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Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...

A landlord group is threatening legal action following a council’s approval of a new licensing scheme. York council - run by a...

A Freedom of Information request by a newspaper has unveiled the almost complete lack of activity by local councils when it...

A council is one of the first in the UK to consult on a licensing scheme for AirBnb style short lets. The...

A Conservative MP who has already suggested a 25 mile limit around some rental properties to reserve them for people with...

Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new plans unveiled by the Welsh Government. There...

Unscrupulous landlords in the ‘exempt rental’ niche will be driven out by a new clampdown, the government insists. The exempt sector provides...

An MP has introduced a Private Member’s Bill which, if successful, would reduce what she calls the “nightmare” of Airbnb party...

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

Private rental properties are now “far safer” than before thanks to recent legislation, according to the charity Electrical Safety First. Since five-year...

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

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

The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to...

Financial Times columnist and radio presenter James Max has made a strong case for opposing rent controls. Appearing on the Jeremy Vine...

An insurance chief with expertise in the holiday lets sector has stood up for owners who let their properties to holidaymakers...

Wherever you stand, whether you’re a landlord or tenant, the supply and demand issues impacting the private rented sector are at...

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have called for the creation of a Landlord...

Brand new ‘property passports’ would help landlords prove their homes are compliant and assist tenants to identify decent and safe housing,...

A council has secured a banning order against a rogue landlord who was found guilty of failing to comply with legal...

The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...

This is the entirety of the detail given by the government about the Renters’ Reform Bill, confirmed in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech. --- Renters Reform...

A report from the Public Accounts Committee on the regulation of the private rented sector (PRS) was issued with little notice...

The latest attack on landlords by Generation Rent director Baroness Alicia Kennedy concerns insulation and household warmth. She claims a quarter of...

Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...

Newspapers have been told by the government that next month’s Queen's Speech will include dramatic measures to bring empty retail units...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

A landlord has been fined in one of the first cases in England, for failing to comply with Electrical Safety Standards. Regulations...

I hope you weren’t holding your breath for the Chancellor to announce a package of help for landlords in his Spring...

Trade unions in Scotland are demanding that local council candidates sign a pledge to support “urgent” rent controls in that country. The...

A Labour MP in the westcountry appears to be winning support for a campaign he has launched called First Homes, Not...

PropTech firm Kamma says 11 new discretionary licensing schemes for landlords are set to launch in April - a record. This is the...

The Welsh Government has announced an increase to the maximum level of council tax premiums for second homes, as well as...

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

The majority of local authorities in England do not accurately record the number of private rented sector tenure complaints which they...

Approaching one in four private landlords have suffered income losses as a result of the pandemic. As a result the sector’s trade...

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

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

A report by the National Audit Office has sharply criticised the government and councils for not doing enough to help tenants...

Landlords have welcomed an initiative to provide £30m to work with the private rental sector to end homelessness. Local authorities in Wales...

The Welsh Government has announced a £30m pot from which councils can pay for easing properties from private landlords. Under the Welsh Government’s...

Councils north of the border will be given powers to ensure short-term lets are safe and meet the needs of local...

Fines on landlords and letting agents that fall foul of London council regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...

Something that has been touching a raw nerve with me for some time now is the issue of so called ‘rent...

The relationship between the overwhelming number of good landlords and local authorities tends to be limited or possibly non-existent. With the far...

A lettings sector trade body is blasting local authorities for their poor record on trying to eliminate rogue landlords. The National Residential...

Another charity has criticised landlords using eviction powers on tenants with Covid-related arrears.  StepChange, a debt advice charity, says it wants to...

A council in the north of England has identified 166 private rental properties within the district that do not comply with...

PropTech firm Kamma says well over 100,000 private rental homes across the UK are being let illegally because they already fail...

A council says it’s going to spend £70,000 of central government money to help “engage” with landlords over issues of energy...

Orkney Council wants private landlords who hold family accommodation to come forward if they would be suitable for Afghan families. Councillors recently...

The Generation Rent activist group has repeated its call for a landlord register in England, saying it could mean more tax...

Landlords in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a new £65m debt fund. Although announced today...

The government has today announced a new cash injection for councils to clampdown on landlords whose properties fail to meet energy...

The government should factor in the property market’s huge regional variations when offering landlords incentives to become more energy efficient. That’s the call...

The Welsh government has again extended the notice period which landlords must give tenants - it’s at least six months. The Coronavirus...

Wiltshire council is the latest to ask private landlords who have affordable homes which are ready to let, to get in...

A landlord has been refused a lettings licence by a local council because he failed to keep fire safety alarm records...

