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The Housing Ombudsman has revealed figures showing huge increases in the numbers of complaints from tenants on social housing. The Ombudsman says...
13 March 2024
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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...
31 January 2024
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There is to be no comparable law for private landlords, following the introduction of Awaab’s Law. Earlier this week the Department of...
12 January 2024
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New plans to clamp down on rogue social landlords who fail to provide safe homes have been announced today. This is part...
09 January 2024
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Private tenants are being encouraged by a local council to report damp and mould issues to their landlords. Shropshire council says private...
14 December 2023
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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...
24 November 2023
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A council in Wales is making changes to the system it uses to encourage private landlords to lease their properties to...
23 November 2023
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A housing analyst says student rent increases should be capped in the same way as social housing rents are. Rory Hughes, writing...
31 October 2023
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The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over all social housing - has revealed a huge surge in what it calls “severe...
18 October 2023
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New research shows that 676,000 homes in England are sitting empty. The research comes from property purchasing firm House Buyer Bureau which...
06 October 2023
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A fire and rescue service is urging tenants to know their rights when it comes to fire safety. Warwickshire Fire and Rescue...
05 October 2023
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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...
27 April 2023
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A new report claims that many social landlords have inadequate policies to support survivors of domestic abuse. The report, published this week...
26 April 2023
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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...
24 February 2023
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Private rental property should be “acquired” and used for social housing according to a think tank. And it says tax penalties, laws...
16 February 2023
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The Regulator of Social Housing has warned landlords in that sector to take immediate action over damp and mould. And the regulator...
03 February 2023
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A £50m scheme to bring more empty homes back to life in Wales - but private land are excluded from applying. The...
02 February 2023
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A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...
25 January 2023
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A coalition of landlords and lettings groups has submitted a Petition to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking a Judicial...
23 January 2023
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A newspaper has discovered that over 1,500 warnings for damp or mould have been issued to landlords by just one city...
04 January 2023
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Propertymark has come out in favour of private landlords being allowed to follow the example of social landlords in agreeing an...
30 December 2022
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...
24 November 2022
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Landlords risk being overwhelmed and deterred by the volume of changing legislation surrounding the private rental sector, a PropTech entrepreneur warns. Jonathan...
23 September 2022
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The authoritative publication Inside Housing says the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is pondering a formal consultation on limiting...
23 August 2022
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The Welsh Government, which recently pushed back its so-called rental revolution until December, has nonetheless published extensive new guidelines about the...
15 June 2022
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Shelter - for so long an outspoken critic of private rental landlords and letting agencies - has now turned its fire...
10 June 2022
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Failing social housing landlords could face unlimited fines and Ofsted-style inspections, under the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill being introduced into Parliament...
08 June 2022
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Landlords have welcomed the latest delays to radical rental reforms which were due to be implemented next month. Ben Beadle, chief executive...
01 June 2022
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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...
31 May 2022
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Activists claim that the number of evictions using Section 21 is actually in excess of the reported by government. Ministry of Justice...
23 May 2022
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An industry trade body is alerting landlords that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are likely to be introduced soon -...
20 April 2022
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The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...
30 March 2022
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The Welsh Government has set out how the housing law in that country is set to change significantly from July 15...
17 January 2022
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Private landlords get it in the neck for allegedly-high rents but 4.75m families living in social housing in England are facing...
22 December 2021
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Shelter says it expects the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions to be extended until at least the end of the present...
12 February 2021
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Private landlords have been giving more help to tenants who cannot pay their rent as a result of Covid than those...
18 December 2020
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Landlord Action and the Property Redress Scheme, both part of the Hamilton Fraser group, have teamed up to help buy-to-let landlords...
23 September 2020
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The six-month tenant eviction ban, which finally ended yesterday, has helped renters that are suffering financial difficulty, but it has also...
21 September 2020
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The Scottish government has published updated guidance for private landlords and letting agents to help cope with the existing Covid-19 pandemic. The...
04 September 2020
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While the five-month tenant eviction ban has helped renters that are suffering financial difficulty, it has left landlords powerless to take...
18 August 2020
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The Court of Appeal’s decision to back landlords in the gas safety certificate challenge last week was an enormous relief to...
22 June 2020
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The government is being urged to fund a bailout to help social landlords avoid a £10bn bill to fix fire safety...
04 March 2020
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The number of tenants evicted by private landlords has continued to fall, according to data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). From...
10 September 2019
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Affordability continues to be a concern for a number of renters north of the border, according to a fresh report from...
27 August 2019
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There is no such thing as 'no-fault' eviction under Section 21, according to evictions specialist Paul Shamplina. The founder of Landlord Action insists...
02 August 2019
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Universal credit is not working in its existing form, with households on the benefit significantly more likely to have housing debt than...
18 July 2019
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The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) is calling for an urgent overhaul of how universal credit is paid, with most landlords north of...
18 June 2019
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The government has released the first tranche of an estimated £400m to fund the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding on...
19 October 2018
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The Landlord team at Tozers Solicitors act for a wide variety of landlords, from social landlords with a mixed portfolio of...
19 July 2017
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More private landlords are needed to house the high number of tenants being thrown out of social housing in Hull, new...
19 May 2017
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Various housing bodies have welcomed the end of Right to Buy in Scotland, more than 35 years after it was first...