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Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

New figures released this morning from The Property Ombudsman show that the overwhelming number of disputes in the past year involved...

A council is pleading with the government to think again about proposals to suspend the need for an HMO licence for...

A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...

Citizens Advice is the latest charity to argue for improved housing standards in the private rental sector. It claims that its research...

Three councils will be sharing £1.21m in public cash over the next two years to tackle poor quality properties in the...

Propertymark says letting agents should have clear policies and priorities to help ensure properties are kept to the highest standards possible.  The...

The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...

Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...

A leading lettings agency has warned the government not to forget the importance of small-scale landlords in its plans for the...

David Votta from the Kent-based Votta Sales and Lettings has been revealed as the new ARLA Propertymark President. He has been in...

Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...

Propertymark has hit back at the latest demand by politicians for rent controls. The London mayor Sadiq Khan renewed his call for...

The UK’s largest ever additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect over the long weekend.  Westminster council’s scheme will focus...

One of the largest new additional licensing schemes for HMOs anywhere in the country is set to come into force in...

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...

One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...

Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part...

Walsall council in the Midlands is considering an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs.  As is often the case with such schemes, the...

London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...

Liverpool’s Labour mayor says he is confident that the city will, after all, be able to renew its city-wide licensing scheme. Housing...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has backed a five year extension for a massive London council landlord licensing...

The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

A landlord who failed to provide information regarding a buy to let property has been fined £2,080.  Tenants contacted Colchester council in...

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...

Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the...

New figures from a leading trade body suggest that councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are...

Hounslow council wants its additional licensing scheme for HMOs - due to expire in May 2019 - to be extended for...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of issuing a celebratory press release stating that it issued penalty notices adding...

A council says it has been preparing prosecution and penalty notices “for hundreds of private landlords that have failed to apply...

Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector.  Between...

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...

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

The Private Members’ Bill that has won government backing - and which would give tenants the right to sue landlords over...

The government has taken the unusual step of working with a Labour MP to ensure her Private Members Bill can become...

In an unusual move the government has today, Sunday, announced that it wants tenants to have the right to take legal...

A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...

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

The Conservatives should introduce rent controls to kick-start a seaside town renaissance, suggests an organisation set up originally by the David Cameron...

A London council has agreed to implement a new ‘standards charter’ for the private rental sector from next month - in...