The leader of a council in one of the areas of the UK with the highest number of Airbnb-style short lets...

The government needs to beef up enforcement if it wants to address rogue landlords who put tenants at risk, says the...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

Too little is being done to help landlords access funding to adapt their property to meet the needs of older or...

Fines for landlords and lettings agents in Greater London have soared from just £22,000 in May to a huge £139,146 in...

Over half of local authorities in England have not issued any civil penalties against rogue or criminal landlords in the last...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is spending £100,000 on a feasibility study to investigate the setting up of...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has said No to a plea by a south east council to renew...

An estate agent in Scotland is warning that a new attack on the rental sector and holiday homes may be underway.  Jennifer...

Landlords in the holiday let market in Wales look almost certain to face hefty new barriers under proposals being considered by...

Some laws underpinning the private rented sector date back to the 18th century and are no longer fit for purposes, according...

The National Residential Landlords Association is backing the introduction of a £10m grant fund for tenants with Covid-related  arrears. The fund, announced...

The Welsh Government says the mandatory six month notice period which landlords must give their tenants will now last until the...

It’s already a very un-typical part of the United Kingdom but now Jersey has set itself apart in a different way...

Another council in the south of England is asking landlords and letting agents in its area how the Coronavirus crisis has...

The landlords’ trade body says there’s an enforcement postcode lottery across part of the UK. The National Residential Landlords Association’s Welsh Enforcement...

The government has produced figures that counter the long-running claims by rental sector activists that there has been a build up...

Tenant activist group Generation Rent says it’s working with five councils to find out more about private renters in those areas. The...

A warning has been issued to landlords about a crackdown on compliance issues surrounding property management. No Letting Go, the country’s largest...

There are now 10 councils with licensing schemes covering more than 20 per cent of the rental market according to activists’...

The Generation Rent campaign group has entered the fray for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections which will be held in some...

Only 39 rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with banning orders in the first three years of their existence. The...

The government is axing the Green Homes Grant scheme from 5pm on March 31 - putting a much criticised scheme out...

The government has revised official guidance for landlords, tenants and local authorities in the light of imminently-changing Coronavirus advice. The revisions are not fundamental...

The landlords’ trade body wants more co-operation between the private rental sector and local councils as tenants’ needs change thanks to...

Wales has extended its eviction ban from March 31 until the end of June - but it is more severe than...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

Landlords trying to expand their portfolios can avoid delays caused by residential buyers taking advantage of the Chancellor's stamp duty extension by using four 'buy-to-let hacks', according to broker Mortgages for...

The risk assessment system used by local authorities to judge health and safety issues relating to properties needs updating - and...

The Budget has received short shrift from landlords and tenants, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak appeared to miss out the private rental...

Specialist buy to let broker Mortgages for Business says landlords buying now can use four tips to beat the chaos in the...

A lettings agency is issuing general guidance to the landlord community ahead of changes to Electrical Safety Standards in April. Helen Hollingsworth,...

The proportion of the population in the private rented sector in England has risen three per cent in the past decade. Research...

The government has revealed that it has no plans to introduce a national licensing scheme for landlords. Housing minister Chris Pincher MP...

The government has been slammed for missing out landlords in proposals to enforce new energy efficiency regulations. Propertymark - the trade group...

A trade body says the current national lockdown may make it harder for the lettings industry to conform with an approaching deadline...

Activists from Shelter and Generation Rent have led the charge for a renewed eviction ban in the light of the latest...

The government has rejected a call for landlords to have powers to evict tenants who fall 14 days into arrears. Property investor...

Newcastle city council claims to be the first local authority in the UK to launch the rent-to-buy scheme allowing tenants to...

A leading officer in a Labour council which has in the past taken landlords to court says this process is so...

A lettings trade body says expensive council licensing schemes could force landlords to sell, making vulnerable tenants homeless or obliged to...

An eviction ban has been introduced by the Scottish Government to take effect until well into the New Year.  Because of the...

The furlough scheme has been extended for a month and while it’s being replaced eventually by a less generous scheme, there is...

With the staycation boom caused by Covid-19, which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future as travel restrictions remain for...

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...

Landlords are being encouraged to give their views on plans to introduce licensing schemes in a number of regions across the...

There could be a significant increase in repossession cases in London once the tenant eviction ban ends this weekend, legal experts...

New regulation introduced yesterday could see unscrupulous landlords fined up to £30,000 if they do not comply with the rules.  Under the...

New regulations that are designed to strengthen electrical safety practices and bring in line with those already well-established within gas safety regulations...

The National Association of Professional Inspectors and Testers (NAPIT) has produced fresh guidance designed to help landlords and the electrical industry...

