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04 March 2021
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A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...
16 February 2021
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Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22. Yesterday our...
10 February 2021
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The Law Society is raising concerns about the government’s mediation scheme announced at the time of the last eviction ban decision. The...
09 February 2021
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A charity claims that young people under 25 in full-time work across England are unable to afford privately rented accommodation anywhere in the...
21 January 2021
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The long-awaited Renters' Reform Bill, promised 14 months ago, is likely to be introduced to the House of Commons “very soon.” The...
14 January 2021
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A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...
30 November 2020
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Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic. Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...
16 November 2020
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Campaign group Generation Rent says thousands of tenants in areas of the country under Tier 3 Coronavirus restrictions are in danger...
23 October 2020
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It’s a year today since the closure of the formal government consultation into scrapping Section 21 powers for agents and landlords. In last...
12 October 2020
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ARLA Propertymark has welcomed the creation of a financial lifeline for tenants in Wales in arrears because of Coronavirus. The association has...
08 October 2020
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The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...
07 October 2020
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Letting agencies and landlords are being invited by a local council to take part in what it describes as a “risk...
30 September 2020
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A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...
22 September 2020
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Labour’s housing spokeswoman has accused the government of wasting the last four weeks before the eviction ban ended by putting its...
21 September 2020
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The Citizens Advice charity claims that new figures suggest concern is building amongst renters about the possibility of losing their home. It...
21 September 2020
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The government has made a last minute U-turn on the eviction ban - extending it for four weeks until September 20. Housing...
21 August 2020
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The Generation Rent pressure group has made a last-ditch argument in favour of keeping the evictions ban, which will lapse at the...
21 August 2020
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Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...
20 August 2020
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Labour’s housing spokeswoman says “after the incompetent handling of the exams fiasco, the government must act now to avoid more chaos...
20 August 2020
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A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...
18 August 2020
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The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...
30 July 2020
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The Citizens Advice charity is warning it has seen a huge surge in private renters worried about arrears. And it says many...
30 July 2020
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The Welsh Government has temporarily increased the notice period landlords must provide from three months to six months to end Assured...
24 July 2020
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A £266m package of help to support vulnerable people into long term accommodation includes possible options to use the private rental...
21 July 2020
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...
14 July 2020
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Former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the new director of the campaign group Generation Rent, claims 500,000 renters are in arrears as...
09 July 2020
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A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional...
07 July 2020
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A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...
07 July 2020
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Shelter has launched an email campaign to the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, urging him to act to avoid “unfair evictions that...
07 July 2020
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Activists who praised the government for its eviction ban in recent months have now turned on it in a last-ditch attempt...
06 July 2020
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A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...
01 July 2020
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One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre...
01 July 2020
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A local authority is imploring private landlords and providers of short-term lets, including Airbnb hosts, to lease their properties and thus...
24 June 2020
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Campaigning organisations that demanded an extension to the evictions ban imposed because of the Coronavirus crisis have been quick to return...
09 June 2020
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The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...
05 June 2020
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The campaigning charity Shelter says young adults are more in danger of homelessness than any other age group - and puts...
03 June 2020
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The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...
02 June 2020
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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...
01 June 2020
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A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...
26 May 2020
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Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin. Landlord...
12 May 2020
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A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...
12 May 2020
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Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...
11 May 2020
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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...
14 April 2020
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The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it has contacted the government to see whether its members are deemed ‘essential’ and...
26 March 2020
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The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...
24 March 2020
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A new service called Cornwall Housing Private Lets has been set up in the west country to try to lure private...
11 February 2020
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One of the country’s top law groups has backed government moves to scrap Section 21. The call comes from the Law Society for...
28 January 2020
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New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...
24 January 2020
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The national homelessness charity Crisis has unearthed shocking findings about a common but under-reported form of homelessness – sofa surfing. The report,...
23 December 2019
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Campaigning charity Shelter claims 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation this Christmas - the highest number...
19 December 2019
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Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...
16 December 2019
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Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...
12 December 2019
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The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...
