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A London council has prosecuted landlord Syed Shah, owner of an HMO, for a string of  breaches that posed significant risks...

Another council is looking for landlords with rental properties to match them with prospective tenants who are ready to move in....

Julian Richer - the founder of Richer Sounds, the UK's largest hi-fi retailer - says he may set up a landlord...

The average water bill has risen by 6% in England and Wales in recent days, which could see households having to...

A council is looking to work with more private landlords to help reduce homelessness. Over the past few years Shropshire council has...

Phase two of the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG2) is a UK Government-funded scheme for properties in England that are not connected...

Fines for rogue landlords and agents in London have surged past the £10 million mark.   With 19 council licensing schemes and...

A private landlord from Bridlington has been ordered to pay £1,500 for putting tenants into a dangerous property, thereby breaching a...

An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

Homeowners in Caerphilly, including private landlords, can access funding to make their properties more energy efficient. Caerphilly council recently approved a new...

Activists are beginning to pile pressure on London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming the public will be disappointed if he toes...

Rent controls are at the heart of the local election manifesto of the Green Party of England and Wales. Co-leader Carla Denyer,...

Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the rental markets.   The new logbooks...

A council has prosecuted a landlord for letting out two HMOs without a licence and failing to comply with HMO Management...

A think tank based in central London says landlords would not quit the sector if much tougher - and more expensive...

A mortgage firm that works with landlords claims an increasing number of them prioritise energy efficiency when assessing properties to buy.  Some...

Burnley council says it’s considered the findings of a six-week public consultation and is set to increase planning controls over the...

An industry supplier is analysing licensing schemes and whether they achieve anything to improve rental housing standards. Yuno says questions need to be...

A Labour council in London has issued a statement appearing to celebrate its role cracking down on landlords. The statement from Brent...

A council which last year staged a pilot project about the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the lettings sector is now...

The controversial proposal for permanent rent controls in Scotland, published just ahead of the Easter holiday, doesn’t go far enough for...

Co-living developments are a type of purpose-built rental housing, under the same principle as Build To Rent (BTR) but offering smaller size...

A charity is calling for landlord licensing schemes which cost enough to fund annual inspections, and the issuing of “sentencing guidelines”...

The Scottish Government’s Housing Bill allows SNP and Green politicians to create rent control areas, triggered by local authorities, and this...

Changes to empty home council tax rates could generate an additional £540m from Monday, a lettings agency claims. Since April 2013, billing...

A south coast council is set to clampdown on HMOs after a report highlighted alleged issues with the likes of bins,...

A council has agreed a council tax rise of an additional 100% on second home and long-term empty homes, despite widespread...

Members of the union UNISON who participate in round-table discussions with activist group Generation Rents are to receive gift vouchers for...

Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...

A landlord referred to only as ‘Mr Gurung’ has been named by two councils as being penalised £3,000 for an overcrowded...

Landlords can benefit from a wealth of free training, courtesy of a north of England council. Cumberland council is providing the training...

Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

Private landlords applied for licences covering more than 12,000 homes during the first year of a controversial council’s selective licensing scheme. The...

A new additional HMO licensing scheme is about to hit landlords in part of London.  Haringey council claims its initiative aims to...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and the party’s controversial Mayor of London Sadiq Khan are at loggerheads over rent controls. Khan has...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £2,500 in fines, compensation and costs after a council brought a prosecution against him. Jama...

A landlord who illegally converted a property into six flats has been ordered to pay more than £220,000. A previous unlawful change...

A council is warning landlords and tenants after one landlord was ordered to pay more than £4,700 in fines and costs...

A council says a new bond scheme designed to increase the quality and availability of affordable housing for private renters across...

Uttlesford District Council's annual Landlord Forum, in partnership with the National Residential Landlords Association will take place on Tuesday May 14...

A council is launching an innovative scheme whereby good landlords get long licences - and poor ones get short licences. Gloucester council...

Neath Port Talbot council plans to host a free event, providing what it calls “support and funding advice for landlords.” The Private...

The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...

Another council is consulting about a controversial selective licensing scheme.  North Lincolnshire council says the proposed scheme is “designed to improve housing...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark has called for equal parity between short-term lets and the private rented sector to ensure they meet...

Liverpool council and Merseyside Police have secured the eviction of a private tenant making life ‘a nightmare’ for the local community. The...

A London council has successfully prosecuted two landlords who failed to comply with a planning enforcement notice originally issued against substandard...

