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19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Homes For Ukraine - government faces hard decisions on scheme future](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The National Audit Office says the government will soon have to take hard decisions on the future for the Homes For...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government sharply criticised over affordable homes failures](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL-CardboardHouses-400x310.jpg)
The National Audit Office has made scathing criticisms of government efforts to build more affordable housing. The public spending watchdog says the...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![No more red tape! - Agents warn government to get reform right](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government failing to protect private renters, says watchdog](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government delays Rental Reform White Paper until 2022](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Diary-400x310.png)
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government told off by Propertymark over Green Homes Grant farce](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Private rents not rising above inflation - unlike social housing rents](/img/default/lat.png)
The cost of private rented housing is roughly mirroring changes in earnings across England - but in the social rented sector...