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The government says it’s currently working to ensure the eviction process returns smoothly when the ban expires in late August. In the...

ARLA Propertymark has expressed its pleasure that the eviction ban, already extended by two months, will now expire at the end...

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...

A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...

One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre...

In another sign of concern at the speed and volume of eviction cases once the ban is lifted at the end...

Agents and landlords are urged to lobby MPs to highlight the threat of the current eviction ban and to urge no...

The militantly pro-tenant Generation Rent group says it’s working with local councils to have a new “tenants’ charter” introduced. The new director...

Pro-tenant campaign group Generation Rent says judges should have more power to protect tenants from eviction while the Coronavirus outbreak continues. The...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

Two Bristol landlords have been ordered to repay nearly £5,000 following investigations by the council’s so called rogue landlord unit. One, Lucy...

Landlords or their agents wanting to obtain possession of their property should act sooner rather than later despite the current ban. That’s...

A new Labour group - Labour Tenants United - has issued a four-prong attack on the current private rental sector including...

A legal expert says the Court of Appeal ruling on S21 possession orders last week has resolved one of the most...

A call has gone out for agents to offer extra support to landlords in the coming months as arrears may well...

Labour has thrown its weight behind campaigning pressure groups in a general call to avoid what the party’s housing spokeswoman calls...

It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...

Research from franchise giant Belvoir is the latest to show what may be rapidly changing aspirations from private tenants. “The results confirm...

The extension to the evictions ban will compound the suffering of victims of domestic violence and anti-social behaviour. That’s the view of...

The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...

Age UK is the latest campaigning charity to call for the repeal of S21 and the introduction of greater controls over...

Government data shows that private renters spend a higher proportion of their budget on essential items that have not been cut...

The Law Society for England and Wales says legal aid should be made available for tenants who face eviction once the...

The managing director of an insurer and legal services supplier to the lettings industry has accused some tenants of using the...

Campaigning organisations that demanded an extension to the evictions ban imposed because of the Coronavirus crisis have been quick to return...

Landlords have expressed disappointment at the government decision to extend the ban on evictions by a further two months.  It will be...

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...

The campaigning charity Shelter says young adults are more in danger of homelessness than any other age group - and puts...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

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

Citizens Advice claims that in the two months since the lockdown began it has helped over 10,000 people with issues related...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

An online lettings agency says landlords should take up mortgage holiday offers and be willing to accept reduced rent during the...

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...

A landlord website claims the current ban on evictions is not to be extended beyond its scheduled close of June 29...

Activists in a body called the London Renters Union has returned to the theme of calling for tenants to not pay...

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...

A mailing list operated by the left wing activists’ group Momentum has been used to win support for a rent strike...

A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says the government is “thinking carefully” about what more it can do for private tenants, especially after...

Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...

Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...

Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...

Agents and landlords who use unorthodox methods of securing obligations from tenants to pay their rent during the Coronavirus crisis may...

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...

The Labour head of a special ‘taskforce’ looking at London housing issues in the light of the Coronavirus crisis says he...

The boss of a company that manages thousands of properties across the UK claims some tenants should be able to ask...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

Agents and other property professionals have a week to submit their views to an enquiry into the impact of Coronavirus on...

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...

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The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...

The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to...

Paul Shamplina, the founder of Landlord Action and star of a Channel 5 programme on evictions, says he fully backs the...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Paperwork released overnight by the government appears to confirm that the notice period for evictions is extending from two months to...

The Citizens Advice charity is the latest organisation to call for more help for private tenants following what appears to be...

Labour is on the warpath against the government following the surprise contents of the Coronavirus Emergency Bill, apparently watering down the...

The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...

The government’s announcement that no new eviction proceedings from either social or private rented accommodation can start for at least three...

What appears to be the first court adjournment of an eviction case caused by the Coronavirus outbreak has happened - raising...

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The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is bringing forward measures to “protect” private tenants against eviction during the...

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...

A landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to harassing and financially exploiting...

Agents have come out fighting against a proposal being considered in one part of the UK to triple the time to...

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...

One of the country’s top law groups has backed government moves to scrap Section 21.  The call comes from the Law Society for...

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...

Letting agents can beat the upcoming ban on Section 21 by updating key documentation and automating arrears management to reduce the...

The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...

No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...

A rogue landlord has been found guilty of unlawful harassment and misleading and aggressive practices, and will be sentenced next month. Ragoopathy...

The government’s Queen’s Speech has confirmed what the industry has effectively been expecting for some months. There will be a new lifetime...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

Number 10 briefings to the national media suggest that the scrapping of Section 21 - long talked about by the previous...

