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![Rent Controls - we’re unlikely to follow Scotland, says housing chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
The Housing Secretary in Wales says that nation is unlikely to follow the example of Scotland by introducing rent controls. At a...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning to Labour leader - no rent controls, yes to lower taxes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government move raises hope of cash help for energy improvements](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_309559970.jpg)
One of the UK governments has backed a call for private landlords to get cash help to meet new Minimum Energy...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Party demands eviction ban as first step on road to rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Another political party is calling for a winter eviction ban as the first part of a reform programme for the private...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tory call for rental regulations to be changed to boost supply](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/can-we-panic400x310.png)
A prominent Welsh Conservative politician has called for a reform of the strict measures imposed on the private rental sector in...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Politician wants Airbnb hosts to switch properties to long-term rentals](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leading Tory hits back at demands for rent controls](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents hit back at politicians over rent controls](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has hit back at the latest demand by politicians for rent controls. The London mayor Sadiq Khan renewed his call for...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control momentum building rapidly across UK](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Top Tory wants action at last on Arrears Tribunal proposal](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Conservative-logo400x310.png)
A senior Conservative in Wales wants the Welsh Government to consider creating a housing tribunal in the light of rising tenant arrears. Janet Finch-Saunders,...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![“Hammer blow” to private rental sector as six months notice is permanent](/img/default/lat.png)
A new law in Wales making it mandatory for a tenant to get six months notice for Section 21 evictions has...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Top politician wants rethink of six month possession period](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![March date for next Fees Ban debate by Welsh parliament](/img/default/lat.png)
March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![It won't work - industry hits out at latest fees ban proposal](/img/default/lat.png)
The lettings industry has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban agents’ fees levied on tenants. A Bill was put...