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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...

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

Homelessness charity Crisis says the long-standing government pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers can’t come soon enough. The charity has backed...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...

A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from today’s Financial...

Media reports in Brighton say that a lettings agency which serve tenants with illegal eviction notices and unjustified legal threats has...

The Co-Op Bank is joining forces with campaigning charity Shelter to argue against Section 21 evictions, and together they have organised...

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...

Numbers of possessions have soared in Scotland since the introduction of a rent cap and eviction ban according to DJ Alexander,...

The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...

Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

Just over 7,000 households in London have been threatened with homelessness in the past three years alone after being issued with...

An activist at the centre of a controversy involving a London letting agent has used a left-wing website to explain how...

Campaigning charity Shelter says new government figures reveal an increasing number of renters are facing eviction.  And it warns that more renters are...

Propertymark has expressed a sigh of relief at a decision this week by the Appeal Court, which ruled in favour of...

A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting...

A local authority has launched a free service seeking to avoid evictions. New Forest council says its new 'Call Before You Serve' programme is a free service providing...

Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...

New forms have been posted online which must be used by landlords and letting agents from October 1. New legislation regarding eviction...

A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from...

There’s been a call for government to do more to support letting agents as an autumn of rental reform begins. Mark Hayward,...

The activist group Generation Rent is urging tenants to scrutinise the paperwork they get from agents to use against possible eviction.  Failure...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...

A group of rental campaign bodies have come together to claim that some 694,000 tenants apparently face eviction when the current...

Many months on from its call for evidence, an influential committee of MPs has still to report on whether it considers...

Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...

An online petition which appears to inaccurately say private tenants can still be evicted “for no reason” has won 30,000 signatures...

The ban on private rental evictions in Scotland has been formally extended by two months, with a high expectation that a...

A survey claims millions of renter households have concerns about their ability to pay landlords this winter - and the charity...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...

The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...

Campaigners against evictions during the Coronavirus crisis have launched a last-ditch call for the government to grant another extension to the current...

A lettings agency that told a prospective tenant it had a policy of not offering tenancies to housing benefit recipients has...

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...

A local authority is urging letting agents within its boundary to get in touch before serving eviction notices on private tenants. Gedling council...

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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'...

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...

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

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

A leading property solicitor says there are “secret dangers” to landlords and their letting agents when it comes to selective licensing...

A Bill now making its way through the Welsh Assembly may “radically alter the way tenancy contracts are written” - but...

A major drafting error in Government regulations affecting the private rented sector risks undermining confidence in the new Section 21 legislation...