New electrical safety rules have been introduced to ensure that private tenants are protected.  New regulations, which were introduced yesterday, are designed to strengthen...

Coventry Council has been accused of acting irresponsibly by introducing a licensing scheme for private rented housing earlier this week.  The council...

Coventry Council is acting irresponsibly by pressing ahead with plans to introduce a licensing scheme for private rented housing, according to...

A number of property firms and landlord organisations have welcomed government action to support landlords and tenants affected by coronavirus. Private tenants...

The latest data demonstrates the failure of government policy for the private rented sector, which in turn is having an adverse...

The west of England’s Landlord Expo returns to Bristol next month.  The free-to-attend event, organised by the four West of England Local...

The minister for local government, housing and planning in Scotland, Kevin Stewart, has received a joint letter from the UK Short...

While some rogue landlords and bad players grab the headlines, the reality is that the vast majority of private sector landlords...

The Scottish government has announced new measures to regulate short-term lets north of the border.  The government is handing local authorities fresh...

Britain has faced terrible flooding this year. Floods and other property emergency can take minutes to occur and years to remedy....

Marks Out Of Tenancy, a letting review website, has launched a digital service to help local authorities crackdown on unscrupulous landlords...

Proposals for a national register of landlords have been rejected by the government.  A report on the joint research project between the...

Fresh funding for local councils in England to tackle unscrupulous landlords has been made available, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

A new PRS interactive learning toolkit for local authorities to help them take action against rogue landlords and letting agents has...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has criticised the London Trading Standards (LTS) for what it says is an admission of failure in...

With just a few days until the Welsh tenant fee ban is introduced, landlords in Wales are being urged to adapt...

With the government consistently missing its housebuilding targets, Britain’s housing shortage has now reached crisis point, with the number of prospective...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has rejected the government’s claim that landlords’ use of Section 21 eviction notices is the leading...

It is not always possible for an individual or company to improve its image beyond that of its industry, and that is...

An Airbnb host who rented out his council flat in central London has been fined £100,000 and evicted by Westminster City...

When people think of Manchester these days, possibly their first thought is of its thriving economy and the opportunities it now...

Introducing a ‘rogue landlords’ database without better enforcement would be a pointless exercise, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). A rogue...

Letting and managing agents in England face the prospect of having to abide by a new regulatory framework, in accordance with...

With the number of PRS regulations continuing to rise, technology is growing increasingly more important in aiding compliance and ensuring that...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) is calling on local authorities to take much firmer action against rogue letting agents that tarnish...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has slammed the government’s Selective Licensing Review for failing to listen to landlords. The report, which was...

With more than 170 pieces of landlord legislation in place, property experts, Paul Shamplina and Kate Faulkner, have once again joined...

We all know that investing in a buy-to-let (BTL) property is a huge responsibility, but for those of you who are...

Who are you? Sunil Sharma, Director at Regal Estates. Who are Regal Estates? We are an established independent lettings and management company based in...

Fresh guidance for local authorities to crackdown on rogue landlords has been unveiled by housing minister Heather Wheeler. Local authorities across the...

More needs to be done to stem the increase in short-term lets on Airbnb and similar platforms to ensure that there...

A new property repair and maintenance reporting app has been launched by Scottish Land & Estates (SLE). The system, which can be...

Landlord licensing schemes are being introduced across England, while they are mandatory in Scotland and Wales, as local authorities attempt to...

Local authorities across England are spending significantly less on dealing with rogue landlords than in 2009-10, new research shows. According to Residential...

Tenants living in sub-standard rented accommodation need greater support, according to Neil Cobbold, chief operating officer of PayProp UK, who has...

Buy-to-let investors should be ‘extremely wary’ of buying property in an area affected by selective licensing rules because many local authorities...

With several licensing consultations currently being run by local authorities across the country, the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is encouraging buy-to-let...

Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...

With research showing that around 61% of privately rented flats in Scotland currently have common areas like stairways and roofs in...

A growing number of local authorities are using selective licensing to introduce penalties for buy-to-let landlords that go well beyond the...

Close to £2.4m of additional funding designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords will be made available for more than 50 councils...

If you are planning to add to your property portfolio, it is important to ensure that the property is gas safe. Here’s...

We all know that buy-to-let investors provide a vital service for people looking for housing, and yet an article in The...

The introduction of new guidance on room sizes in rented homes has been warmly welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...

The new regulations introduced last month to bring mandatory licensing to all Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) was designed to better...

Two thirds of councils in England and Wales responding to a FOI request by the Residential Landlords Association brought no prosecutions...