Cardiff council is proposing new measures to help bring long-term empty houses back into use. Tomorrow it’s considering introducing a council tax...

A landlord who failed to produce annual gas safety certificates as she ignored warnings from a council, has left court with...

A landlord has quit the private rental sector after a battle with his council over why his properties were put into...

A property industry commentator has set out what he calls a plan of action to rejuvenate the buy to let sector. Jonathan...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...

Yet another council is consulting on whether to continue a selective licensing scheme. The scheme applies to several areas of Burnley and...

Activist group Generation Rent has described the latest homelessness data from the government as showing “a whole new level of horror.” It...

Supporters of council selective licensing start rearguard action  Some of those involved in local councils have started a campaign to save selective...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it wants a speedy implementation of the Renters Reform Bill to avoid uncertainty - and...

Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...

Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...

A landlord who was involved in a decade-long dispute with a London council has been hit with a £1.44 million penalty...

Government proposals on limiting short lets "fall a long way short of what's needed and will do nothing to put right...

SNP councillors in Scotland have come up with an innovative suggestion to improve energy efficiency in private rental properties. They want councils...

A landlord has been slammed with £9,000 in fines and costs for ignoring notices to improve his property. Following reports of disrepair...

A council is reminding prospective tenants about the importance of making sure their next shared rental is licensed as a house...

The Generation Rent group has thrown its weight behind a ban on mortgages for holiday homes buyers - and its chief...

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner says she is not ashamed to have brought her council house at...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Last week Housing Secretary Gove announced...

Reversing the tax penalties imposed on buy to let landlords in recent years would reduce the impact of short lets on...

A council is asking landlords to sign a document declaring they are letting safe and compliant properties. Dorset council has launched the...

Another council has set up an advice session for private rental landlords in the area. This even will take place at Neath...

A council has prosecuted a landlord for letting two HMOs without a licence and failing to comply with HMO Management Regulations.Mohammed...

A Labour MP who has campaigned for some years against short let landlords says proposals to crack down on the sector...

A London council is consulting on another controversial landlord licensing scheme. Barking and Dagenham council’s existing Selective Licensing Scheme has been applied to...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to restrict Airbnb-style short lets do not go far enough, a group of activists has said. Yesterday...

A landlord has warned her local authority that high charges for licensing are unaffordable without the fee being passed on to...

The Conservative leader of a council which claims it has had problems with Airbnbs and short lets has given wholehearted backing...

A council says it’s offering “fundamental training” to private landlords via an online day-long course on March 8. The training covers pre-tenancy...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...

A survey by an activist group suggests that one in three tenants claim that their private renting conditions are impacting their...

Airbnb has given its backing to a proposal from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a mandatory register of short let...

Dorset councillors have approved proposals for a council tax premium on second homes and a tightening up on its existing premium...

A bid to make three Northumberland holiday cottages available as permanent private residences has been rejected by planners. At a time when...

The Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration by One Housing Group in its record keeping following the its failure to conduct...

A private landlord has been prosecuted for failing to carry out works to make his rented property safe . David Almond of...

A prominent lettings agency has hit out at the latest changes to safety regulations that private landlords must comply with or...

Generation Rent has given a qualified thumbs up to Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s ideas for homes on brownfield land. This week Gove...

A council has won an appeal concerning two Civil Penalty Notices imposed on a landlord. The landlords had been issued two fines...

Bristol’s controversial Labour council is extending previous licensing schemes to other parts of the city at some £1,800 HMO per licence...

A Selective Licensing scheme proposal is out for consultation in the Scunthorpe area -  with a harsh message from a council...

A council has won an appeal to enforce a Financial Penalty Notice that was served on a landlord who let out...

Two new forums to forge closer bonds between council and landlords in North Yorkshire are to take place in the coming...

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

A council has prosecuted a landlord after a family of nine were discovered living in an outbuilding. Tariq Khan of Peterborough was...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

A landlord has been fined a total of £10,000 for breaching regulations when renting HMOs to vulnerable residents, as a supported...

Private landlords and letting agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council.  Property owners...

The landlord of a flat has been ordered to pay a total of £3,287 for failing to carry out repairs.  Carlo Ykhlef,...

A legal services provider is claiming that landlords risk criminal prosecution for breaches of licensing rules that are often “unreasonable and...

Labour says there’s a link between Section 21 powers granted to landlords and what it claims is a total of 4,400...

A think tank claims that the government will pay landlords in the private sector six times the expected spend on new affordable homes in the five-year period between 2021 and 2026. The New...