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Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...

Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...

The House of Commons Library, an independent body not controlled by government, has published a detailed history of the many measures...

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...

Research by a lettings sector trade body has revealed precisely how outdated some regulations are.  According to the latest analysis, by the...

Cornish MPs have spoken up in the House of Commons to highlight what they claim is the danger of having too...

Some lettings industry figures are beginning to express doubt as to whether the government’s broad commitment to reform the private rental...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...

A Build To Rent operator say it is promoting the concept of private tenants being allowed pets - and it takes a...

Momentum is building to have the Tenant Fees Act amended, allowing agents to charge tenants for damage insurance which would then...

A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...

An MP who says no one should have to give up their pet to live in a rental property insists that...

Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22.  Yesterday our...

The long-awaited Renters' Reform Bill, promised 14 months ago, is likely to be introduced to the House of Commons “very soon.” The...

A Conservative MP’s bid to ensure pets are allowed in private rental accommodation reaches its next stage in the New Year. Andrew Rosindell,...

Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...

A Conservative MP is urging his colleagues in government to end “cruel” discrimination against pet owners by much of the private...

The Home Office is proposing a new online service to make it easier for agents and landlords to check that prospective...

A Liberal Democrat Baroness says she is to make a last-ditch bid in the House of Lords tomorrow to stop evictions...

A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...

A Liberal Democrat bid is underway to accelerate the government timetable to scrap Section 21. The Renters’ Rights Bill put forward by government...

The housing minister says the resumption of eviction possession court cases at the end of next month must be done in...

The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...

The government says it’s currently working to ensure the eviction process returns smoothly when the ban expires in late August. In the...

The current restriction on Airbnb-style short lets to 90 nights a year in London could spread to other cities - and...

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...

A landlord website claims the current ban on evictions is not to be extended beyond its scheduled close of June 29...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says the government is “thinking carefully” about what more it can do for private tenants, especially after...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is bringing forward measures to “protect” private tenants against eviction during the...

The government says it’s working on an online digital Right To Rent status checking service for agents and landlords to use,...

No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...

The Tenant Fees Act comes into effect in England tomorrow - but a senior lettings expert is questioning whether it will...

ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...

Today’s vote in the House of Commons on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal may be dominating the headlines but it’s the...

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...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

The Labour MP who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in the House of Commons is pressing the government...

The second reading of the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill is to take place in the House of Commons on November 23 -...

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

More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...

MPs have proposed a series of amendments to the Tenant Fees Bill as part of its Report Stage and Third Reading...

Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...

The House of Commons has published a briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes ahead of the Report Stage of the Tenant...

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

It’s been a difficult summer for Airbnb and other short-let platforms operating in the UK. Recently the European Commission gave Airbnb until the...

The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...

There are now well over 125 pieces of legislation and regulations - most introduced in modern times - governing the private...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

Letting agents - and anyone with ‘relevant expertise and experience or a special interest’ - have been invited to provide their...

A national charity is calling on the government to tighten the 'default fees' clause which is part of the Tenant Fees...

MPs will today undertake the second reading of the Tenant Fees Bill which proposes to ban upfront tenant fees and introduce...

One of the six PropTech start-ups shortlisted to develop a system allowing tenants’ rental histories to count towards their creditworthiness says...

The chairman of the Residential Landlords Association has written in the Labour-supporting New Statesman magazine about the need for the lettings...

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...

There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...

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

Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...

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

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...

A Westminster Hall debate for MPs on letting agent fees will take place this morning in the House of Commons. The debate...

New research by Channel 4 reveals that 123 MPs - just over one fifth of the total - let out at...

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 has introduced a 10-minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons to highlight the dangers of Airbnb-style...

A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that she is in favour of a tax regime that would reward...

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

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

The new housing minister, Gavin Barwell, says he is behind the concept of longer tenancies for renters in the private sector.   In...

A Birmingham MP is to put a Bill to the House of Commons after the summer in his bid to stop...

easyProperty says it’s backing a Labour MP’s bid to cap letting agents‘ fees on tenants “in order to provide a more...

A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that letting agents are “completely unregulated” and that tenants are being “held...

The Liberal Democrats are following in the footsteps of some Green and Labour politicians in calling for a ban on letting...

Liberal Democrat MPs in the Commons and the Lords have tabled motions aimed at stopping the Right To Rent policy, which...

MPs have given their backing to a government proposal to ban rogue letting agents and landlords who repeatedly break private rental...

Eviction specialist company Landlord Action wants the government to complement its action against rogue letting agents and tenants with a ‘rogue...

The Housing and Planning Bill returns to the House of Commons tomorrow when the remaining stages of the legislation resume after...

The Residential Landlords Association is calling on MPs to support a measure being proposed in the House of Commons that would...

The oral evidence sessions begin today as the government’s controversial Housing and Planning Bill enters its most detailed scrutiny stage in...

The Immigration Bill containing controversial Right To Rent measures has been given a second reading by the House of Commons despite...

Government proposals forcing agents and landlords to check the immigration status of tenants risk a serious breach of human rights according...

Labour will today ask Home Secretary Theresa May to publish the result of the Right To Rent pilot project amidst claims...

Opponents of the government’s attempt to end tax breaks for the buy to let sector now have a new opportunity to...

The House of Commons library has issued a 30 page guide on the private rental sector, covering everything from the current...

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...