghan refugees fleeing the...

A council’s own lettings agency is coordinating the call for landlords to house Afghan refugees, in one of the country’s most...

Wiltshire council is the latest to ask private landlords who have affordable homes which are ready to let, to get in...

Dorset council is the latest to appeal to landlords to house Afghan refugees who are in this country having helped UK...

Landlords are being invited to a webinar which is billed as helping them understand how letting their properties to Afghan refugees...

Another council is appealing to private landlords to help provide accommodation for Afghan refugees. Maidstone council in Kent wants self-contained rental apartments...

A landlord has set out why he helped a refugee family resettle through renting one of his properties. The landlord - who...

A local authority is appealing directly to landlords to join a scheme rehousing Afghan refugee families. Wrexham council says the families will...

A council is asking private landlords to help house Afghan refugees. People who have worked for the UK government and British military...

A local authority participating in a government scheme designed to protect Afghan personnel employed by UK armed forces is seeking help...

A council is appealing to landlords to help it fulfil a pledge to be a sanctuary to vulnerable refugees. Bristol council has...

Singer Lily Allen has sparked an angry online backlash after claiming on Twitter that she is set to be homeless for...

Maidstone Borough Council has been criticised by a government watchdog and ordered to pay in excess of £4,000 after a private...

The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...

Landlords with family size homes in East Devon are being urged to rent their properties to vulnerable Syrian refugees after East...

Landlords in Lewisham are being urged to rent their homes to Syrian refugees after the borough accepted families from the war-torn...

Private landlords are being asked to provide homes for three refugee families, after North Somerset Council failed to find properties within...