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Back in 2019, the Government promised a ban on so-called no-fault evictions. Section 21 was to be outlawed. While some housing...

The government has been accused of mismanaging reforms to no-fault evictions saying: “It’s created uncertainty upon uncertainty”. Theresa May first made the...

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says the government must set a date for Section 21 abolition to give all sides of...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

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

The coalition of 20-plus groups which have previously spoken enthusiastically about the Renters Reform Bill has now changed its mind. On April...

The Renters Reform Bill, heavily amended by the government and in some cases by individual MPs, has now passed through all...

The National Residential Landlords Association has taken the unusual step of extending an olive branch to the activists who run the...

The Renters Reform Bill returns to the House of Commons today with activist groups critical of amendments put forward to reach...

There are over 200 amendments to the Renters Reform Bill having its Third Reading in the Commons today. PropTech supplier Goodlord has...

Housing Minister Jacob Young will address members of the National Residential Landlords Association in an exclusive webinar on Thursday. This is the...

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

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

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

A small number of activists have tried to erect a four metre high mock eviction notice on one of Housing Secretary...

An activist group says any future Labour government should introduce a beefed-up version of the Renters Reform Bill - whether or...

MPs return to the Commons today after a substantial Easter recess - and with progress on the Renters Reform Bill on...

A prominent lettings sector expert is blaming the media for anti-landlord sentiment and a rise in tenancy disputes. Gina Peters, Head of...

Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...

In the recent landlord sentiment survey conducted by the Property Redress Scheme, it came as no surprise to me to discover...

The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...

The abolition of Section 21 evictions will be a disaster without improvement to the courts system, a property industry chief insists.  Ian...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Amendments...

The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters reform Bill, despite high profile PR campaigns about it from...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of two approved ombudsman-style schemes for the private rental sector, has published the findings from a...

The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...

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

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 Tory has slammed the proposed clampdown on short lets proposed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove - and he calls them...

An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their views...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...

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

Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...

A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...

Generation Rent has given a qualified thumbs up to Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s ideas for homes on brownfield land. This week Gove...

A solicitors’ firm is warning that a County Court case could be used to allow more tenants to defend Section 21...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which has frequently been critical of landlords and their alleged treatment of poorer tenants - is advertising...

Calling all landlords, Investors and property professionals: National Landlord Investment Show returns to Olympia London on 6th March for its first...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

Generation Rent has launched a double-pronged attack on landlords and the government. The activist group claims that the latest possession statistics from...

A recent survey by digital mortgage lender, Molo, revealed that nearly 60% of UK landlords have seen a rise in late...

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says landlords are still being hit by unacceptable delays in regaining possession of their properties. Shamplina has...

Labour says there’s a link between Section 21 powers granted to landlords and what it claims is a total of 4,400...

The Labour Party has committed to extending a crackdown on social housing landlords who fail to fix mouldy homes, to include...

The government may be keen on scrapping Section 21 powers for private landlords but it’s getting much tougher on social housing...

A new study by the National Residential Landlords Association suggests some landlords wanting to quit the private rental sector have deferred...

Amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, designed to give landlords more protection, have won the backing of a prominent industry figure. Neil Cobbold,...

The National Residential Landlords Association is urging MPs to back what it describes as “pragmatic” changes to the Renters Reform Bill...

A rental sector insurance firm has hit back at claims made about Section 21 by the charity Citizens Advice. A spokesperson for...

The National Residential Landlords Association wants to show the government that some local councils still advise tenants served with a valid...

The controversial activist group Acorn has made a formal public apology to the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association. On...

A spokesperson for the Citizens Advice charity has claimed at a public meeting that private landlords serve Section 21 notices on...

The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...

The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...

A Labour politician has returned to the subject of rent controls - even though the party has officially abandoned this as...

Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent.  It has this week issued a statement saying the...

One in five (20 per cent of) landlords plans to reducing their buy to let holdings according to a new survey. The...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has given a warm welcome to many of the provision in the Renters Reform Bill...

Campaigning charity Shelter is nearing a controversial signature threshold in its petition about the Renters Reform Bill. It now has over 123,000 of...

The Renters Reform Bill’s proposal to replace Assured Shorthold Tenancies with rolling ‘periodic’ lets could put landlords’ properties at risk, it’s...

The National Residential Landlords Association says the Renters Reform Bill won’t win the support of landlords in its present form. The Bill...

The government has insisted that its commitment to reform the courts process to help deal with evictions more effectively is not...

Right now, the property market is entering a period of uncertainty. Falling property prices and a rising regulatory burden are just...

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

As we all now know, the Government has acknowledged that the ban on Section 21 eviction notices cannot not come into...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

It’s not just the weather that’s wet and dreary – the outlook looks bleak for landlords too as we head towards...

A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial...

Landlord confidence has improved over the course of the past quarter according to a respected quarterly sentiment survey. The Q3 2023 BVA...

A prominent lettings agent says he can see why tenants have lost faith in the government following delays in the banning...

A charity is suggesting that if only the government got on with abolishing S21 eviction powers, homelessness would be eased. Crisis -...

Court Reform first, then scrap Section 21 - landlord leader tells MPs Rental reforms will not work unless the government reforms the...

The leader of Landlord Action has commended the efforts of MP Theresa Villiers for raising issues surrounding court delays which must...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina has given Landlord Today readers a unique insight into the complexity of court reform before the...

New data shows it takes over half a year for courts to process legitimate possession claims made by private landlords. According to...

New Ministry of Justice data shows that between July and September 8,399 landlords in England started Section 21 no fault eviction...

A think tank that describes itself as “centre right” praises the Renters Reform Bill and claims the fear of landlords selling...

Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section 21 notice...

Just days after the government revealed it was not scrapping Section 21 until court possession processes had been overhauled, so the...

Uncertainty over government plans for the Private Rented Sector - including the controversial Renters Reform Bill - has left the industry...

A new survey of over 1,000 landlords has revealed that just over half would consider leaving the market due to the...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says a healthy private rented sector is a “critical” part of the housing market. The comments came as he addressed...

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

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

More details have emerged of what appears to be a stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers in the short term. The...

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the controversial Renters Reform Bill will only succeed if landlords’ feel...

Next month Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, will be one of the experts at an Agent...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

A group of 30 charities and non-profit organisations, led by campaigners at Shelter, have urged the government to get a move...

A bizarre situation has arisen with a Labour council securing a banning order on a landlord - who now has to...

A pressure group claims the threat of being evicted makes tenants age more quickly.  Generation Rent claims there is a study by...

Failed government policies are to blame for the chronic supply shortage in the private rental sector. That’s the view of the National...

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

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he “cannot guarantee” that the Rental Reform Bill will get its Second Reading immediately after Parliament...

The government has pledged to “guarantee” that landlords will be able to repossess properties more swiftly through the courts as part...

The hardline activist group Acorn - part of the Renters Reform Coalition involving Generation Rent - now claims that some 600,000...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Private...