A league table has been drawn up revealing the UK’s possession order hotspots - just as the government seems keen to...

Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...

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A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...

Labour’s policies for the private rental sector are “too extreme ... unrealistic and will be hugely damaging to housing supply in...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association.  Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...

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

An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...

The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...

New figures just released by the government emphasise the significance of creating a specialist housing court says one of the lettings...

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...

Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...

Citizens Advice wants the next government to radically alter the private rental sector in favour of tenants.  The charity’s 2019 election manifesto,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...

A statement from Hackney council in north east London says those who break its licensing provisions for the private rental sector...

One of the country’s leading lettings experts has outlined why the government is wrong to suggest that Section 8 powers could...

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...

Government plans to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions may backfire and not improve tenants’ security at all. That’s the warning from Osbornes...

Consumer charity Citizens’ Advice says government proposals to reform or possibly scrap S21 eviction rights do not go far enough.  The group...

A senior Labour housing spokesman is urging the government to press on with plans to outlaw the use of Section 21...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused courts across the country of failing to follow their own rules when it comes...

The private rented sector would shrink by 20 per cent if Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions are abolished, according to an economic...

A prominent trade body is urging its members and the wider industry to back a crowdfunding exercise to pay for a...

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

The lettings agency owners behind the Advanced Rent Option, which provides landlords with up to 12 months’ rent in advance, says...

High profile eviction company Landlord Action says as many as 50 per cent of Section 21 cases it handles involve tenants...

The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

Housing minister Esther McVey has hinted that the government may finally decide as soon as next month on whether to introduce...

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...

The Guild of Property Professionals has received confirmation that the government’s proposed changes to Section 21 will not be retrospective. “What this...

Claims that the use of Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices is the leading cause of homelessness in the UK are...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

The Haart lettings agency says the government’s plan to abolish landlords’ Section 21 eviction powers may not be a bad thing. The...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...

The Ministry of Justice has announced that body-worn cameras must be worn by bailiffs recovering debt from individuals. The ministry adds that...

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...

A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

The Welsh government is planning to make changes to the notice period for eviction which would see tenants given 12-month contracts...

Eviction expert Paul Shamplina has urged letting agents and referencing companies to invest in technology to improve fraud detection. The call comes...

Tenants on state benefits could be the 'biggest casualties' of the government's 'ill-thought-out' plans to scrap the Section 21 evictions process,...

A survey of landlords has found that 39% would like to see a fast track housing tribunal introduced if and when...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £60,000 after - in the words of the council - “being found...

An activists’s group which in the past has held protests immediately outside letting agents’ offices is appealing for £10,000 to develop...

More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...

Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...

There’s been another call on the government to rethink its plans to change the Section 21 eviction process.  The founder of Landlord...

A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...

Over 6,000 people have responded to the Residential Landlord Association’s survey asking what a post-Section 21 private rented sector should look...

An estate agency that describes itself as a ‘social enterprise’ says it will spend its profits on the homeless and related...

Housing minister Heather Wheeler has pledged that the government will make changes to the court repossession process alongside its plans to...

A trade union says the government’s intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is “a huge victory” - but...

The official government consultation period on the scrapping of Section 21 eviction begins shortly, but now a leading lettings sector trade...

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

One of the most vocal critics of lettings agents in recent years appears to be moving away from the property industry. Campbell...

A formal consultation process has started to consider government plans to extend Anti-Money Laundering from property sales to lettings as well. Unveiled...

The scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers has been welcomed by the London Assembly - but apparently it doesn’t go far...

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...

The government’s wish to use a modified Section 8 as an alternative to Section 21 for landlords seeking possession of their...

The government consultation process which fuelled its decision to axe Section 21 eviction powers and move towards longer tenancies received only...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

The government’s plan to scrap Section 21 is personally backed by the Prime Minister and will begin formal consultations today. If the...

With the government already on the ropes over Brexit, there’s a call today for one of its flagship immigration policies to...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

Today the long-awaited Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Act comes into force, pioneered by Labour MP Karen Buck and giving people...

A new study claims one in three Britons would be happy renting for the rest of their lives - but the...

A landlord who left his tenant homeless after changing the locks while he was on holiday has been hit with a...

A free-to-use ‘Housing Early Prevention Service’ runs by a council on the south coast has been deemed such a success it...

Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...

Andrews lettings agency in Oxford has emerged as the hero in an episode which saw a family evicted from their home...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...

Agents have under three weeks left to respond to the government’s proposals to introduce a Housing Court to settle disputes in...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

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

A growing number of tenants say they want to stay put in their rented home even if the landlord sells up. A...

Shelter is campaigning for the outlawing if default fees levied on tenants by agents in Wales. While the campaigning group welcomes the Renting...

