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01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Row over Sunak’s ‘British Homes for British People’ proposal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A newspaper claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants British families to be given higher priority for social housing. Implicitly this may...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Private landlords leasing to council now faced with new deal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A council in Wales is making changes to the system it uses to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Asylum seekers and HMOs - legal challenge to rules relaxation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health gas come out in support of a legal challenge to the government’s draft regulations exempting...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour council to buy back homes it built and sold years ago](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
A local authority in London is to buy back over 300 properties it built and sold off years ago under Right...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory minister wants landlords to open their doors to Afghan refugees](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer is calling on landlords to step up and open their accommodation to Afghan refugees. He says current solutions...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents ask landlords to help Afghan refugees](/upload/images/shutterstock_659272594.jpg)
There have been several examples of local councils asking private landlords to help find accommodation for refugees - but now the...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Another council seeks landlord help with refugee accommodation](/upload/images/shutterstock_1227135172.jpg)
Another council is looking for privately rented accommodation of all sizes to resettle refugees. Since 2016, Stratford-on-Avon council has resettled many refugee...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Anti-landlord campaigner calls for Minister for Refugees](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign is now calling for a Minister for Refugees. Baroness Alicia Kennedy makes the call...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homes 4 Ukraine - new government guidance for landlord hosts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.png)
This guidance was issued by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities this week. This guidance is in addition to the...
21 January 2023
From: The Big Issues
![Big cash incentives for landlords hosting Ukranian refugees](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculated1_400x310.png)
An appeal for private landlords to come forward with vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, properties for rent, has been launched. Accommodation is now...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Plea to house Ukrainian and Afghan refugees plus locals in need](/upload/images/library/RefugeeCrisis-400x310.jpg)
A council says it’s offering private sector landlords an opportunity to lease their vacant property and help support local residents who...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lender drops red tape for landlords helping Ukraine refugees](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20ukraine.png)
Landlords who have mortgages from the Yorkshire Building Society have been told that they do not need to inform the lender...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ukraine refugees connect with UK landlords via new platform](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingHelp-400x310.jpg)
Rooms-to-rent platform Ministry of Rooms has launched a new initiative to make it easier for Ukrainian refugees to connect with landlords...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords helping Ukranians offered assistance by mortgage lender](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20ukraine.png)
Specialist but to let lender Keystone Property Finance has pledged to help UK landlords who want to house Ukrainian refugees. There have...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Council’s plea to landlords - help us with Ukranian refugees](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingHelp-400x310.jpg)
A council in one of the remote parts of the UK is appealing for registered landlords who might be able to...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Refugees - how on earth will we house them? asks top agent](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/house-prices400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agent says politicians wanting an open door policy for refugees from Ukraine do not explain how they will...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb offers free short-term housing for 100,000 Ukraine refugees](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb-Alt-400x310.jpg)
Airbnb says it will offer free short-term housing to up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. These stays will be funded by Airbnb...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![100,000 Ukrainian refugees - how will landlords be able to help?](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20ukraine.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association is calling for clarity on how the private rental sector can help Ukraine. Home Secretary Priti Patel...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government steps up pressure on landlords to house refugees](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
The government is calling on landlords with suitable properties to submit Afghan resettlement offers through a relaunched housing portal. Landlords are being...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Help us change lives - council’s plea to private landlords](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/house%20puzzle.png)
A London council chief is asking for help from private landlords. The leader of Kingston council in the south west of the...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Refugee Crisis: landlords get urgent appeal from council](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/UKHouses-400x310.png)
A council is making an urgent appeal to private landlords with vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, three or four-bedroom family homes for...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Commuter belt city wants private landlords to house Afghan refugees](/upload/images/library/UK-Houses-Row-2-400x310.jpg)
Landlords in the heart of the London commuter belt are being asked to come forward if they can provide accommodation for...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Council cannot find rental accommodation for Afghan refugees](/upload/images/library/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
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...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Appeal to landlords - Far-flung council wants homes for refugees](/upload/images/library/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
Orkney Council wants private landlords who hold family accommodation to come forward if they would be suitable for Afghan families. Councillors recently...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Refugees still need homes - another council seeks landlord help](/upload/images/library/Row-of-houses400x310.png)
Epsom & Ewell council is the latest to seek private landlords’ help to house five households of Afghan refugees fleeing the...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency seeks landlords for Afghan refugee families](/upload/images/library/HousingHelp-400x310.jpg)
A council’s own lettings agency is coordinating the call for landlords to house Afghan refugees, in one of the country’s most...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Afghan Refugees: Councils still asking landlords to come forward](/upload/images/library/HousingHelp-400x310.jpg)
Wiltshire council is the latest to ask private landlords who have affordable homes which are ready to let, to get in...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Council not using social housing for Afghans, instead wants private landlords](/upload/images/library/PropertyPuzzle-400x310.jpg)
Dorset council is the latest to appeal to landlords to house Afghan refugees who are in this country having helped UK...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Webinar on Afghan refugees to tell landlords how they can transform lives](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Smartphone-Technology-400x310.jpg)
Landlords are being invited to a webinar which is billed as helping them understand how letting their properties to Afghan refugees...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Plea to landlords to help Afghan refugee families](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingHelp-400x310.jpg)
Another council is appealing to private landlords to help provide accommodation for Afghan refugees. Maidstone council in Kent wants self-contained rental apartments...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlord urges others to offer homes to refugee families](/upload/images/library/HousingPuzzle-5-400x310.jpg)
A landlord has set out why he helped a refugee family resettle through renting one of his properties. The landlord - who...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords - would you house an Afghan refugee family?](/upload/images/library/RefugeeCrisis-400x310.jpg)
A local authority is appealing directly to landlords to join a scheme rehousing Afghan refugee families. Wrexham council says the families will...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Council wants volunteer landlords to house Afghan refugee families](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
A council is asking private landlords to help house Afghan refugees. People who have worked for the UK government and British military...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords wanted to help Afghans working for UK forces](/img/default/llt.png)
A local authority participating in a government scheme designed to protect Afghan personnel employed by UK armed forces is seeking help...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Appeal to landlords to house refugees in government-funded scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
A council is appealing to landlords to help it fulfil a pledge to be a sanctuary to vulnerable refugees. Bristol council has...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘I'm very sorry she’s my landlord’](/img/default/llt.png)
Singer Lily Allen has sparked an angry online backlash after claiming on Twitter that she is set to be homeless for...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Council is slammed for siding with landlord who ‘illegally’ evicted family](/img/default/llt.png)
Maidstone Borough Council has been criticised by a government watchdog and ordered to pay in excess of £4,000 after a private...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Caridon Calls for Coherent Housing Policies from Politicians](/img/default/llt.png)
The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...
11 May 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Council offers five-year tenancy agreements to house Syrian refugees](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords with family size homes in East Devon are being urged to rent their properties to vulnerable Syrian refugees after East...
23 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlords urged to rent their properties to Syrian refugees](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords in Lewisham are being urged to rent their homes to Syrian refugees after the borough accepted families from the war-torn...