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New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

An online newspaper has named the lettings agency at the heart of a high profile dispute with tenants over mould. The i...

A combination of regular inspections and pro-active installation of ventilation can help to reduce the risk of dangerous damp and mould...

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

Lettings agents, property managers and landlords should all be aware of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. The Act...

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

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act came into force across the country on the 20th March 2019. The act is designed...

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

Confusion reigns over inventory reports and how letting agents and landlords comply with the Homes (Fit for Human Habitation) Act 2018. That’s...

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

Inventory reports are increasingly revealing illegal safety and compliance issues within tenanted property, a trade body claims. The Association of Independent Inventory...

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

The government is back to business attacking the lettings sector with an extraordinary claim by a minister that many students are...

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

The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect...

Sub-standard homes remain a key weakness in the private rental sector, which needs to get its house in order in the...

The UK’s largest provider of inventory services says the creation of an MOT certificate system for properties in the rental sector...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill has achieved Royal Assent, meaning that it will soon become an act of Parliament. Put...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...

A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

Tenants are now a step closer to being able to sue landlords if they do not properly maintain their properties. The Commons...

MPs in the House of Commons will today debate the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by a Labour backbencher...

A date has been set for the next stage of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, which is being promoted...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry body to throw its weight behind the Private Members’ Bill that...

Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a Private Members Bill which wants tenants to have the...

The Private Members’ Bill that has won government backing - and which would give tenants the right to sue landlords over...

The government has taken the unusual step of working with a Labour MP to ensure her Private Members Bill can become...

In an unusual move the government has today, Sunday, announced that it wants tenants to have the right to take legal...

The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...

The Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP Karen Buck, which could give tenants the right to sue landlords if...

Labour MP Karen Buck is to reintroduce her Private Members Bill into Parliament today - and if it is passed, she...

Labour MP Karen Buck want private tenants to be able to sue their landlords if they rent in what are considered...