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The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...
28 March 2022
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Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...
14 March 2022
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Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...
17 February 2022
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Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...
21 December 2021
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Almost £300,000 has been awarded to a consortium of councils to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector. York council will lead...
04 November 2021
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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...
23 August 2021
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Propertymark has joined a series of charities and a landlord body to warn about the poverty risk of expected changes to...
17 August 2021
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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
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Age UK is the latest campaigning charity to call for the repeal of S21 and the introduction of greater controls over...
12 June 2020
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Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency. Electricity distributor UK...
08 June 2020
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An anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert says any private rented sector tenant with Coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for...
05 March 2020
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The private rental sector has come under attack for its conditions and costs to tenants in a report looking into health...
26 February 2020
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Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...
11 November 2019
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A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...
07 June 2019
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Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...
21 March 2019
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TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...
18 March 2019
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A lettings sector trade body has put the blame firmly on government for the scale of poverty amongst those who privately...
11 February 2019
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The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...
03 December 2018
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Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...
06 November 2018
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Over 70% of Conservative councillors and housing leads have indicated that £2 billion pledged for affordable housing is not enough to...
30 May 2018
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Policy makers concerned with the private rental sector ignore the needs of older tenants who are regarded as “invisible”. That’s the claim...
27 March 2018
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Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...
25 April 2017
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Government policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will increase rents for tenants. New laws mean that from...
15 August 2016
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Vulnerable tenants will find it harder to access housing following the passing of the Welsh government’s Renting Homes Bill, according to...
07 December 2015
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The Charity Commission is to probe the links between a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in...
10 November 2015
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The BBC is investigating a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in housing benefit after its owner...