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24 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Human Habitation law takes effect today - but not everyone is happy...](/img/default/lat.png)
Today the long-awaited Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Act comes into force, pioneered by Labour MP Karen Buck and giving people...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Guidelines issued for new Human Habitation law from March 20](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill wins Royal Assent - it's law](/img/default/lat.png)
The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill has achieved Royal Assent, meaning that it will soon become an act of Parliament. Put...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Controversial Rental Bill today finishes 42-month slog for Labour MP](/img/default/lat.png)
A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Bill giving tenants the right to sue is on verge of becoming law](/img/default/lat.png)
A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Bill giving tenants right to sue is set to take a step forward today](/img/default/lat.png)
Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tenants one step closer to being able to sue landlords over conditions](/img/default/lat.png)
Tenants are now a step closer to being able to sue landlords if they do not properly maintain their properties. The Commons...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![MPs to debate tenants' powers to sue over property conditions](/img/default/lat.png)
MPs in the House of Commons will today debate the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by a Labour backbencher...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Date set for Bill allowing tenants to sue over property conditions](/img/default/lat.png)
A date has been set for the next stage of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, which is being promoted...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents with banning orders: government to release numbers for each area](/img/default/lat.png)
A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Labour MPs protest over ‘damage’ done by spread of Airbnb-style short lets](/img/default/lat.png)
Senior Labour MPs have spoken out about what they believe are the anti-social and detrimental effects of short lets on surrounding...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News
!['We will work with Labour to reform lettings' says trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The chairman of the Residential Landlords Association has written in the Labour-supporting New Statesman magazine about the need for the lettings...
22 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents join growing army of supporters for tenants' right to sue](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry body to throw its weight behind the Private Members’ Bill that...
22 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Major agency says pro-tenant legislation must go much further](/img/default/lat.png)
Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Industry support for Human Habitation Bill continues to pile in](/img/default/lat.png)
There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![ARLA backs Bill allowing tenants to sue landlords over property conditions](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a Private Members Bill which wants tenants to have the...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government backs move to allow tenants to sue over 'unfit properties'](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has taken the unusual step of working with a Labour MP to ensure her Private Members Bill can become...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government to allow tenants to sue over poor property conditions](/img/default/lat.png)
In an unusual move the government has today, Sunday, announced that it wants tenants to have the right to take legal...
14 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Lawyers and MP draft Bill to give more repair powers to tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...
31 October 2017
From: Breaking News
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Tory backs Labour MP's Bill to improve rental property standards](/img/default/lat.png)
The Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP Karen Buck, which could give tenants the right to sue landlords if...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![MP resumes bid to allow private tenants to sue over squalid conditions](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour MP Karen Buck is to reintroduce her Private Members Bill into Parliament today - and if it is passed, she...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![MP introduces Bill urging greater policing of Airbnb-style short lets](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour MP Karen Buck has introduced a 10-minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons to highlight the dangers of Airbnb-style...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Labour MP claims councils take 'soft' approach towards buy to let rogues](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![MPs clash on whether tenants should sue landlords over property conditions](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour MP Karen Buck want private tenants to be able to sue their landlords if they rent in what are considered...