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A property industry group wants to restrict the private letting of properties bought in the future via the Right To Buy...

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

Rent controls are at the heart of the local election manifesto of the Green Party of England and Wales. Co-leader Carla Denyer,...

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

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 Housing Ombudsman has revealed figures showing huge increases in the numbers of complaints from tenants on social housing. The Ombudsman says...

The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...

Activist group Generation Rent has described the latest homelessness data from the government as showing “a whole new level of horror.” It...

Generation Rent has yet again come out for rent control over the private sector - and wants it to be an...

The Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration by One Housing Group in its record keeping following the its failure to conduct...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...

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

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

A newly-nominated candidate in this spring’s London Mayoral election has vowed to lower private rents if he wins. Serge Crowbolder, currently a...

A think tank claims that the government will pay landlords in the private sector six times the expected spend on new affordable homes in the five-year period between 2021 and 2026. The New...

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

The identify of the service running the upcoming Private Rental Sector Ombudsman scheme has been thrown into doubt once more. The Renters...

The Generation Rent activist group has called for a series of reforms about damp and mould. It wants the reinstatement of energy...

Urgent action is needed by government to protect tenants who live in poor quality private rented homes, MPs have demanded. A report...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

The think tank Policy Connect is warning that landlords have reported that sub-standard carbon monoxide alarms are persistently available online, leaving...

The Housing Ombudsman - which assesses problems involving social housing landlords - has found severe maladministration in four cases involving Croydon...

A building society is calling upon politicians, government, the Bank of England and local councils and other bodies to cooperate on...

There is to be no comparable law for private landlords, following the introduction of Awaab’s Law. Earlier this week the Department of...

A Labour-controlled council is inviting private rental sector representatives to a round-table event which it pledges will not be a talking...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...

New plans to clamp down on rogue social landlords who fail to provide safe homes have been announced today. This is part...

The National Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a consultation proposal by Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham. Burnham’s Greater Manchester Good Landlord...

The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...

Labour’s Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Cabinet minister Andy Burnham says this year is when he will ”get serious” about...

Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...

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

Michael Gove has written to 10 social housing providers - housing associations and councils - slamming them after findings of severe...

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...

The government should tax property ‘hoarders’ cashing in on the UK housing market says a left-leaning think tank. A report by the New Economics...

Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing Allowance is...

London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan wants 10,000 private homes in the capital to be brought into the social rental sector within...

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

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

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

Help2Rent, a social housing platform that matches housing list tenants with available homes, has made a desperate plea to private landlords. An...

A clampdown has found 18 council homes were being unlawfully sublet on Airbnb and other short let platforms. The investigation led by...

A controversial ‘housing emergency’ declared by a city council is the result of decades of low investment in social housing according...

The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over social housing landlords - has issued his report on what he calls the “deeply...

A housing analyst says student rent increases should be capped in the same way as social housing rents are. Rory Hughes, writing...

The government of Jersey's low-carbon heating scheme, which gives up to £5,000 match funding to help Islanders switch their heating away...

The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over all social housing - has revealed a huge surge in what it calls “severe...

Inventory clerks are ideally placed to protect landlords from some heavy fines triggered by the Renters Reform Bill, it’s been claimed. The...

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...

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

Housing associations are urged to urgently check building specifications for the use of Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete or RAAC. RAAC is the...

A London council that just days ago threatened private landlords with unlimited fines and “have control of their properties removed” has...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that half the working private renters in England have too little saved to pay rent for more...

The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over housing associations and other social housing providers - has ordered a chief executive to...

Over a third of homes in England are at high risk of overheating as summer temperatures of 40oC and above apparently...

A council that is often outspoken in its criticism of rogue private landlords has been slammed for literally thousands of health...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in tomorrow - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...

Labour controlled Brent council in London has taken the possibly-unique step of paying a landlord’s legal fees and rent to avert...

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

After genteel protests from the Generation Rent ginger group and more pro-active protests from the Acorn group of rental activists, tomorrow...

A statement from activist group Generation Rent suggests there’s a connection between Section 21 and the period of time people rent...

The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...

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

The current Housing Ombudsman, who presides over redress within the social housing sector, says private landlords should not fear the extension...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...

The Renters’ Reform Bill is finally due to be published and introduced into Parliament next week. Housing Secretary Michael Gove has told Sky...

Renters in both the private and social housing sectors have been described as having “a pension problem” by a financial analyst. Helen...

Social housing tenants are to be encouraged to hold their landlords to account as part of a taxpayer funded training scheme. From free advice on...

A new report claims that many social landlords have inadequate policies to support survivors of domestic abuse. The report, published this week...

Plans to change private rental sector tenancy law have gone out to consultation on Jersey. The minister for Housing and Communities, David...

Six in 10 landlords support minimum property standards for the private rented sector, Paragon Bank research has found. The government has pledged...

Over 175 investors have put well over a combined £1m into a property management tech business targeting landlords. Digital platform EVO -...

Landlord Today receives a number of unsolicited contributions from readers. These are always welcome but few are as well argued and...

An immediate private sector rent freeze and eviction ban for the duration of the cost of living crisis is the key...

A Conservative-leaning think tank and campaigning charity Shelter have released a book of essays on renting and housing. A statement from Bright...

Hitting the UK’s net zero carbon objective is an immense task, but one that we must strive for. We all have...

Figures contained in the government’s new action plan to tackle anti-social behaviour reveal the depth of the problem amongst tenants. The plan...

The Green Party’s co-leader Carla Denyer has branded the government’s Right To Buy scheme as a “slum landlord’s charter”.  Denyer made the...

The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the social housing provider which supplied accommodation to Awaab...

Activist group Generation Rent is demanding that the government tighten regulations on damp and mould - and is tying this to...

Flat-pack furniture giant IKEA has teamed up with campaigning charity Shelter to highlight the issue of homelessness. The Scandinavian firm, citing Shelter’s...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is urging tenants to complain about sub-standard housing with the government’s ‘Make Things Right’ advertising campaign. Social housing...

The Scottish Government, despite being in the middle of electing a new First Minister, is pressing ahead with legislation for long-term...

A perfect storm is brewing in the lettings market with rents spiralling driven by increasing demand fuelled by workers returning to...

The Portuguese government has announced sweeping measures, mostly against landlords, which some activists want introduced in the UK too. Portuguese Prime Minister...

Private rental property should be “acquired” and used for social housing according to a think tank. And it says tax penalties, laws...

The Regulator of Social Housing has warned landlords in that sector to take immediate action over damp and mould. And the regulator...

The Housing Ombudsman - a service which deals with social housing - says it’s found severe maladministration in how Leeds council...

Social housing, believed by some to be superior to private rental, is under the spotlight as two major landlords are to...

A Good Landlord Charter - described as the first of its kind in the UK - is being created by a...