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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...

November 5 is the next key date for the passage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill, the measure which is likely to...

Trade bodies have welcomed a government initiative to get more homeless people, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless,...

Croydon council is reported to have become the first local authority to back the scrapping of Section 21 of the 1988...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

The campaign group Generation Rent is back on the warpath in opposition of Section 21, which it describes as “the leading...

A respected property lawyer says she wants a change in the law to prevent unscrupulous landlords from offering accommodation in return for sex.  Liz...

A local authority has started a one-year trial of a ‘social lettings agency’ which aims to match those at risk of...

The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...

A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...

The government has pledged to begin a review of the selective licensing across the private rental sector once MPs return from...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...

A senior housing official at Bristol city council says the increasing popularity of Airbnb has had the effect of taking “hundreds”...

A Welsh local authority is offering a cash payment of up to £1,200 to landlords who join a quasi-letting agency run...

MPs from the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness have spoken out on the need to help homeless people into the...

The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the costs of tenant referencing must be exempt from the government’s proposed ban on...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...

Half of England’s local authorities claim it is ‘very difficult’ to assist homeless applicants into privately rented accommodation, according to a...

A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...

A Bill has received all-party support in the House of Commons despite one industry body's view that it contains significant dangers...

A new app created in partnership with a homelessness charity aims to give independent agencies the ability to push properties direct...

An industry group has analysed changes made to the Homelessness Bill and has concluded that far from being something it could...

Tenants who are advised by local councils and advice agencies to ignore eviction notices could cost the average landlord almost £7,000. The...

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...

A landlord has been fined just £440 after he effectively left a tenant homeless.    Warrington Magistrates Court heard that Peter Lamont, the...

Government policy is making it harder than ever for benefits claimants and the homeless to rent homes, according to a new...

A trade body is warning that the government’s new Universal Credit payments could have a disastrous impact on private lettings with...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is standing up for the private rental sector in its response to the government’s inquiry into homelessness. The...

The charity Crisis is warning that an unintended consequence of the controversial Right To Rent legislation which became law this week...

Right To Rent checks will become mandatory in England from February 1st, the government has announced. Under the new rules, landlords who...

Bournemouth council has set up a private sector rental company which will see it buy properties and then let them.  The decision...