This week is Gas Safety Week, the annual awareness campaign run by the Gas Safe Register. To mark...
Regulation and Enforcement
Property inspections key to Lib Dem PRS plan
Proposals for property inspections for rented homes form part of new housing plans announced by the...
RLA call on deposit reform
A proposal allowing tenants to transfer a deposit between landlords when moving house has been...
Victory for RLA as Hounslow Council u-turns on licensing
Hounslow Council has u-turned on plans to bring in a licensing scheme for landlords following...
Right to Rent: government appeal date set
The government’s appeal against a damning ruling by the High Court that the Right to Rent breaches...
Labour Right-to-Buy plan would kill off PRS
Labour plans to force landlords to sell homes to tenants for less than market rates would kill off...
Landlords urged to fight for repossession rights
Landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties...
Failing courts need urgent reform
New statistics out today show that it now takes private landlords an average of 22.5 weeks from...
Rental homes and criminal gangs: is your buy-to-let at risk?
Landlords and letting agents are being urged to be vigilant of criminal gangs operating in rental...
Right to rent guidance breaks the law
New guidance from the government on its Right to Rent scheme would see landlords breaking the law...
Courts are failing landlords and tenants
Seventy nine per cent of private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess...
Robert Jenrick: Who is the new Housing Secretary?
Robert Jenrick MP has been named as the new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local...
Letting agents urged to check redress scheme covers FULL remit...
Letting agents in England are being urged to check that they are signed up to an approved redress...
Blog: The Section 21 Consultation
Over the weekend the Government published a consultation on plans to axe Section 21-so called...
Section 21 consultation: Government reveals plans
The Government has published the consultation of abolishing Section 21, so called ‘no...
Section 21: Vulnerable will be hit by squeeze on the rental...
Vulnerable tenants at higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way...
Smart tax needed to support energy improvements
A cap limiting landlord spend on energy efficiency improvements to £3,500 could be scrapped, with a...