The private rental sector is not fit for purpose when it comes to housing vulnerable tenants, claims debt charity StepChange which...

The government is consulting on the proposal for a specialist Housing Court which, if it goes ahead, would be a “single...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...

Croydon council is reported to have become the first local authority to back the scrapping of Section 21 of the 1988...

The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...

Changes to the Section 21 Notice come into force for letting agents and landlords on Monday.  This will require all Assured Shorthold...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...

Last week Shelter and the National Housing Federation took a swipe at lettings agents, and now Citizens Advice has joined the...

The campaign group Generation Rent is back on the warpath in opposition of Section 21, which it describes as “the leading...

CityLets, Scotland’s largest online lettings listings service, says it’s business as usual for the market north of the border despite a...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

Which?, the consumer body that appears to be taking an increasingly-aggressive line against letting agents and landlords, has now issued a...

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...

Newspapers in Kent are reporting that controversial buy to let multi-millionaire Fergus Wilson has evicted four single mothers from his properties...

A new analysis reveals that it takes an average of 118 days for court-appointed bailiffs to remove tenants from private homes...

The pressure group Generation Rent has joined forces with other critics of the private rental sector to demand an end to...

The government has issued a new How To Rent guide - a key document which agents or landlords managing their properties...

The major legislative changes introduced in Scotland’s letting sector are a major turning point but should not be feared, says one...

Two senior London politicians are backing a campaign to scrap the powers of agents and landlords to evict tenants under Section...

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...

Leaks from government sources to at least two mainstream news outlets today suggest that radical proposals on longer tenancies and possible...

A collection of rental sector protest organisations is getting together to campaign against S21 powers under which landlords or agents on...

Renee Wells, on behalf of Just Landlords, has compiled a list of what letting agents can do to ensure that tenants...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity claims that 28 per cent of private tenants who have experienced problems while renting have not...

A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...

A rogue lettings agency which is no longer trading is to be featured in a TV documentary this evening on Channel...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members - and all letting agents - of the need to be...

A specialist insurance firm claims that only 17 per cent of tenants receive the latest version of the mandatory How To...

A head of a major agency says it is misleading to suggest that tenants are evicted ‘for no reason’. Mark Pilling, the...

Trade bodies have started to react to last evening’s Panorama programme claiming alleged abuse of the Section 21 eviction system in...

Tonight's edition of BBC Panorama will investigate the Section 21 evictions process, also known as 'no-fault evictions'. The show - 'Evicted for...

A new website called Vesta has launched aiming to sell investment properties with tenants in place.  The team behind the site describe...

It’s been revealed this morning that there are two legal challenges being mounted against the Right To Rent policy, which obliges...

The How To Rent guide - the document which has to be given to new tenants by letting agents or landlords...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...

The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...

Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...

An eviction company called Remove A Tenant has been the subject of a complaint after a Facebook post which implied tenants...

A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...

A leading legal expert specialising in the private rental market says the sector should set up basic procedures to protect against...

A local authority has prosecuted a landlord for illegally evicting a tenant. Tendring district council prosecuted Lisa Bottone of Chelmsford who admitted...

A series of free legal events for letting agents and landlords is to launch this month with an advisory session on...

A landlord has been prosecuted and fined for evicting a tenant illegally.  Last week, Suhail Mahmood, 30, was convicted at Sheffield Magistrates'...

This month’s prosecution of a letting agency for issuing ‘sham licences’ that suggested occupiers had no right to challenge eviction and...

Lettings transaction platform Goodlord is branching into rent protection with a product that can be integrated into the company’s app.   “Agents can...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims around one in 10 landlords quit the lettings sector each year.   Using new research by YouGov it says...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has written an angry letter of protest to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation following the publication of what...

One of the leading eviction specialists is calling for unregulated companies offering similar services to sign up to redress schemes in...

The myth has been broken - tenants in the private rental sector are more satisfied with their accommodation than those in...

Private renters aren’t pressing agents and landlords to carry out repairs to their home over fears they’ll be evicted, claims Citizens...

Agents and landlords are unwittingly issuing incorrect Section 21 notices, resulting in thousands of pounds being wasted on aborted possession claims...

HF Resolution Ltd, a subsidiary of Hamilton Fraser, has acquired one of the industry’s leading tenant eviction solicitor firms, Landlord Action.   Landlord...

Agents are being warned to ensure they serve eviction notices correctly as the ‘peak eviction’ summer period arrives.  Specialist tenant referencing service...

Agents and landlords with properties in Wales have been reminded they could be breaking the law if they're not signed up to...

It can take up to nine months to evict a tenant who isn’t paying their rent, according to an analysis by...

