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Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

Propertymark has joined a series of charities and a landlord body to warn about the poverty risk of expected changes to...

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...

Age UK is the latest campaigning charity to call for the repeal of S21 and the introduction of greater controls over...

Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency.  Electricity distributor UK...

An anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert says any private rented sector tenant with Coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for...

The private rental sector has come under attack for its conditions and costs to tenants in a report looking into health...

Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...

A lettings sector trade body has put the blame firmly on government for the scale of poverty amongst those who privately...

The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

Over 70% of Conservative councillors and housing leads have indicated that £2 billion pledged for affordable housing is not enough to...

Policy makers concerned with the private rental sector ignore the needs of older tenants who are regarded as “invisible”. That’s the claim...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...

Government policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will increase rents for tenants. New laws mean that from...

Vulnerable tenants will find it harder to access housing following the passing of the Welsh government’s Renting Homes Bill, according to...

The Charity Commission is to probe the links between a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in...

The BBC is investigating a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in housing benefit after its owner...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...