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

A landlord who has repeatedly flouted housing rules has been fined a further £36,000 following a prosecution brought by a council.  Giuseppe...

Spain’s Minister for Housing, Isabel Rodríguez, says the country is taking the first steps to eliminate the Golden Visa.  This visa was...

Generation Rent claims a proposed government amendment to the Renters Reform Bill may ‘trap’ victims of domestic abuse. Generation Rent - which...

Over half of current home owners with adult children have or expect to help their children financially to buy a property...

A private landlord from Bridlington has been ordered to pay £1,500 for putting tenants into a dangerous property, thereby breaching a...

It’s all change at the start of the new tax year, and with so many tweaks to so many rules, it’s...

The Government quietly announced population projections towards the end of January that could have major implications for the types of homes...

Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...

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

A prominent lettings agency has hit out at the latest changes to safety regulations that private landlords must comply with or...

A council has prosecuted a landlord after a family of nine were discovered living in an outbuilding. Tariq Khan of Peterborough was...

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

One might immediately answer 'no' to this question, but does the HMO property industry possess adequate understanding of this delicate subject...

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

Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...

We believe a well-functioning housing system is one that meets everyone’s housing needs. There will always be people who can’t or...

Another survey highlights the relatively low proportion of landlords who appear to allow tenants to keep pets. The analysis, from Confused.com Mortgages,...

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

A London council has prosecuted a landlord for failing to carry out repairs on his property and causing a severe health...

The chief executive of the Generation Rent ginger group has called on his former employer to make a case against landlords,...

A council is to spend £10m to buy homes on the open market to house local people - some at risk...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter is blaming “skyrocketing rents” for a crisis of homelessness. As part of an appeal for...

A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...

Some £2m of government money has been channeled into a brand new country cil Taskforce aimed at identifying and clamping down...

There may be tax cuts in today’s Autumn Statement if government-fuelled rumours are to be believed - but there’s been a...

The rising cost of living - especially housing - remains the top issue on Londoners’ minds for the second year in...

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

Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

Housing Secretary MIchael Gove is reported to be pressing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to increase Local Housing Allowance in next week’s...

Almost 60,000 Londoners in the private rented sector are likely to become homeless over the next six years if the government...

A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...

A new survey suggests that over three fifths of landlords say private renting is becoming less attractive as an investment option. The...

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

It’s being forecast that there are likely to be major changes made to the Renters Reform Bill during its next stage...

Tenants claiming benefits are likely to get more assistance with court fees under a revised grant scheme starting this winter. The Help...

Shelter says “skyrocketing rents” and the government’s freeze on housing allowance lie behind the increased spend on temporary accommodation for homeless...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

Rental activists are up in arms because Housing Secretary Michael Gove failed to mention the Renters Reform Bill during his keynote...

A row has broken out over a statement made by housing minister Rachel Maclean at the Conservative Party Conference. She told a...

A council has prosecuted four landlords in three days, with convictions secured for seven offences. Harold Mews Management Ltd of Margate was...

The National Residential Landlords Association is meeting with the Department of Education to consider how, if at all, private landlords can...

A loans company, Moneyboat, has issued a series of tips for renters before and during their tenancies.  It claims that by avoiding...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and activist group Generation Rent have issued a joint appeal for rent controls in the capital. Khan’s...

Campaigning charity Shelter has won the backing of the Co-Op Bank for a new anti-eviction drive. The bank has funded Shelter research...

The head of the tenants’ activist group Generation Rent started work in the role of director in mid-June - and has...

The BBC says discussions are underway to extend the Renters Reform Bill to specifically outlaw any rental listing banning families and benefit recipients...

A group of rental activists in London claims that over 10,000 private rented homes in the borough of Brent have a...

The new director of Generation Rent, Ben Twomey, takes over from Baroness Alicia Kennedy this morning. A statement announcing his appointment earlier...

A three bedroom house has been freed up after a remarkably long investigation by a London council.  The result follows a legal...