20 November 2019
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Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...
16 October 2019
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A senior Labour housing spokesman is urging the government to press on with plans to outlaw the use of Section 21...
14 October 2019
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Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...
10 October 2019
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Landlords have urged the authorities not to introduce rent controls in Manchester as they would 'choke off' supply of housing in...
07 October 2019
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Private landlords are to be given a month’s rent upfront and 12 months’ membership of a trade body if they sign...
24 September 2019
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The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...
12 September 2019
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There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...
03 September 2019
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Claims that the use of Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices is the leading cause of homelessness in the UK are...
16 August 2019
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An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...
30 July 2019
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...
18 July 2019
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Portsmouth council is the latest local authority to offer to rent properties from private landlords to let out to the homeless. The...
17 July 2019
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Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...
15 July 2019
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The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...
15 July 2019
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A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...
20 May 2019
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The government’s plan to scrap Section 21 is personally backed by the Prime Minister and will begin formal consultations today. If the...
15 April 2019
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There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...
04 March 2019
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The government has announced that over £19.5m is to be spent on paying deposits or paying the first month’s rent for...
04 March 2019
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A free-to-use ‘Housing Early Prevention Service’ runs by a council on the south coast has been deemed such a success it...
12 February 2019
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New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...
30 January 2019
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A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...
21 November 2018
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November 5 is the next key date for the passage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill, the measure which is likely to...
19 October 2018
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Trade bodies have welcomed a government initiative to get more homeless people, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless,...
12 October 2018
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Croydon council is reported to have become the first local authority to back the scrapping of Section 21 of the 1988...
10 October 2018
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Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...
25 September 2018
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The campaign group Generation Rent is back on the warpath in opposition of Section 21, which it describes as “the leading...
21 August 2018
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A respected property lawyer says she wants a change in the law to prevent unscrupulous landlords from offering accommodation in return for sex. Liz...
10 July 2018
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A local authority has started a one-year trial of a ‘social lettings agency’ which aims to match those at risk of...
04 July 2018
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The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...
29 May 2018
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A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...
09 April 2018
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The government has pledged to begin a review of the selective licensing across the private rental sector once MPs return from...
05 March 2018
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...
02 January 2018
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One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...
18 December 2017
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A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...
30 November 2017
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A Welsh local authority is offering a cash payment of up to £1,200 to landlords who join a quasi-letting agency run...
14 November 2017
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MPs from the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness have spoken out on the need to help homeless people into the...
26 October 2017
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The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...
25 September 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the costs of tenant referencing must be exempt from the government’s proposed ban on...
03 May 2017
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Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...
25 April 2017
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Half of England’s local authorities claim it is ‘very difficult’ to assist homeless applicants into privately rented accommodation, according to a...
22 March 2017
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A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...
08 December 2016
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A Bill has received all-party support in the House of Commons despite one industry body's view that it contains significant dangers...
01 November 2016
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A new app created in partnership with a homelessness charity aims to give independent agencies the ability to push properties direct...
27 October 2016
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An industry group has analysed changes made to the Homelessness Bill and has concluded that far from being something it could...
25 October 2016
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Tenants who are advised by local councils and advice agencies to ignore eviction notices could cost the average landlord almost £7,000. The...
15 September 2016
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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...
30 August 2016
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A landlord has been fined just £440 after he effectively left a tenant homeless. Warrington Magistrates Court heard that Peter Lamont, the...
19 August 2016
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Government policy is making it harder than ever for benefits claimants and the homeless to rent homes, according to a new...
26 July 2016
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A trade body is warning that the government’s new Universal Credit payments could have a disastrous impact on private lettings with...
20 April 2016
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The Residential Landlords’ Association is standing up for the private rental sector in its response to the government’s inquiry into homelessness. The...
12 February 2016
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The charity Crisis is warning that an unintended consequence of the controversial Right To Rent legislation which became law this week...
03 February 2016
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Right To Rent checks will become mandatory in England from February 1st, the government has announced. Under the new rules, landlords who...