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A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...

The government has outlined increases in powers it wants to give social housing tenants - but no details of increases in social housing building. The...

All privately-let homes must have electrical installations checked every five years under new rules announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

A trade body is backing a call by a parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in...

An electrical testing equipment firm and an MP are setting up a national campaign to demand new laws on appliance testing...

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is missing the opportunity to assess fire safety regulations on a wider...

Yet another formal government consultation is under way, this time into smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in the private rental sector...

An industry trade group says residents in high rise blocks of flats are being let down by a system in which...

More than half of buy to let landlords have taken measures to check the fire safety of their properties in the...

A lettings sector trade body is warning that contradictory and outdated fire safety guidance needs updating.    At present, landlords or their agent...

It is being reported that one of the major providers of purpose-built student accommodation to let - Unite - could temporarily...

A minister at the Departrment of Communities and Local Government has set out the government’s position in terms of the fire-related...

The BBC is reporting that the Welsh government is offering private buy to let investors who have properties in high-rise buildings...

The Residential Landlords Association is urging checks on white goods in privately rented homes following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.    The association is...

Two board members of Shelter who have links with the Grenfell Towers fire tragedy have resigned, according to a report in...

A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...

The owner of a house in multiple occupation in the leafy Hampstead area of north London has been hit with a...