- Written by: Graham Norwood
The immediate part president of ARLA Propertymark says the government has spooked the private rental sector with its programme of reform and the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax. ...
- Written by: Marc Shoffman
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The trade union UNISON has partnered with activist group Generation Rent to demand root-and-branch reform of the private rental sector. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Leaks over the weekend from what would appear to be government sources suggest some 35 new Bills will be in the first legislative programme of the Starmer government. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms of rental sector reform. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Despite once claiming it would abolish Section 21 evictions “on its first day in office”, Labour appears to have gone cool on rental reform and other housing issues. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales too - may require rewriting of tenancy deals. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector - claims to have widespread public support. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The Select Committee that shadows the work of Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is complaining that its report into rental sector reform appears to have been ignored. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Consumer champion Martin Lewis - the man behind the Money Saving Expert website and TV shows - has backed the Renters Reform Bill. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
New government figures show how overdue the government's reform of private renting is, claims campaigning charity Shelter. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
The Local Government Association, which comprises 331 of the 333 councils in England and all 22 Welsh unitary councils, is calling on the government to ban Section 21 evictions immediately. ...
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