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The ongoing debate over some letting agents and landlords allegedly refusing to accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit has now...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has issued a sharp rebuke to Shelter and the National Housing Federation following their controversial ‘End...

MPs today discuss the impact of Universal Credit on the private rented sector, in a debate prompted by the Liberal Democrat’s...

There has been a warm welcome for government changes to Universal Credit by the Residential Landlords Association.  The Department for Work and...

A survey from a specialist rental insurance firm suggests that contrary to popular belief, landlords care more than a little about...

Changes to Universal Credit have made it easier for claimants to rent homes but the government needs to do more to...

A change to the operation of Universal Credit has been welcomed by a trade body which has described it as good...

MPs from the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness have spoken out on the need to help homeless people into the...

Only two out of every 10 private rental sector landlords say they are willing to let to tenants in receipt of...

Over a third of private landlords with tenants receiving Universal Credit say they are now in rent arrears, up by over...

Younger people will have more difficulty finding rented accommodation in coming months as a substantial proportion of landlords actively cut back...

A letting sector trade body says two thirds of the largest buy to let mortgage lenders do not allow landlords to...

A trade body is warning that the government’s new Universal Credit payments could have a disastrous impact on private lettings with...

Chancellor George Osborne has “effectively declared war on individual landlords” according to the Residential Landlords’ Association - but don’t expect a...

A “lettings agency with a conscience” that wants to put £30,000 into the local community over the next two years has...