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The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

A PR exercise has discovered that 89 per cent of UK MPs would not give priority to Build-to-Rent schemes in their...

Labour’s new shadow Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary, Angela Rayner, says she will put council Housing at the heart of...

A newspaper is reporting that almost 1,500 homes which could be used for long-term mainstream rentals have been ‘lost’ to short...

A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...

A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants is introducing a new qualification and training for borough council housing enforcement officers to...

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

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

A letting agent has been fined £11,500 for breaking HMO houses and fire safety rules at a property he manages. Agent Benjamin...

A local authority has set up what it calls The Private Sector Landlord service to try to harness some private property...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru is pledging tax credits for private tenants whose rent and utilities bills add up to...

On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...

A council says it hopes a massive set of fines and costs imposed on one buy to let investor and his...

A private landlord has been fined by a London magistrates court for poor and potentially dangerous housing conditions.    Monojor Ali was fined...

The Liberal Democrat party says it will use its members in the House of Lords to try to block the government's...

A local authority has refused to issue a private landlord licence after it was revealed the applicant had a conviction for...