Trading standards will almost certainly need help from consumers to help police the ban on letting fees, according to PayProp. As part...

More than three months on from the introduction of a selective licensing scheme in Nottingham, thousands of landlords remain unlicensed because...

Yesterday’s announcement that councils in England are going to be handed an additional £2m in government funding to tackle the small...

Landlord licensing schemes are popping up all over the UK as local authorities step up their efforts to clampdown on rogue...

The government’s attempts to clampdown on rogue landlords have been branded ‘weak and pathetic’, partly due to the vast and complex...

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

Changes to mandatory Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing come into force in England today, requiring properties with five or more...

Changes to mandatory Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing coming into force in England on 1 October 2018 will collectively cost...

Citylets has adopted blockchain technology to help track and store rental data in Scotland.   The Scottish property rental portal has teamed...

Councils must do more to root out unscrupulous landlords that give the sector a bad name, according to the Residential Landlords...

A briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes has been published by the House of Commons ahead of the Report Stage and...

Buy-to-let landlords could have grounds to challenge HMO licensing fees which could save them hundreds of pounds each year, according to...

Landlords generally believe that many recent regulation changes have gone too far and want to see the government rethink the swathes...

Nottingham City Council became the latest local authority to introduce a landlord licensing scheme last week in an attempt to clampdown...

Buy-to-let has recently taken a bit of a bashing with some landlords forced to exit the market as profits drop amid...

Free gas and electrical checks are among the incentives being offered to landlords with properties in Barrow-in-Furness in a bid to...

With more Airbnb listings in this country than ever before, there is growing concern among MPs that the home sharing website...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a new database in partnership with GetRentr, a technology platform which automatically monitors property portfolios for compliance...

The government has been criticised for continuing to drag its heels over taking on key recommendations made in a recent report...

Overseas family holidays are a relatively recent concept in the UK. They came about as a result of air travel becoming...

Most private landlords would oppose the idea of arbitrary checks of their rental properties by local authorities, but that has not...

The government yesterday announced a review to look at how selective licensing is used across the private rental sector in order...

A benefit claimant who faced debt, rent arrears and potential eviction as a result of policy design flaws in universal credit,...

Buy-to-let landlords north of the border are being urged to demonstrate that they are complying with all of their legal obligations...

There are a number of key changes facing private landlords at the moment, which is why this year’s Landlord Expo, to...

The growing housing crisis in London is forcing employees to quit their jobs and making it harder for firms to recruit...

Local authorities should be given the power to confiscate properties from landlords who break the law, according to a committee of...

The government must focus on urgently improving dangerous housing conditions across the country after new figures revealed that thousands of private...

Councils will be handed tough new powers to punish rogue landlords up to £30,000. Under the new legislation, being introduced in October,...

The government is being urged by the National Landlords Association (NLA) to repeal the fee that councils can now charge when...

There is less than four weeks remaining until new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) come into force across England and Wales,...

Councils cannot use selective licensing conditions to impose new standards on private rented homes, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. The case...

In 2006, selective licensing was introduced, giving councils the power to force landlords to clean up their acts. These licenses allow...

Criminal landlords who crammed up to 40 migrants inside their semi-detached townhouse in north-west London face losing hundreds of thousands of...

According to official figures, more than 200,000 homes in England were empty for at least six months during 2016. In London,...

A leading letting agent has warned that new measures to protect tenants do not go far enough. The government announced earlier this...

Rogue landlords are profiting from the housing benefit system by enticing desperate local authorities to place single homeless people into small...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has expressed its support for new legislation that will help ensure rented homes are safe and...

Tenants will be given the right to take legal action against landlords who offer properties that are not ‘fit for human...

Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...

The introduction of a new form of Scottish private residential tenancy has been welcomed by Shelter Scotland. The new private residential tenancy...

A new form of Scottish private residential tenancy will be introduced tomorrow. The new private residential tenancy (PRT) will replace the existing...

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has delivered his Autumn Budget. Here are the key points of his speech impacting private landlords and...

A landlord in Essex has had to start eviction proceedings to remove a sitting tenant after she broke back into a...

With just over a month until a new form of private residential tenancy (PRT) will be introduced north of the border,...

The decision to launch a new inquiry into the private rented sector has been welcomed by letting agents. The Communities and Local...

Local authorities now have greater powers to control properties rented out in their areas, thanks to changes in the mandatory HMO...

The new blacklist of rogue agents and landlords, introduced as part of the Housing and Planning Bill, will go a long...

Following the news that Transport for London has privately warned that Crossrail 2 could be delayed by a decade, to the...

