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![Replacing leasehold with commonhold: government fails to respond](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Government considers ‘deposit passports’ in yet another rental reform](/img/default/lat.png)
The government is considering the idea of a deposit passport for use by tenants when they move from one property to...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Quiz The Minister: send questions on replacing leasehold with commonhold](/img/default/lat.png)
In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb backs call for mandatory registration system for short let properties](/img/default/lat.png)
The Mayor of London is calling on government to introduce a new registration system for anyone wishing to rent out a...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![PM and Housing Secretary back scrapping of Section 21 evictions](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Inventories ‘could be integral part of rental redress reform’ claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Independent inventory reporting is the perfect complement to the government’s proposed housing reforms. That’s the view of the UK’s largest provider of...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenants Fees Bill is now law as clock ticks down to June 1](/img/default/lat.png)
The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![New lettings redress is good 'but don't launch before industry is ready'](/img/default/lat.png)
A rental platform says it welcomes government plans to overhaul redress for tenants and others in the housing system but it...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lettings sector welcomes redress reform as landlords face £5,000 fines](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been broad support from the lettings sector for the wide-ranging reform of the redress system announced yesterday by housing secretary...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Housing Court: agents have less than three weeks left to respond](/img/default/lat.png)
Agents have under three weeks left to respond to the government’s proposals to introduce a Housing Court to settle disputes in...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Longer tenancies - government to reveal more details imminently](/img/default/lat.png)
The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Labour claims it was behind the deposit cap dropping to five weeks](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Angry agent serves rent rise on Cabinet minister in fury at deposit cap](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Government cuts tenant deposit cap from six weeks to five weeks](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government creates housing court and wins support from trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The government is consulting on the proposal for a specialist Housing Court which, if it goes ahead, would be a “single...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Labour MP demands government clarity on moves against landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
The Labour MP who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in the House of Commons is pressing the government...
06 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![It's not enough - industry wants homelessness initiative beefed up](/img/default/lat.png)
Trade bodies have welcomed a government initiative to get more homeless people, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless,...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Is the government planning to pull the plug on three-year tenancies?](/img/default/lat.png)
Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Yes or No to three year tenancies? Consultation ends soon](/img/default/lat.png)
Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory electrical checks welcomed by senior lettings agency chief](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Longer tenancies - agents have less than two weeks to respond](/img/default/lat.png)
Agents and others wishing to respond to the official consultation on government proposals for longer tenancies have only until late evening...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![New powers for social housing tenants on the way](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has outlined increases in powers it wants to give social housing tenants - but no details of increases in social housing building. The...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory checks get predictable support from electrical trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The government’s announcement that it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the private rented sector has been welcomed - perhaps...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Five year mandatory electrical checks for all private rental homes](/img/default/lat.png)
All privately-let homes must have electrical installations checked every five years under new rules announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Three-year tenancies - online agency is the latest to voice opposition](/img/default/lat.png)
An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tory activist rounds on government over three year tenancies](/img/default/lat.png)
A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rows erupt over mandatory three-year tenancies and six-month break clauses](/img/default/lat.png)
Arguments have already started over the government’s proposals to make three year tenancies the norm in the private rental sector. Letting Agent...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Longer tenancies proposals to be unveiled by government tomorrow](/img/default/lat.png)
Leaks from government sources to at least two mainstream news outlets today suggest that radical proposals on longer tenancies and possible...
01 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm questions whether long-term tenants need referencing](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government pledges to consult on longer private tenancies](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has announced that it is to formally consult on proposals for longer tenancies in the private rental sector. Although there...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Furious industry criticism as government reveals costs of ban on tenants’ fees](/img/default/lat.png)
The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...
03 May 2018
From: Breaking News
!['Change Right To Rent' new Home Secretary is urged by trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid is being urged to look again at the Right To Rent policy and produce “a...
02 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Home Office tells agents and landlords to start Right To Rent checks now](/img/default/lat.png)
The Home Office has issued a statement overnight saying letting agents and landlords can begin the controversial Right To Rent checks...
08 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Industry divided as government confirms Right To Rent start date](/img/default/lat.png)
There has been a mixed response from the private rental industry following the announcement that Right To Rent checks will become mandatory...
21 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Government confirms Right To Rent from February 1st](/img/default/lat.png)
Right To Rent checks will become mandatory in England from February 1st, the government has announced. Under the new rules, landlords who...
20 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Right To Rent: Home Office calls snap review meeting](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents is to take part in an urgent meeting called by the Home Office on the...