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14 February 2019
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A lettings sector trade body has put the blame firmly on government for the scale of poverty amongst those who privately...
11 February 2019
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The Residential Landlords Association says the government’s changes to Universal Credit don’t go far enough to prevent rent arrears. The RLA says...
07 February 2019
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The owner of a buy to let property already shut by police has been fined by a court in Devon. In June...
18 December 2018
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An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...
06 December 2018
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A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...
26 November 2018
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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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The Labour MP who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in the House of Commons is pressing the government...
06 November 2018
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Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay awards. One is OJ Residentials Limited trading...
05 November 2018
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A landlord had been ordered to give back almost £4,000 that was paid to him while operating without a licence. The case...
29 October 2018
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Urgent action is needed to tackle discrimination against benefit claimants by buy to let mortgage providers according to a leading trade...
22 October 2018
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An Essex council claims it is one of the first to be granted a rent repayment order - part of legislation...
31 August 2018
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The ongoing debate over some letting agents and landlords allegedly refusing to accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit has now...
24 August 2018
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The National Approved Lettings Scheme has issued a sharp rebuke to Shelter and the National Housing Federation following their controversial ‘End...
23 August 2018
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Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...
22 August 2018
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An influential think tank is calling on government to radically reform the private rental sector because a generation of young people...
18 April 2018
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Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...
27 February 2018
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There has been a warm welcome for government changes to Universal Credit by the Residential Landlords Association. The Department for Work and...
08 January 2018
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Government proposals to ban letting agent fees levied on tenants next year are unlikely to make renting cheaper as new research...
28 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 change to the operation of Universal Credit has been welcomed by a trade body which has described it as good...
24 November 2017
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Research by The Guardian newspaper reveals that massive numbers of local authority councillors are also buy to let investors - and...
22 November 2017
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The pressure group Generation Rent - often identified with highlighting issues concerning young tenants - is now warning of a massive...
14 November 2017
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Only two out of every 10 private rental sector landlords say they are willing to let to tenants in receipt of...
20 October 2017
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A buy to let investor reported to be receiving rental income of £150,000 a year must pay over £340,000 after illegally...
02 October 2017
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A landlord has been fined a total of £7,298 for operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupation in Oxford that was...
28 September 2017
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Younger people will have more difficulty finding rented accommodation in coming months as a substantial proportion of landlords actively cut back...
02 August 2017
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A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...
06 July 2017
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The Fair Fees Forum, originally established before the proposal to ban letting agents’ fees imposed on tenants in England, now says...
04 May 2017
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A letting sector trade body says two thirds of the largest buy to let mortgage lenders do not allow landlords to...
03 May 2017
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Labour says there would be a ‘consumer rights revolution’ for the private rental sector if the party won the June 8...
02 May 2017
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A Facebook group has been set up to name and shame so-called ‘tenants from hell’. At the moment the page applies to...
24 April 2017
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A body representing 370 councils in England and Wales wants the government to close a legal loophole which allows the conversion...
12 April 2017
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A BBC survey claims that private sector landlords are more likely to accept potential tenants who own pets than ones who...
10 March 2017
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The couple believed to be the owners of Britain’s largest buy to let portfolio have defended sending letting agents an 11-point...
09 January 2017
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It hasn’t been a happy Christmas for one London landlord, who has been told to repay £40,000 in rent received in...
29 December 2016
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The National Landlords Association has come out fighting in response to a weekend report by the National Housing Federation suggesting buy...
23 August 2016
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The amount of housing benefit going to private landlords has more than doubled in the past decade according to the National...
22 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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Landlords are looking to house tenants less likely to miss rental payments in order to minimise the impact of a number...
27 May 2016
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Burnley Council has named and shamed eleven landlords that have been prosecuted for ignoring its selective licensing scheme. One landlord, Pierce Mullally,...
27 May 2016
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The charity Shelter has renewed its campaign to expose letting agencies which allegedly do not reveal their fees in line with...
22 April 2016
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A London lettings has tweeted that it does not share the view of one of its own branch managers who said...
07 March 2016
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A campaign group in the north east London borough of Hackney claims to have ‘mystery shopped’ 50 letting agents and has...
29 February 2016
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A think-tank is calling for the creation of ‘social’ letting agencies with staff who not only find housing but also get...
19 February 2016
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Government changes to remove housing benefit from 18 to 21 year olds from April will make it far more difficult for...
15 February 2016
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A local council has successfully applied for a landlord without an appropriate HMO licence to repay housing benefit - no less...
27 November 2015
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The Charity Commission is to probe the links between a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in...
10 November 2015
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The BBC is investigating a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in housing benefit after its owner...
09 November 2015
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Savills says mainstream UK rents are likely to rise by an average of 16.5 per cent by the end of 2020...
06 November 2015
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It’s been a bad weekend for the image of the private rental sector with a series of reports and press stories...
19 October 2015
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A “lettings agency with a conscience” that wants to put £30,000 into the local community over the next two years has...
17 September 2015
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Over half the private rental sector tenants on housing benefit have experienced delays over its payment from their local council. Research by...
15 September 2015
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A landlord reported to have received £100,000 in housing benefit from tenants in the past year is to repay court fines...
01 September 2015
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A local authority has refused to issue a private landlord licence after it was revealed the applicant had a conviction for...
29 July 2015
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The publication Environmental Health News has secured the release of files showing the details of hundreds of convicted private landlords in...
24 July 2015
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Earlier this week the housing charity Shelter confounded many in the private rented sector by concluding on its website that tough rent...
10 July 2015
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Agents have expressed their disappointment at the decision by the government to restrict mortgage interest relief for Buy To let investors...
09 July 2015
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A north east agent claims that news coverage of tenants on housing benefits is too quick to point the finger at...
09 June 2015
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Known as Britain’s biggest landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson have started to sell off their 1,000 strong property portfolio. The ex-teachers from...
09 June 2015
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The Citizens Advice organisation has returned to the attack on the private rental sector, accusing rogue landlords of raking in £5.6...
22 May 2015
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The Mirror newspaper has taken the extraordinary step of naming the landlords - some of them letting agencies or private individuals...