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Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

A senior Propertymark official will today tell MPs of the industry’s concerns about the Renters Reform Bill. The Bill has reached the...

Propertymark says it hopes that a Welsh Government White Paper proposing that nine devolved housing tribunals are consolidated into a single...

A lettings trade body is urging the government to make clear how it will help courts tackle a growing backlog of...

Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...

A lettings industry trade body has written to the government urging fundamental reform of the court system to prevent it grinding...

A letting agent and property management expert says the likely introduction of the Renters Reform Bill in 2021 is a chance...

The Ministry of Justice says it takes private landlords an average of 22.5 weeks from making a repossession claim to the...

Private landlords have to wait an average of over five months to regain possession of a property when applying to the...