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An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...
31 March 2021
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A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...
29 March 2021
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An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...
29 March 2021
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A charity wants yet another extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. Step Change says new research it has conducted shows...
17 March 2021
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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
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There could be 700,000 private tenants in arrears by the end of this year - an unsustainable burden on agents and landlords,...
11 February 2021
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A PropTech supplier says that financial worries for renters have not been placated by the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. In a...
03 February 2021
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One of the housing ministers with responsibility for the introduction of the controversial Renters Reform Bill in the near future has...
18 January 2021
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A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...
07 January 2021
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A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...
09 December 2020
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Generation Rent’s campaign for more public funds for private tenants continues unabated with a call on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase...
25 November 2020
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The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...
24 November 2020
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London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...
20 November 2020
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The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...
12 November 2020
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A large-scale survey of private tenants has attempted to uncover what renters feel about the sector and their individual properties in...
10 November 2020
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Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...
30 October 2020
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Campaign group Generation Rent says thousands of tenants in areas of the country under Tier 3 Coronavirus restrictions are in danger...
23 October 2020
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A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...
22 October 2020
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A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...
23 September 2020
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Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...
21 September 2020
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A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...
04 September 2020
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A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...
27 August 2020
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A local authority is urging letting agents within its boundary to get in touch before serving eviction notices on private tenants. Gedling council...
17 August 2020
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A leading PropTech figure says a political issue north of the border demonstrates the advantages of voluntary industry codes of practice over...
13 August 2020
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The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...
12 August 2020
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Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...
31 July 2020
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The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...
30 July 2020
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A survey claims 25 per cent of tenants are already at least a month behind in their rent. Of those private tenants...
17 July 2020
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...
14 July 2020
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There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...
13 July 2020
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A Bill which would have introduced a general cap on rent increases in the private rental sector has been abandoned by...
07 July 2020
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The militantly pro-tenant Generation Rent group says it’s working with local councils to have a new “tenants’ charter” introduced. The new director...
29 June 2020
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A Labour Baroness, Alicia Kennedy, has been named as the new director of the fiercely pro-tenant Generation Rent campaign group. The announcement...
25 June 2020
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Research from franchise giant Belvoir is the latest to show what may be rapidly changing aspirations from private tenants. “The results confirm...
17 June 2020
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A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...
08 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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Research by insurance firm Aviva suggests private tenants are now more pessimistic about being able to buy their own home. In December,...
28 May 2020
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A landlord website claims the current ban on evictions is not to be extended beyond its scheduled close of June 29...
20 May 2020
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Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says the government is “thinking carefully” about what more it can do for private tenants, especially after...
14 May 2020
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A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...
04 May 2020
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The Labour head of a special ‘taskforce’ looking at London housing issues in the light of the Coronavirus crisis says he...
29 April 2020
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The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...
23 April 2020
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The Citizens Advice charity is the latest organisation to call for more help for private tenants following what appears to be...
26 March 2020
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is bringing forward measures to “protect” private tenants against eviction during the...
18 March 2020
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One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...
17 March 2020
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The parlous state of many tenants’ personal finances has been highlighted by website CompareTheMarket which claims that one in 10 rely...
09 March 2020
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A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...
27 February 2020
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There’s been an angry response by the rental sector following the latest attack by campaigning charity Shelter. The organisation claims that private...
15 January 2020
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An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...
09 December 2019
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The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru is pledging tax credits for private tenants whose rent and utilities bills add up to...
26 November 2019
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A pressure group that has spoken out against letting agents and landlords is urging private tenants to take part in a...
25 November 2019
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Labour has dropped its controversial policy under which private tenants would have been able to buy their homes at a discount. Press...
18 November 2019
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Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...
06 November 2019
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One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...
31 October 2019
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The controversial tenants union Acorn has set up a web page where disgruntled renters can lodge complaints about letting agents. In the...
24 October 2019
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Contrary to the impressions given in some quarters, no fewer than 75 per cent of tenants are happy to rent, and...
23 October 2019
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A group of landlords in the North East are the latest to criticise Labour's plans to introduce a Right to Buy...
04 October 2019
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The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...
24 September 2019
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A leading PropTech chief says there is nothing inherently wrong with private tenants being given the right to buy their property,...
23 September 2019
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As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...
05 September 2019
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There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...
03 September 2019
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Labour has this morning pledged to introduce a shock new policy if it wins the next general election - giving private...
02 September 2019
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A local council says it has now successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety...
22 August 2019
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Anyone underestimating the size of the UK’s growing private rental sector ought to think again - new research shows its value...
20 August 2019
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Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...
13 August 2019
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An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...
30 July 2019
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A rent guarantor service says it’s already chosen 25 lettings agents to take part in a trial of what it calls...
