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![Trade union demands wholesale rental reform in new report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
The trade union UNISON has partnered with activist group Generation Rent to demand root-and-branch reform of the private rental sector. Four key...
16 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Private renters make up one-in-five homeless - charity](/upload/images/shutterstock_1016671648(1).jpg)
Some 8,000 people were forced to sleep rough for the first time in London last year, an increase of 25% on...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter spotlight on discrimination against LGBTQ+ private tenants](/upload/images/shutterstock_1787772302.jpg)
Shelter is backing the Kicked Out for Coming Out campaign which highlights family rejection as a contributor to LGBTQ+ homelessness. Shelter has...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council-run lettings agency claims to beat rivals on fees and upfront rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A council-run lettings agency called YorHome is offering new incentives to woo private landlords away from conventional agents. Besides offering what it...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Restrictions - Gove slammed by Labour-dominated council body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get the Rent To Rent house in order, demands Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent. NTSELAT has...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands “overhaul” of Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - Call by Labour MPs in defiance of party policy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Angry tenant groups slam Renters Reform Bill changes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bank aims to support building of new rental homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![New London rental licensing regime launches next week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A new borough-wide landlord licensing scheme is set to launch in the London borough of Brent on April 1, the council...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Rental Crisis - big rise in countryside lets as rural house prices soar](/upload/images/shutterstock_1438059821.jpg)
England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Right To Buy cash ‘stolen’ by government will worsen rental crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
An umbrella group called London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the government’s decision to stop letting local authorities keep money...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tory MP reported to bring Renters Reform Bill “to brink of collapse”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Older Persons charity hits out over Renters Reform Bill rumours](/upload/images/shutterstock_1194118255.jpg)
A charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship has hit out at the government over rumours concerning the Renters...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council buys private homes to let to families on waiting list](/upload/images/shutterstock_1197102829(2).jpg)
Caerphilly council in Wales has bought privately owned properties to provide housing for families who would otherwise find themselves in temporary...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter lobbies politicians with ‘rental plan to end homelessness’](/upload/images/shutterstock_270470528.jpg)
Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands radical changes to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ desperate plea to prevent exodus of student landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_646163290.jpg)
Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords. The news comes as a poll conducted...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - MPs set to be bombarded by emails](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails. Over...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter threatens government after big rise in Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/shutterstock_1848201151.jpg)
Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![British Homes for British Workers - Experts, activists unite in opposition](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934.jpg)
Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Is the government deliberately delaying the Renters Reform Bill?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent claims Black people victimised by “outdated” Vagrancy Act](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A group of rental activists claims that police in England are disproportionately using a 19th century law that criminalises rough sleeping...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top agent backs industry regulation in 2024 - the more the better](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Politicians demand Christmas ban on Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour housing policies win strong public support as Tories lag behind](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scrapping Section 21 can’t come quickly enough, says charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Homelessness charity Crisis says the long-standing government pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers can’t come soon enough. The charity has backed...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homelessness charities receive thousands from agents’ carol concert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Fine & Country Foundation’s Annual Carols by Candlelight concert, held in collaboration with King's College Cambridge, has raised £21,061. This will...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Councils enforcing rental licensing are on brink of bankruptcy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Scores of councils that enforce licensing regimes on the private rental sector claim they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Almost one...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blames private rental sector for growing child homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency calls for Landlords Reform Bill to redress rental balance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban not part of government plans to counter homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The prospect of a long-term eviction ban appears to have been lifted in one part of the UK. The Welsh Government is...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gary Wright - flatfair Chief Executive Officer](/upload/images/gary%20400%20by%20310%20.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...
