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There’s been a rise of over 400 per cent in the monetary total of fines issued for Right To Rent offences...
15 March 2024
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Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...
26 February 2024
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A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...
27 December 2023
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The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law. The UK data protection regulator...
06 December 2023
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Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...
15 November 2023
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Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...
01 September 2023
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The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...
25 August 2023
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A property law specialist wants a national register which would allow tenants’ histories to be checked before rental agreements are signed. Nyree...
28 June 2023
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The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...
23 March 2023
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Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...
15 February 2023
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A webinar explaining how agents can navigate through tough new Facebook advertising rules is being held next month. The ValPal Network’s head...
03 October 2022
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Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...
05 August 2022
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Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...
19 April 2022
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ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...
14 April 2022
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Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...
14 April 2022
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Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...
13 April 2022
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A petition has been launched on the Channel Island of Jersey to prevent agents and landlords banning pets from the local...
09 August 2021
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A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...
25 June 2021
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A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...
27 May 2021
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Activists from the Acorn renters' campaign group have held a protest outside a branch of Chancellors in Oxford. The group says the...
04 May 2021
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Another lettings agency has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a tenant receiving benefits. Worthing County Court declared that Michael Jones & Company unlawfully...
21 April 2021
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January 29th is the date set for MPs to hold the Second Reading of a Private Members’ Bill aimed at the...
07 January 2021
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The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...
21 December 2020
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The Generation Rent campaign has renewed its call for public money to be allocated to clear at least some rent arrears...
23 November 2020
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A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...
06 November 2020
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A Conservative MP is urging his colleagues in government to end “cruel” discrimination against pet owners by much of the private...
16 October 2020
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An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...
16 October 2020
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A lettings agency that told a prospective tenant it had a policy of not offering tenancies to housing benefit recipients has...
10 September 2020
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A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...
06 August 2020
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The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...
04 August 2020
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Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...
28 July 2020
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The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...
16 July 2020
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Campaigning charity Shelter says it is “doubling up” its efforts to make sure letting agents comply with anti-discrimination legislation when it...
15 July 2020
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Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...
15 May 2020
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The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...
22 April 2020
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Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...
02 April 2020
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The Property Ombudsman is warning agents not to discriminate against tenants through a No DSS or any similar policy. Following the legal...
05 March 2020
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New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...
05 August 2019
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Both sides of the Right To Rent debate are squaring up for their latest court battle. Earlier this year the High Court...
11 July 2019
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Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have been given a message from a consortium of groups this morning - Scrap Right To...
24 June 2019
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The government says thousands of families could benefit from changes to mortgage rules announced by Metro Bank. Currently the bank prevents landlords...
12 June 2019
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Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...
24 April 2019
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Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...
16 April 2019
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A lettings sector trade body says EU citizens may face problems getting private rented accommodation after Brexit. And the body - the...
08 April 2019
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With the government already on the ropes over Brexit, there’s a call today for one of its flagship immigration policies to...
22 March 2019
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Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...
05 March 2019
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The government says it wants “an immediate change” in the policy of some letting agents and landlords who advertise ‘No DSS’...
04 March 2019
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The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...
01 March 2019
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New research on private renting and mental health in Wales has concluded that more support is required. The research was undertaken for...
21 February 2019
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A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes. Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...
01 February 2019
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There’s been a broad welcome from the industry to new guidance on room sizes on rented homes. The guidance was released just...
02 January 2019
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In an announcement made just hours before much of the industry started its Christmas break, the government has clarified its guidance...
24 December 2018
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The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...
03 December 2018
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A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...
26 November 2018
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Urgent action is needed to tackle discrimination against benefit claimants by buy to let mortgage providers according to a leading trade...
22 October 2018
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The National Approved Lettings Scheme has issued a sharp rebuke to Shelter and the National Housing Federation following their controversial ‘End...
23 August 2018
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Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...
22 August 2018
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Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...
24 July 2018
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The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants is now crowdfunding to pay for the Judicial Review of the government’s controversial...
08 June 2018
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A leading property disputes solicitor has joined a growing chorus of criticism of how Right To Rent will cope with issues...
30 April 2018
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Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...
27 February 2018
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One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...
18 December 2017
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The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has started what is described as an official inspection of Right To Rent. Legislation...
25 October 2017
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An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation alleges that student tenants are discriminated against by landlords on the basis of...
01 August 2017
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Almost a fifth of British citizens could find it harder to access rental property, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...
16 June 2017
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Immigration charity Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has this week launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for...
17 May 2017
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The website of a respected political weekly journal says Right To Rent’s immigration checks provide cover for “buy to let bigots”...
03 April 2017
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Right To Rent is encouraging discrimination against international students according to a student lts online service. Government figures marking the first anniversary...
16 February 2017
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A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...
13 February 2017
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The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...
06 October 2016
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So, Britain voted out of the European Union. What are the implications for UK landlords, from the immigration laws point of...
27 June 2016
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A campaign group in the north east London borough of Hackney claims to have ‘mystery shopped’ 50 letting agents and has...
29 February 2016
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A Liberal Democrat peer has accused the government of being “a bit rich” in its willingness to jail letting agents or...
25 February 2016
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The franchise letting agency chain Belvoir is urging its landlord clients to offer fiancial support to the national campaign to fight...
08 February 2016
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Another letting agent has spoken out at the threat of the new Right to Rent legislation leading to possible discrimination against...
05 February 2016
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The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...
02 February 2016
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An immigration lawyer has criticised the government’s Right to Rent scheme - officially starting today - for having little impact but...
01 February 2016
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The Immigration Bill containing controversial Right To Rent measures has been given a second reading by the House of Commons despite...
14 October 2015
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Labour will today ask Home Secretary Theresa May to publish the result of the Right To Rent pilot project amidst claims...
12 October 2015
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Right To Rent immigration checks is leading to a situation where lawful tenants are being refused housing according to the Residential...
07 September 2015
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Few subjects have generated as much discussion among the private rented sector in recent months as the government's Right to Rent...
15 July 2015
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A lawyer has raised the spectre of letting agents and landlords possibly facing accusation of discrimination when the government’s Right To...