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![Stop Rent Rises and Tax Second Homes - petition wins huge support](/img/default/lat.png)
Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control Threat - petition launched to stop private sector rent caps](/img/default/lat.png)
An outspoken property investor has launched an online petition on the government website to oppose the threat of rent controls. YouTube influencer...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Budget: Will it hurt or help the private rental sector?](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘Inaccurate’ anti-eviction petition gains 30,000 signatures](/img/default/lat.png)
An online petition which appears to inaccurately say private tenants can still be evicted “for no reason” has won 30,000 signatures...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Energy Fightback: Petition argues against stricter rental EPCs](/img/default/lat.png)
An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector. Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Anti-second homes campaigners win talks with top politician](/img/default/lat.png)
Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ban rent rises and stop evictions during virus, activists demand](/img/default/lat.png)
Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short lets like Airbnb out of control and activists want crackdown](/img/default/lat.png)
Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Government to respond to petition calling for reform of 'disastrous' BTL tax changes](/img/default/lat.png)
An online petition which calls on the government to reintroduce full buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief and abolish the 3% stamp...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Trade body renews call for agents to back mandatory rental inventories](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has renewed its call for letting agents and other property professionals to back an online...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Compulsory independent inventory petition to MPs nears 1,000 signature mark](/img/default/lat.png)
An online petition urging MPs to make it compulsory for privately let properties to be subject to independent inventory reporting is...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agent launches petition to oppose credit/debit card surcharge ban](/img/default/lat.png)
An agency operating in London and Essex has launched an online petition to oppose the ban on credit and debit card...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agent says share, share, share his petition to reverse fees ban](/img/default/lat.png)
An Essex lettings agent has explained why he has set up an online petition calling for a reversal of the government’s...
12 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm joins call for rent payments to count in credit scores](/img/default/lat.png)
Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to sign petition demanding mandatory inventories](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents and landlords are being urged by a trade body to sign a petition calling on the government to make...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![MPs today debate whether rent should contribute to credit scores](/img/default/lat.png)
MPs are today going to debate whether rent payments should be included when calculating credit scores to support tenants wanting to...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents - blog claims they're tricksters, liars, con-merchants](/img/default/lat.png)
A no-holds-barred blog on a controversial website claims that it lifts the lid on being a letting agent in central London...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Angry buy to let investors launch petition against council licensing](/img/default/lat.png)
Angry landlords in Shropshire have set up an online petition against local council proposals to introduce selective licensing. The Wrekin Landlords Association...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![More backing for using rent payments to show mortgage eligibility](/img/default/lat.png)
Specialist mortgage lender Together is the latest company to back the idea of rent payment records being used to measure the...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![MPs may debate rent counting towards mortgage eligibility](/img/default/lat.png)
A 27 year old father of two has secured over 140,000 signatures for an online petition demanding that rent payments be...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Online petition against ban calls for agents' fee 'cap' instead](/img/default/lat.png)
An online petition is being staged to voice opposition against the government's proposed ban on letting agents' fees levied on tenants...
01 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![It's over - petition against buy to let tax change fails to reach target](/img/default/lat.png)
Just over 60,000 people have signed an online petition urging MPs to reconsider the controversial buy to let mortgage interest tax...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Petition against buy to let tax unlikely to hit 100,000 signature target](/img/default/lat.png)
An online petition aiming to get 100,000 signatures expressing opposition to Chancellor George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes looks certain...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Anti-tax change petition gets 47,000 signatures with four weeks to go](/img/default/lat.png)
An online petition seeking the reversal of the Osborne clampdown on buy to let tax breaks has secured around 47,000 signatures...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News
!['Say No To George' petition now well over 40,000 signatures](/img/default/lat.png)
An online petition asking the government to rethink its raft of tax measures imposed on buy to let landlords this year...
07 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let chief wants register to deter rogue agents and landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
A property investment search portal has launched an online petition via the UK Parliament website, calling for a national register of...
23 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Petition against buy to let tax changes passes 35,000 signatures](/img/default/lat.png)
The online petition opposing the proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords has now reached 35,000 signatures - but is...
30 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Petition against buy to let tax change a waste of time says industry group](/img/default/lat.png)
The online petition against the government's proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is "a waste of time" according to...
12 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Government unfair and incoherent on buy to let tax](/img/default/lat.png)
The government’s response to the online petition against proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is “unfair, incoherent and missing...
17 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![MPs want agents' and landlords' views on buy to let taxes](/img/default/lat.png)
Opponents of the government’s attempt to end tax breaks for the buy to let sector now have a new opportunity to...
10 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Petition against rental tax change nears 14,000 signatures](/img/default/lat.png)
A petition to oppose the proposed change in buy to let landlords’ tax breaks is nearing the 14,000-signature mark - but...
18 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Government must respond to 10,000-signature online petition](/img/default/lat.png)
An online petition demanding the reinstatement of buy to let landlords' tax breaks has broken the 10,000 signatures mark which means...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Petition against BTL tax changes struggling for signatures](/img/default/lat.png)
An online petition demanding the reversal of the revisions to buy to let landlords' tax breaks announced in the Budget last...