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One of the country’s second home and holiday let hotspots has been told it will be unable to levy extra council...

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

A council says it’s considering introducing criminal record checks on individuals who apply to run HMOs as part of a wide-ranging...

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...

A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...

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

A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...

A politician in one of the poorest parts of the UK wants his local authority to declare a ‘housing emergency’. Cornish councillor...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in a landmark legal ruling. Julie Stoddern, of Camborne,...

A new service called Cornwall Housing Private Lets has been set up in the west country to try to lure private...

A local authority has written to purchasers of former council houses and apartments warning them against illegally letting them out -...

Cornwall council has confirmed that it’s to use the Proceeds of Crime Act to try to win compensation for victims of...

A landlord has been given a conditional discharge and a four-figure bill after being found guilty of unlawfully evicting a tenant.   Cornwall...

A landlord who did not remedy a string of safety concerns about a property he was letting has been ordered to...