New landlord registration enforcement guidance has been issued by the Scottish government to all local authorities on regulating landlords in the...

This month has seen the approval or introduction of a number of new licensing schemes for landlords in several English cities,...

A London council has been working with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to identify landlords that have failed to declare their...

When investing in buy-to-let, you can’t always be sure when the appliances and pipe work in the property were last serviced...

A crowdfunding page has been set up by concerned tenants who are looking to pay for an independent fire safety inspection...

Contradictory and outdated fire safety guidance urgently needs updating to better support private landlords, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...

West Lindsey District Council made a number of unannounced inspections of private rental homes in Gainsborough yesterday, supported by police officers,...

London has been identified as the most expensive region in Britain to be a landlord, according to fresh research by Kent...

With only a few hours left of voting in the general election, the balance of power will have a major impact...

The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...

Local councils are calling on the government to close a legal loophole that allows landlords to get away with converting properties...

In a concerted effort to improve standards in the private rented sector (PRS), the North Tyneside Council has joined forces with...

A lack of affordable rented homes are contributing to rising levels of homelessness, according to a new report from the national...

The 2015 Energy Efficiency Regulations, passed in March 2015, set out minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) for England and Wales. These...

The chancellor’s pledge to create a £690m competition fund for English councils to tackle urban congestion and develop local transport networks,...

Short-term letting agents in the capital are being urged by the Mayor of London to follow Airbnb’s lead by blocking hosts...

The short-term letting industry, which includes the likes of Airbnb, joined local authorities and community groups at City Hall yesterday to...

A local council is planning to crackdown on rogue landlords by potentially introducing a selective licensing scheme, it has been revealed. Barrow-in-Furness...

A new digital application for a register of landlords has gone live across Scotland. The application will make it significantly easier for...

In the UK, we have a chronic shortage of housing. Apparently we need 200,000 new houses a year but last year...

The government has launched an official consultation process on plans to for new banning orders to clampdown on rogue landlords and...

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has ended a consultation on ‘Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and residential property...

Significantly more homes urgently need to be developed for the private rented sector to curb rising rental values in London, according...

The housing minister’s call this week for significantly more homes “of every single type” to be built, including significantly more homes for...

A Hertfordshire-based housing association is looking for landlords to join a newly launched social letting scheme to help tackle the increasing...

Daniel Hill, managing director of Multi-Let UK, explains how you could build and manage a profitable HMO portfolio. Recent research fromMortgages...

Unscrupulous landlords are providing vulnerable tenants with substandard housing and getting away with it due to low levels of enforcement of...

A landlord in Wembley, north west London, faces prosecution after 11 people were found living in a three-bedroom house that he...

Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has written to all local councils in England in order to clarify homelessness guidance following pressure from...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has told the Government that it’s the lack of housing, not the number of private landlords,...

Several local authorities in London have launched an investigation into a multi-million pound business model where a number of letting agents...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has criticised local councils for telling private tenants to ignore eviction notices served by their landlords...

New funding from the government to tackle criminal landlords is just not sufficient according to the Residential Landlords Association. It has been...

The Telegraph has raised the issue of how local authorities are increasingly encouraging evicted tenants to stay put in a property...

The legislative system dealing with rogue landlords is ‘unfit for purpose’ and should be replaced with a national database covering all...

Local authorities that charge landlords for licences solely to collect information on the number of landlords in an area have been...

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published the full outcome of its consultation: Tackling rogue landlords and improving...

One of Britain’s largest local authorities has beefed up its powers so it can issue fines of up to £5,000 on...

A tenant eviction specialist has warned that the Government’s proposal to introduce minimum room sizes will not prevent subletting scams which...

Local councils are being urged to drop landlord licensing schemes following the publication of new laws showing that they are not...

The landlord community has hit out at government for unnecessary delays in the introduction of legislation which will make it compulsory...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has appointed leading housing lawyer David Smith as its new policy director.  Smith succeeds long-standing RLA board...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has said the key to protecting tenants is enforcement of existing rules and regulations rather than...

MPs have introduced two new bills that will crackdown on rogue landlords. The first measure introduced to parliament yesterday was by the...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on ministers to take action to find and root out the criminals who bring...

Rogue landlords are raking in £5.6billion a year for unsafe homes that fail to meet legal standards, a report by Citizens...

The BBC’s Panorama programme has responded to a letter from the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) about the depiction of landlords on...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has written to the BBC to complain how landlords were portrayed in a negative light in...

Q: What does it say on your business card?  Director of Operations – South Q: Who are Orchard and Shipman?  Orchard and Shipman is...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched an initiative to enable tenants to check if their landlord is accredited.   Tenants can check...