21 June 2019
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A group of activists has expressed outrage over a council’s private rental licensing scheme, claiming it is too small to catch...
20 June 2019
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A trade union says the government’s intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is “a huge victory” - but...
29 April 2019
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London’s lettings sector is changing with tenants still wanting to buy but increasingly accepting they must rent for longer in the...
04 April 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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Labour says it will introduce new ‘indefinite’ tenancies for private tenants, based on rules currently in place in Germany. It claims German...
11 March 2019
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Private tenants in Britain in 2018 paid £59.1 billion on rent - that’s £1.9 billion less than in 2017 and the...
11 February 2019
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The government’s new redress system, announced last week and to be implemented later this year, must be free for renters to...
30 January 2019
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It’s the lull before the storm for private tenants according to the Association of Residential Lettings Agents. In its market snapshot looking...
20 December 2018
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Three letting agents who failed to return tenants’ deposits or pass on rent payments to landlords have been convicted of fraud...
12 December 2018
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Nottingham council - which recently introduced one of the largest and most controversial selective licensing schemes in the country - now...
23 November 2018
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A lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...
09 November 2018
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The Nationwide has called for greater consistency in the treatment and return of security deposits so that tenants leaving properties in...
23 October 2018
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The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...
10 October 2018
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The Bedford Estate, which covers part of Covent Garden and includes Bloomsbury, has linked up with one of the growing number...
04 October 2018
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New research appears to suggest that some tenants would be willing to pay substantially higher rent if they were allowed to...
01 October 2018
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Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...
25 September 2018
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The New Forest district council in Hampshire is appealling to letting agents and private tenants to sign up to its Private...
30 August 2018
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Last week Shelter and the National Housing Federation took a swipe at lettings agents, and now Citizens Advice has joined the...
28 August 2018
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Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...
23 July 2018
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A third of tenants are happy to rent long-term and have no plans to purchase a property in the future, new...
16 July 2018
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A large majority of private sector tenants, 84 per cent, are satisfied with their housing according to the English Housing Survey...
13 July 2018
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Close examination of the consultation document on possible three year tenancies issued by the government suggest that it may want rent...
04 July 2018
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The Citizens Advice consumer charity claims that 28 per cent of private tenants who have experienced problems while renting have not...
20 April 2018
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Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...
16 April 2018
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Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...
03 April 2018
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New research reveals that only 16 per cent of private tenants positively choose to rent. The study, commissioned by specialist insurance firm...
26 March 2018
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The average rental household in London has 2.1 rent-paying tenants, each paying £775 per month, equating to an average property rent...
20 March 2018
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The government has set out new measures to mitigate against overcrowded and dangerous living conditions of private tenants in shared homes. From...
16 March 2018
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With only three weeks to go to the introduction of the first phase of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, a specialist mortgage...
08 March 2018
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Senior Labour MPs have spoken out about what they believe are the anti-social and detrimental effects of short lets on surrounding...
22 February 2018
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...
02 January 2018
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Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...
14 December 2017
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London Bishops have written to housing minister Alok Sharma calling on him to do more to protect vulnerable private tenants. The Bishops...
03 November 2017
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Countrywide says a record 64,672 tenants left London over the last 12 months with an unusually-high proportion going on to rent elsewhere. Some...
16 October 2017
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Almost a third of renters in the UK do not have a life-saving carbon monoxide alarm in their property, with four...
13 October 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has welcomed the government commitment to introduce regulation for agencies - but it is warning...
03 October 2017
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A landlord has been prosecuted and ordered to repay over £5,000 to his tenants for letting an unlicensed House of Multiple...
25 September 2017
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Campaigning charity Shelter - which last week suggested landlords were more likely to quit buy to let because they grew old...
31 July 2017
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The findings of the most recent English Housing Survey, an annual report published by the Department for Communities and Local Government,...
20 July 2017
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Labour MP Karen Buck is to reintroduce her Private Members Bill into Parliament today - and if it is passed, she...
19 July 2017
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The myth has been broken - tenants in the private rental sector are more satisfied with their accommodation than those in...
15 July 2017
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A survey of letting and estate agencies suggest around half broadly back the changes to the private rental sector outlined in...
11 July 2017
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After criticism of many younger voters allegedly failing to turn out during the June 2016 EU Referendum, new analysis of voter...
26 June 2017
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Retired tenants are becoming a larger part of the rental market, according to the UK's largest letting agency. Countrywide reports that pensioners...
12 June 2017
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Data gathered for a specialist insurance firm suggests that 14 per cent of private tenants have moved in the last five...
25 May 2017
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Spark Energy - the specialist energy supplier to the UK lettings sector - has announced the acquisition of broadband firm Home...
