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Measures contained in the Renters Reform Bill will fail without sufficient resources to ensure they can be enforced. The warning comes from...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Letting...

Housing legal aid is increasingly out of reach for tenants who need help, the Law Society of England and Wales claims.  Quarterly...

Propertymark has issued another plea to the government to be fair to the private rental sector - this time regarding a...

The Law Society is raising concerns over the effectiveness of a new support service aimed at tenants at risk of losing...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in today - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...

The issue of ‘rent for sex’ - tenants offered free or discounted rent in return for sexual favours - is now...

Large areas of the country  will remain without vital legal advice to prevent evictions if the government fails to persuade law...

The president of the Law Society of England and Wales says tenants facing eviction as a result of the ban being...

The Law Society is raising concerns about the government’s mediation scheme announced at the time of the last eviction ban decision. The...

The legal industry says the end of the eviction ban must be the moment to ensure the widest number of tenants...

The Law Society for England and Wales says legal aid should be made available for tenants who face eviction once the...

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...

One of the country’s top law groups has backed government moves to scrap Section 21.  The call comes from the Law Society for...

A lettings agent jailed in March for taking £220,000 from tenants and landlords is now in trouble over her legal representation. Heather...

Shelter is campaigning for the outlawing if default fees levied on tenants by agents in Wales. While the campaigning group welcomes the Renting...

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