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A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and other trade bodies have not yet responded to the government’s announcement over the holiday...

Figures released by the government show huge support for the extension of the offences under which agents and landlords may in...

The government has released more details on long-discussed proposals to tighten up licensing in the private rental sector. It wants landlords in...

London Bishops have written to housing minister Alok Sharma calling on him to do more to protect vulnerable private tenants. The Bishops...

Kitemark-style scheme SAFEagent is calling on the government to ensure plans to make Client Money Protection schemes mandatory are not ignored...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has been told face to face that he should rethink the government's plans to cap security deposits...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has told a major residential conference that rent controls will definitely not be a policy of the...

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...

The majority of landlords still believe that a cap on letting agent fees will be more effective than an outright ban,...

A Westminster Hall debate for MPs on letting agent fees will take place this morning in the House of Commons. The debate...

An attempt by a Labour council to encourage letting agencies to get ahead of the curve and scrap fees for tenants...

New government figures reveal that there are 80,855 Built To Rent homes either completed or planned.    It says investment in this element...

The government has been urged by a London council to act now to end letting fees for private renters.   Hackney council says...

Beleagured housing minister Alok Sharma has been told by a London council that his decision over an application for a borough-wide...

The government has revealed that it has received over 4,700 responses to its official consultation over the proposed ban on letting...

The substantial majority of landlords could soon be required to licence their properties in one London borough if the government agrees...

After criticism of many younger voters allegedly failing to turn out during the June 2016 EU Referendum, new analysis of voter...

The boss of 300 branch agency Belvoir has called on the government to appoint a cross-party housing tsar to work with...