The Renters (Reform) Bill introduced by the Government signals the long-awaited reform to existing housing legislation and the headline grabbing abolition of...

Section 21: Research carried out by Leaders Romans Group has found that Section 21 is rarely overused, and even more rarely...

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

The new director of Generation Rent is Ben Twomey, who takes over from Baroness Alicia Kennedy on June 14. A statement from...

Landlords are to be given more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin neighbours’ lives through persistent noise or by being...

Shelter says it welcomes a ruling by The Property Ombudsman that agents and landlords exercising a blanket ban on tenants with...

A private landlord has been prosecuted after a family, including a baby and two older children, were left without water or adequate...

Activist group Generation Rent has accused landlords of “silencing” private tenants who live in flats hit with damp and mould. The claim...

A charity wants the government to be tougher with private landlords over issues like damp and mould. Citizens Advice claims that its research...

I am, by my own admission, ever the optimist, but with a barrage of enquiries from concerned landlords facing very real...

A London borough council has revealed the number of cases it has taken against private landlords since the start of 2021...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill did not even warrant a mention in a key speech yesterday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

When life is impossibly expensive, it’s not a surprise to see a rise in financial abuse. And to make matters worse,...

More must be done to keep private landlords in the rental sector, a new study has proposed. New Open Property Group says...

Despite a string of pledges on rental sector reform delivered in recent days by government ministers, including Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

New figures from HMRC this week show that the Treasury raked in another £4.1 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the...

The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...

Landlord and letting agent fears over the impact of rental reform could be eased if only the industry used rigorous and...

As landlords know better than most, property taxes are a rich seam of revenue for the government. And now, new figures show...

A think tank says that whatever Prime Minister Liz Truss may say, by 2025 most people will be paying £2 extra...

A fifth of independently-living adults are contemplating moving back in with parents to cope with the rising cost of living, according...

Birmingham council has been granted permission by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to introduce a massive Selective Licensing...

Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector...

A landlord had been sentenced after being found guilty of the illegal eviction of his former tenant. A lengthy investigation was conducted...

Shelter has again linked private rental evictions to the rising levels of homelessness. The campaigning charity says government figures released show 74,230...

The National Residential Landlords Association is asking all landlords - not just its members - to contribute to a consultation on...

On 16 June 2022, the Government introduced a White Paper called “A Fairer Rented Private Sector”. It proposes the biggest changes...

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

Landlord leaders are calling for a change to the Tenant Fees Act to allow renters to be charged for pet damage. Some...

Now is the time to lobby the Government on the detail of the Renters Reform Bill. That’s the message from the expert...

The public at large are not falling behind the government’s proposals for private rental sector reforms, it seems. A survey conducted by...

Leading rental payment platform PayProp has welcomed the added protections for landlords and renters outlined in the UK government’s rental reform...

One of the highest profile advocates of widespread reform in the private rental sector has been Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of...

The campaigning charity Shelter - once a critic of government policies over letting agents and landlords - has given a ringing...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that a private renter in England is handed a Section 21  eviction every seven minutes.  In a new...

Bizarre but true - a tenant has undergone a pseudo-marriage ceremony with her cat in a bid to get around any...

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned.  Sarah...

Thousands of landlords are to be quizzed to establish the true cost of damages to rental accommodation by tenants. The “What’s the...

More than 50 per cent of private tenants who rely on Universal Credit to pay their rent have a shortfall between...

The Mirror newspaper has launched a campaign to “make rented homes safer”. It says its campaign - called Safe As Houses -...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper includes a dramatic reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction powers will be...

A rogue landlord who has already been fined on numerous occasions for similar offences has now been served with a £5,000...

A landlord has been fined almost £5,000 for failing to install smoke detectors into a house he let to a family. The...

An alliance of 25 major charities have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, calling for urgent action...

A landlord who let out a property that raised serious concerns for the safety of 18 residents, including six children, has...

Shelter claims that 200,000 children living in privately rented homes are at risk of being evicted this winter – equivalent to one in every 50 children in England.   A study for the campaigning charity claims that 104,000 private...