13 November 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
![Homelessness surge means Chancellor must invest in rental sector - call](/upload/images/shutterstock_1016671648.jpg)
New figures have shown that 2,086 people were found to be sleeping on London’s streets for the first time between July...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Older tenants need Renters Reform Bill insists pressure group](/upload/images/shutterstock_1940487949(1).jpg)
Older private renters must have their voices heard In support of the Renters Reform Bill. That’s the view of Joanna Elson, chief...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill will slash homelessness, claims charity](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
A charity claims the Renters Reform Bill, which gets its Second Reading in the Commons next week, will help reduce homelessness. New...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - government announces next steps](/upload/images/shutterstock_622830233.jpg)
The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from today’s Financial...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homes For Ukraine - government faces hard decisions on scheme future](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The National Audit Office says the government will soon have to take hard decisions on the future for the Homes For...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls at heart of Shelter’s General Election manifesto](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scrap Renters Reform Bill! Leading agent makes dramatic plea](/upload/images/shutterstock_529322344.jpg)
A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scams expert joins board of The Property Ombudsman](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team is one of two new non-executive directors at The Property Ombudsman. Louise Baxter...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Incentives for private rental sector could help cut homelessness - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2156575995.jpg)
The private rental sector could play a far greater role in helping to end homelessness in Scotland, according to a new...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Jaw dropping 40,000 viewing requests in a montf for lettings chain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HomeViewing-400x310.png)
Scotland’s largest letting agent had almost 40,000 viewing requests during July for rental properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow alone. DJ Alexander Ltd...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter back on the warpath over Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Campaigning charity Shelter has renewed its calls for the abolition of S21 eviction powers. It says new Ministry of Justice data shows...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity wants taxpayers money to help renters during crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-400x310.png)
Citizens Advice is calling on the government to provide an unspecified amount of assistance to renters during the current cost of...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity slams government over gap between rents and benefits](/upload/images/shutterstock_1563288097.jpg)
Crisis, the homelessness charity, has slammed the government over the growing gap between housing benefit levels and even the lower end...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge cash funding to help Ukrainians into private rentals](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HandingOverKeys-mio-400x310.jpg)
Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection. The funding will be...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists threaten action if rental reform ‘does not deliver’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1524802199%20protest(1).jpg)
Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. Chief executive Polly Neate...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blames Section 21 and rental reform delay for rise in homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
New government figures show how overdue the government's reform of private renting is, claims campaigning charity Shelter. The charity says the figures...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![How to attract landlords to your letting agency](/upload/images/adv-2021/Guides%20%26%20Tips/ValPal-400x310.png)
As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...
18 April 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
![New national lettings agency set up by Lloyds Banking Group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity claims new eviction powers will punish the homeless](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
A charity is claiming that new powers to evict anti-social private tenants could lead to more homelessness, while those already living...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Warnings over conversions of commercial properties into housing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/PropertyPlanning-400x310.png)
Propertymark is speaking out about problems with some conversions of commercial property into residential.The warning comes in the trade body’s response...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter angry at Hunt’s ‘nothing about housing’ Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government rental mediation scheme flops - change needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tenant_Dispute-400x310.png)
A much-hyped government proposal to introduce a Rental Mediation Service to resolve disputes, sustain tenancies and reduce pressure on the courts...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform Now! Councils want immediate government action](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The Local Government Association, which comprises 331 of the 333 councils in England and all 22 Welsh unitary councils, is calling on...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reverse anti-landlord policies, top agency tells government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
A lettings agency says it’s vital that the government reconsiders the new laws and regulations seen as attacking landlords. The Leaders Romans...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Repossession figures trigger worried response from charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
New figures from the Ministry of Justice show that between October and December last year, across England and Wales, there were...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reinstate Mortgage Interest Tax Relief - agents’ plea to government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell government - get your act together](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Illegal sub-letting case ends with £34,000 for former tenant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
A young family have started 2023 in their new permanent home after a London council recovered the property from an illegal...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ethical Lettings Agency scoops international award](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
A lettings agency which describes itself as “ethical” has been honoured with an award linked to the United Nations. Homes For Good...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Freeze politician in war of words with Propertymark chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentFreeze-400x310.png)
Propertymark has become embroiled in a war of words with a Scottish politician who has made a series of anti-agent and...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Eviction Ban Call - government under pressure from MPs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Portal’s lettings experts to cultivate link with homelessness charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
