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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Three more social housing landlords have been ‘named and shamed’ by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The trio - two of which are...

After several months of delays, on December 1 the Renting Homes (Wales) Act - what the Welsh Government is calling the "biggest...

The government has been given the clearest signal yet that substantial numbers of landlords will quit the sector if radical reforms...

Shelter - for so long an outspoken critic of private rental landlords and letting agencies - has now turned its fire...

Failing social housing landlords could face unlimited fines and Ofsted-style inspections, under the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill being introduced into Parliament...

A company behind a fire safety initiative has surveyed tenants in both the private and social rental sectors, and claims shortcomings...

Private sector landlords are facing discrimination as the government rolls out Universal Credit, according to the Residential Landlords Association. The Department for...