17 May 2017
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The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks is advising letting agents and landlords to be wary of any tenant seeking to ‘game’...
03 May 2017
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A senior Labour spokesman has refused to rule out rent controls as a possible manifesto commitment for the June 8 General...
28 April 2017
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You might not want to read this as you’re tucking into an early Easter egg, but an interiors firm has compiled...
13 April 2017
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Just over a quarter of all tenants across private and public housing would not say if they had caused significant damage...
11 April 2017
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Landlords and agents acting on their behalf are being urged to help private tenants personalise their rental properties. The plea comes from...
23 March 2017
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Private renters go on fewer holidays, save less money and are more likely to make forced cutbacks than home owners according...
22 March 2017
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Analysis of the government’s respected English Housing Survey suggests that the reality of the private rental sector is far from the...
06 March 2017
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Almost two in five private tenants plan to remain renting rather than buy a property, according to a new study. A survey...
24 January 2017
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The landlord of a property risked the lives of his tenants and their young family by not undertaking annual safety checks...
19 December 2016
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The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...
14 December 2016
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No decision yet appears to have been taken on the fate of the Renters’ Rights Bill - which had as a...
24 November 2016
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The government will today announce that it is banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - meaning the fees will instead...
23 November 2016
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A Bill has received all-party support in the House of Commons despite one industry body's view that it contains significant dangers...
01 November 2016
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Three quarters of a million private renters are stuck in the coldest and draughtiest homes, claims the Citizens Advice organisation -...
28 October 2016
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An industry group says the seemingly non-stop attack on the private rental sector by campaigning charity Shelter is “plain wrong.” After a...
18 October 2016
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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced the first details of his plan to introduce a 'London Living Rent'. This new...
21 September 2016
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21 September 2016
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Some 40% of private tenants are aged over 46, according to a study by Your Move. The agency researched 36,500 tenants and...
20 September 2016
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Tenants who are advised by local councils and advice agencies to ignore eviction notices could cost the average landlord almost £7,000. The...
15 September 2016
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A lettings agency on Merseyside is one of the first in the UK to take part of an experiment which could...
01 September 2016
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The government is being warned that without changes to the Finance Bill currently going through parliament it will effectively be forcing rent...
11 July 2016
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A Labour MP has presented Parliament with a petition urging that letting agents’ fees should be capped. There were a modest 1,500...
30 June 2016
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The average rent paid by private tenants across Great Britain increased by 2.6% in the twelve months to April 2016, according...
01 June 2016
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Haringey Council in North London is the latest local authority to launch its own letting agency for private tenants. Move 51⁰ North...
15 March 2016
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Millions of people remain at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning despite the recent legislation aimed at protecting private tenants, a new...
10 March 2016
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Some 26,676 court orders were issued for the eviction of private sector tenants in the final quarter of 2015 according to...
08 March 2016
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Seventy nine per cent of tenants are happy with their circumstances according to a survey conducted by the National Landlords’ Association...
02 March 2016
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The Right To Buy policy “has turned into a rich harvest for the greedy elite” according to a trades union. The GMB...
16 February 2016
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New research appears to show that well over a third of British tenants do not save to buy at all. A poll...
11 February 2016
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The National Landlords’ Association says an alarming number of private tenants are being told by their local authorities to ignore eviction...
29 January 2016
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The vocal campaign group Generation Rent is making the jaw-dropping claim that one in four private tenants has been evicted “for...
28 January 2016
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A third of private tenants have put their plans to buy on hold and have stayed in rented accommodation longer than...
22 January 2016
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The row over Tory MPs who voted against a bid to ensure all homes let to private tenants were “fit for...
18 January 2016
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The Citizens Advice Bureau consumer charity has stepped up its campaign about poor standards in the private rental sector. It claims private...
14 December 2015
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One of the biggest surveys of tenants in the private rental sector shows that a narrow majority favour a six month...
08 December 2015
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A survey of house- and flat-share private tenants shows 15 per cent claiming not to have a working smoke alarm in...
04 November 2015
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Labour MP Karen Buck want private tenants to be able to sue their landlords if they rent in what are considered...
19 October 2015
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Approaching 50 per cent of private tenants have experienced property maintenance issues with their agents or landlords. The figure comes through research...
01 October 2015
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Students are considered to be almost twice as likely to lose their deposit at the end of a tenancy than any...
23 September 2015
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One of four MP candidates standing for the Labour Party leadership says Right To Buy should be extended - to private...
26 June 2015
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Private rents in the UK are the highest in Europe despite having amongst the least secure tenancies - that it the...
25 June 2015
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A landlord has been ordered to pay a fine £1,344.57 after failing to install fixed heating to a property she was...