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Labour’s Lucy Powell, the party’s new housing spokesperson, says she wants to work with the Conservatives to scrap Section 21 eviction...

The government has at last released details of its mediation scheme - this was hinted at when Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

The government has told estate agents to ensure at least one Union Jack is present in properties during both physical and...

Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind an idea from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to create a mediation service to arbitrate in...

The government has formally announced a pause in evictions in England until January 11 at the earliest. The only exceptions to this...

Labour has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding the return of the eviction ban - even though, to all intents...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman has accused the government of wasting the last four weeks before the eviction ban ended by putting its...

One of the most outspoken campaign groups against the end of the eviction ban has staged a series of so-called ‘boot...

The Generation Rent campaign group has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to five questions regarding the eviction extension...

The controversial Labour-led council in Liverpool has started a lengthy consultation process over its latest proposals for landlord licensing. The authority was...

The Generation Rent campaign group has made its second plea to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick in 24 hours - both on...

A debt charity is urging the Housing Secretary to pledge that no one who has lost income because of Coronavirus will...

A £266m package of help to support vulnerable people into long term accommodation includes possible options to use the private rental...

Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...

Shelter has launched an email campaign to the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, urging him to act to avoid “unfair evictions that...

The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...

Campaigning organisations that demanded an extension to the evictions ban imposed because of the Coronavirus crisis have been quick to return...

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

A landlord website claims the current ban on evictions is not to be extended beyond its scheduled close of June 29...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says the government is “thinking carefully” about what more it can do for private tenants, especially after...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...

The government has given an extra £3.8m to councils to come up with ways of catching rogue landlords - and in...

A senior Labour housing spokesman is urging the government to press on with plans to outlaw the use of Section 21...