Zoopla has given details of its collaboration with homelessness charity Crisis following the announcement of a three-year partnership earlier this year. Crisis’s...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ethical lettings service links with PropTech maintenance platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind-400x310.png)
A not-for-profit company that matches rental properties with vulnerable tenants in need of accommodation has partnered with a maintenance firm to...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Campaigners claim dramatic rise in Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/remortgage_400x310.png)
Shelter claims government figures show 5,940 households were “threatened with homelessness” in England as a result of Section 21 evictions between April...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Build More Homes Now! Agency chief demands action](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
The head of an estate agency and property investment firm says the government should do more to reform the rental sector...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords can now lease property through a local council](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/LondonPropertySector-400x310.png)
A new scheme offering landlords the opportunity to lease property through a local authority has been launched. Leasing Scheme Wales: Gwynedd gives...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents accused of pushing landlords into raising rents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgencyBoards-Lettings-400x310.png)
A so-called Renters Union is organising a day of action after claiming letting agents are behind recent rent rises. London Renters Union...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![London council kicks off three month licensing consultation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Over the next three months Redbridge council in London is consulting on proposals to renew selective licensing in the borough. It says...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rents soar ahead of frozen benefits, triggering homelessness fear](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-2-400x310.png)
The average gap between housing benefit rates and the actual cost of rents has grown by more than 40 per cent...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Large rise in homelessness spending over past five years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
The government has released new figures on the amount being spent by local councils on temporary accommodation for homeless households in...
21 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fixed term tenancies MUST stay, industry tells government](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Immediate Eviction ban must be introduced says government adviser](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/agent_and_homes_360x280.png)
The cost of living crisis could have a ‘catastrophic’ impact on homelessness unless an immediate eviction ban is introduced. That’s the view...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Homelessness spike threat as private rents soar even higher - claim](/upload/images/library/Homeless-1-400x310.jpg)
London faces a possible homelessness spike this winter due to the cost-of-living crisis and increases in private rents, a group of...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla and charity launch campaign for higher benefits for tenants](/upload/images/library/zoopla_new_logo400x310.png)
Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent and Shelter demand action from Truss and Sunak](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/SunakvsTruss02_400x310.png)
It has emerged that Generation Rent and Shelter are amongst the charities that have written to Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour pushing for even more radical reforms plus rent controls](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter slammed as “childish” for “appalling” attack on agents](/upload/images/Logos/Shelterlogo.png)
Propertymark has made an uncharacteristically strong attack on the campaigning charity Shelter for its portrayal of letting agents. Ahead of yesterday’s Queen’s...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour claims thousands threatened with homelessness by S21](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Just over 7,000 households in London have been threatened with homelessness in the past three years alone after being issued with...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls ineffective as tool to reduce homelessness](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homeless-1-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness. The trade body says...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings trainer wants more public cash for rental enforcement](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CoinsHouses-2020-400x310.jpg)
Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents fight back in row over quality of private rental stock and repairs](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Handcuffs400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of tenants must accept “appalling conditions” - Shelter](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HousingCrisis-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Private rental property conditions and enforcement slammed by MPs](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/parliament400x310.png)
Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![No Rent Controls - agents send clear message to politicians](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Quit carping and criticising private rental sector, politicians told](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control momentum building rapidly across UK](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on agents by council officers with qualifications](/upload/images/Locations/GreaterLondon-400x310.jpg)
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants is introducing a new qualification and training for borough council housing enforcement officers to...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Plea for tenants in arrears to contact their local council](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
A senior Welsh politicians has urged anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Is Shelter right? Do high rents impact women more than men?](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter claims that women are impacted by homelessness more than men, and says rising private rents are a contributory factor. In a...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark forecasts the 2022 rental market and issues](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has given his prediction as to what the big issues will be in the 2022 lettings...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ending eviction ban added to homelessness - Shelter on warpath](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Evictions: Labour claims “stark rise” in homeless since ban lifted](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
A senior Labour politician in the capital claims that there’s been “a stark rise” in people losing their homes since the...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blames end of eviction ban for glut of pleas for help](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter claims its helpline has received 1,000 callers a day since the eviction ban began easing at the start of summer. It says...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
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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...