A property company owner who waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally evict...

A private landlord in Sheffield has been prosecuted for harassing a tenant and failing to manage his property adequately.   Nilendu Das was...

The founder of eviction specialist Landlord Action is advising landlords to use accredited letting agents and not try to take the...

A landlord who admitted threatening violence against a tenant who left the property he was renting has been given a substantial...

A rogue landlord found guilty of waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally...

A BBC survey claims that powers to combat so-called ‘revenge evictions’ are not being used by the majority of councils in...

Now Northern Ireland appears to be in the frame for substantial changes to the private rental sector according to the Association...

Hamilton Fraser - parent company to several key brands operating in the private rental sector - has launched a series of...

A leading personal finance journalist - and a former editor of Landlord Today - has used the columns of right wing...

Sheffield council claims it receives 2,000 complaints relating to private rental sector conditions each year - and in one month it...

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

A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...

A Bill has received all-party support in the House of Commons despite one industry body's view that it contains significant dangers...

The latest demand by anti-letting agent pressure group Generation Rent is for the government to abolish the right of landlords or...

A legal firm claims up to 70 per cent of eviction notices issued could be defective, leaving agents and landlords open...

Channel 5 has commissioned a third series of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords with eviction specialist Landlord Action at the heart of...

Tenants who are advised by local councils and advice agencies to ignore eviction notices could cost the average landlord almost £7,000. The...

A minority of agents remain unaware of their duties when it comes to tenant repairs requests, something which could invalidate landlords'...

A report by buy to let guru Kate Faulkner says accidental landlords could unwittingly be contributing to some high profile problems in...

An industry body has backed a Conservative MP's anti-homelessness Bill, which has been published by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee.   The...

A landlord has been fined just £440 after he effectively left a tenant homeless.    Warrington Magistrates Court heard that Peter Lamont, the...

An official announcement by the government’s Insolvency Service has revealed that a specialist repossession and eviction firm has been wound up...

A landlord who waged what a local authority describes as “a war of intimidation” against tenants living in his property has...

A report from Citizens Advice claims to show that a city’s letting agents charge a complex array of fees - with...

Citizens Advice claims that 2,087 people asked it for help after being threatened with what it describes as ‘illegal eviction’ in...

Specialist eviction service Landlord Action has outlined the quickest way to evict tenants under new regulations introduced by the Ministry of...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that in some areas of the country no fewer than one-in-23 private rental sector tenants are apparently...

There were 3,100 fewer private rental households in serious rent arrears in the first quarter of this year compared to the...

Letting agents will be pleased to hear that landlords who manage all aspects of tenancies on their own are being warned...

A landlord has been prosecuted for both illegal sub-letting and illegal eviction at the same time - an occurrence which is...

A managing agent who tried to force out his tenants by filling the stopcock chamber with cement so that they would...

Specialist eviction firm Landlord Action claims that in the past 12 months the number of incidents where tenants have sub-let properties...

Councils and other bodies advising tenants to ignore valid Section 21 notices and waiting to be evicted by bailiffs are costing...

This evening at 9pm sees the start of a second season of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords on Channel 5.  The 10-part series...

Some 26,676 court orders were issued for the eviction of private sector tenants in the final quarter of 2015 according to...

The controversial campaign group ACORN, which has made headlines by protesting outside letting agency offices in Bristol, is launching a new...

A letting agent who unlawfully evicted a tenant from a property has been ordered to pay a total of £4,315. Alan Croft...

The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice.  Whilst...

A legal expert is claiming that changes to S21 eviction procedures introduced back in October are not being adhered to by...

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The Local Government Association says recent prosecutions show that councils are cracking down on illegal evictions by landlords and their agents...

The National Landlords’ Association says an alarming number of private tenants are being told by their local authorities to ignore eviction...

The vocal campaign group Generation Rent is making the jaw-dropping claim that one in four private tenants has been evicted “for...

ARLA is  lobbying Justice Secretary Michael Gove urging him to consider allowing High Court Enforcement Officers to enforce possession orders without...

The number of tenants seriously behind on rent has risen by 13.8 per cent.  An arrears tracking index conducted by letting agencies...

Eviction specialist company Landlord Action wants the government to complement its action against rogue letting agents and tenants with a ‘rogue...

Tenants could be trying to avoid eviction by damaging property and abusing the new legal system designed to ban revenge evictions,...

A landlord has been cautioned and has agreed to pay £1,000 compensation to a tenant, and pay £2,000 towards legal costs,...

A blog post by eviction specialists Landlord Action has exposed bad tenants who can clearly afford to pay the rent but...