The Renters Reform Bill returns to Parliament this week, with a First Reading of the measure in the House of Lords...
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![Renters Reform Bill - what happens now in House of Lords](/upload/images/shutterstock_2159190245.jpg)
The Renters Reform Bill has now passed all of its House of Commons stages, with amendments - as almost every Bill...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill now on its way to the House of Lords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Renters Reform Bill, heavily amended by the government and in some cases by individual MPs, has now passed through all...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lawyers ask: Why is Gove delaying ground rent reform?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
The ban on the sale of new leasehold homes is welcome but there can be no further delay in announcing ground...
28 March 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
![Amended Renters Reform Bill now runs to 155 pages](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The Renters Reform Bill in its latest amended version now runs to 15 pages, and is available on the Parliament website. The...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Student lettings under pressure thanks to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/MillenialAgents1-400x310.png)
A rent guarantor service says the recent Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill has intensified scrutiny on the challenges faced...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - major changes likely at Committee Stage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
It’s being forecast that there are likely to be major changes made to the Renters Reform Bill during its next stage...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords left in limbo by government confusion on rental reform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
Uncertainty over government plans for the Private Rented Sector - including the controversial Renters Reform Bill - has left the industry...
28 October 2023
From: Rental Reform
![What Do Landlords Think? - direct experiences revealed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-2-400x310.png)
A new survey of over 1,000 landlords has revealed that just over half would consider leaving the market due to the...
28 October 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Pet charity insists Renters Reform Bill must become law rapidly](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Property-court-400x310.png)
Battersea, the charity behind the Pet Friendly Properties campaign, says the Renters Reform Bill must become law as soon as possible. Battersea...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill passes Second Reading without a vote](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour accuses Tories of ‘foot dragging’ over rental reform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Shadow housing secretary and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has accused the government of “foot dragging” over the slow progress of...
24 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
![Renters Reform Bill can only work with landlords’ backing](/upload/images/shutterstock_2171273857(1).jpg)
The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the controversial Renters Reform Bill will only succeed if landlords’ feel...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Major concession on Section 21 announced by government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Date set for Renters Reform Bill next stage](/upload/images/shutterstock_1245681568.jpg)
The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from the Financial Times...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - Shelter leads 30 charities demanding action](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A group of 30 charities and non-profit organisations, led by campaigners at Shelter, have urged the government to get a move...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill may not get Second Reading before King’s Speech](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he “cannot guarantee” that the Rental Reform Bill will get its Second Reading immediately after Parliament...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove ignores Renters Reform Bill at key conference speech](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Rental activists are up in arms because Housing Secretary Michael Gove failed to mention the Renters Reform Bill during his keynote...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove reveals the fate of Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given Conservative conference delegates an update on the Renters Reform Bill. Contrary to speculation, mostly from anti-landlord...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Politicians Warned - speak to experts before making rental policies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Politicians meeting at party conferences this week are being urged to listen to property professionals before setting policies about the private...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent automates ‘protest’ letters to Tory and Labour MPs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1524802199%20protest(1).jpg)
The Generation Rent activist group is urging its supporters to email MPs to protest about delays in the parliamentary progress of...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![NRLA demands government speeds up court waiting times](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Court-Fine-400x310.jpg)
The main landlords’ trade body wants justice ministers to speed up the time taken for courts to process legitimate possession cases. In...
20 September 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
![Older tenants distraught at Renters Reform Bill delay - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A charity claims that apparent delays to the Renters Reform Bill, which has yet to get a Second Reading in the...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent hopping mad over ‘missing’ Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
Activists in the Generation Rent campaign are complaining that the Renters Reform Bill hasn’t been placed ahead of other Parliamentary business...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Time Running Out for Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_766847608.jpg)
The Renters Reform Bill is not scheduled for debate this week in Parliament - and time is running out for it...
11 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
![Shelter blames Section 21 for increasing homelessness](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
New government figures show 79,840 households faced homelessness in England between January and March 2023 – the highest number on record. Now...
26 July 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
![Generation Rent boss promoted to Chief Executive within a month](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
The head of the tenants’ activist group Generation Rent started work in the role of director in mid-June - and has...
14 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
![Renters Reform Bill - still no news on progress through Commons](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
The unexpected slow progress of the Renters Reform Bill through the House of Commons continues. Although the official online documentation about the...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lobby Your MP! Bid to stop Reform Bill destroying private renting](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A series of template letters have been drafted so that landlords can write to MPs about problems caused by the Renters...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - Penny Mordaunt gives progress report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A Labour MP has expressed concern at the speed of progress on the Renters Reform Bill - pushing Leader of the...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists U-turn on Renters Reform Bill?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
Activists who at one time appeared broadly happy with the pro-tenant Renters Reform Bill now appear to have changed their mind. Over...
13 June 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
![Parts of Renters Reform Bill may need 18 months to take effect - NRLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association says it could take up to 18 months for many elements of the Renters Reform Bill...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Restrictions on AirBnb and other short lets to be debated by MPs](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/parliament400x310.png)
MPs are to have another opportunity to debate possible restrictions on the number of so-called party houses let from AirBnb and...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pet plan pawsed? Minister explains how landlords can refuse pets](/img/default/llt.png)
The controversy over government proposals to increase the numbers of pets in private rental properties has taken an unexpected twist. Two measures...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords beware - pets are coming to the private rental sector](/img/default/llt.png)
An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising landlords to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenant Fees Bill reaches the committee stage in the House of Lords today](/img/default/llt.png)
Tenant Fees Bill that will ban most charges set by landlords and letting agents to tenants in England will continue its...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Ban on letting fees moves a step closer](/img/default/llt.png)
The next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be a Second Reading in the House of Lords this...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![How can landlords keep tenants happy?](/img/default/llt.png)
Over recent months, the government and leading housing charities have put increasing pressure on landlords to improve the quality of rental...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Parliament to discuss giving tenants legal right to challenge landlords this week](/img/default/llt.png)
A Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP, Karen Buck, which offers tenants the legal right to take action against...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rent payments should be added to tenant’s credit score, says PayProp](/img/default/llt.png)
PayProp has added its voice to growing calls for rent payments to be added to a tenant’s credit score. The automated rental...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![MP aims to stop landlords ‘ruining communities and neighbourhoods’](/img/default/llt.png)
Over-extended student homes are not just an eyesore, but they are also ‘destroying family homes’ and creating ‘misery for local residents’, according...