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Phase two of the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG2) is a UK Government-funded scheme for properties in England that are not connected...

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

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

Tenants faced with eviction must have legal aid, the Law Society of England and Wales claims. Recently published statistics from the Ministry...

The Housing Ombudsman has ordered Yorkshire Housing to pay £3,780 after it found three findings of severe maladministration for how it...

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

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...

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

Private tenants are being encouraged by a local council to report damp and mould issues to their landlords. Shropshire council says private...

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...

A council in Wales is making changes to the system it uses to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to...

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

New research shows that 676,000 homes in England are sitting empty. The research comes from property purchasing firm House Buyer Bureau which...

A fire and rescue service is urging tenants to know their rights when it comes to fire safety. Warwickshire Fire and Rescue...

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

A housing trust says landlords fed up with higher taxes and red tape should not sell up but instead lease their...

A retired bookkeeper lay dead in his flat for six years until a social landlord forced entry to carry out a...

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...

A controversial new report demands that the government uses next month’s Budget to sharply increase tax burdens for landlords. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s...

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...

A £50m scheme to bring more empty homes back to life in Wales - but private land are excluded from applying. The...

A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...

A coalition of landlords and lettings groups has submitted a Petition to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking a Judicial...

A newspaper has discovered that over 1,500 warnings for damp or mould have been issued to landlords by just one city...

Propertymark has come out in favour of private landlords being allowed to follow the example of social landlords in agreeing an...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...

A council wants private tenants to ‘grass’ on rogue landlords in the light of the tragic death of toddler Awaab Ishak. Telford...

Landlords risk being overwhelmed and deterred by the volume of changing legislation surrounding the private rental sector, a PropTech entrepreneur warns. Jonathan...

The authoritative publication Inside Housing says the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is pondering a formal consultation on limiting...

A council now consulting on a huge licensing scheme for private landlords has been slammed - over its own record as...

The Welsh Government, which recently pushed back its so-called rental revolution until December, has nonetheless published extensive new guidelines about the...

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...

Landlords have welcomed the latest delays to radical rental reforms which were due to be implemented next month. Ben Beadle, chief executive...

There’s embarrassment all round for the Labour-run Welsh Government as it reveals a late delay to its much-hyped rental reform. The reform...

Activists claim that the number of evictions using Section 21 is actually in excess of the reported by government. Ministry of Justice...

An industry trade body is alerting landlords that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are likely to be introduced soon -...

The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...

The Welsh Government has set out how the housing law in that country is set to change significantly from July 15...

Private landlords get it in the neck for allegedly-high rents but 4.75m families living in social housing in England are facing...

A social landlord is selling a home on the open market but says it should go only to a first time...

A small proportion of private landlords grab the spotlight because of their poor treatment of tenants and properties - yet figures...

Shelter says it expects the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions to be extended until at least the end of the present...

Private landlords have been giving more help to tenants who cannot pay their rent as a result of Covid than those...

Landlord Action and the Property Redress Scheme, both part of the Hamilton Fraser group, have teamed up to help buy-to-let landlords...

The six-month tenant eviction ban, which finally ended yesterday, has helped renters that are suffering financial difficulty, but it has also...

The Scottish government has published updated guidance for private landlords and letting agents to help cope with the existing Covid-19 pandemic.  The...

While the five-month tenant eviction ban has helped renters that are suffering financial difficulty, it has left landlords powerless to take...

The Court of Appeal’s decision to back landlords in the gas safety certificate challenge last week was an enormous relief to...

The government is being urged to fund a bailout to help social landlords avoid a £10bn bill to fix fire safety...

The number of tenants evicted by private landlords has continued to fall, according to data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). From...

Affordability continues to be a concern for a number of renters north of the border, according to a fresh report from...

There is no such thing as 'no-fault' eviction under Section 21, according to evictions specialist Paul Shamplina. The founder of Landlord Action insists...

Universal credit is not working in its existing form, with households on the benefit significantly more likely to have housing debt than...

The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) is calling for an urgent overhaul of how universal credit is paid, with most landlords north of...

The government has released the first tranche of an estimated £400m to fund the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding on...

The Landlord team at Tozers Solicitors act for a wide variety of landlords, from social landlords with a mixed portfolio of...

More private landlords are needed to house the high number of tenants being thrown out of social housing in Hull, new...

Various housing bodies have welcomed the end of Right to Buy in Scotland, more than 35 years after it was first...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused the Government of declaring war on individual landlords and described 2015 as an “annus...

London’s biggest social landlord, Southwark Council, has launched a new anti-fraud tool to prevent illegal subletting.   The new website (www.ilatch.co.uk) will help...