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19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A south coast council is set to clampdown on HMOs after a report highlighted alleged issues with the likes of bins,...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A council has agreed a council tax rise of an additional 100% on second home and long-term empty homes, despite widespread...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A council says a new bond scheme designed to increase the quality and availability of affordable housing for private renters across...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
SNP councillors in Scotland have come up with an innovative suggestion to improve energy efficiency in private rental properties. They want councils...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been slammed with £9,000 in fines and costs for ignoring notices to improve his property. Following reports of disrepair...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A council is reminding prospective tenants about the importance of making sure their next shared rental is licensed as a house...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A council is asking landlords to sign a document declaring they are letting safe and compliant properties. Dorset council has launched the...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Another council has set up an advice session for private rental landlords in the area. This even will take place at Neath...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Dorset councillors have approved proposals for a council tax premium on second homes and a tightening up on its existing premium...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A bid to make three Northumberland holiday cottages available as permanent private residences has been rejected by planners. At a time when...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A private landlord has been prosecuted for failing to carry out works to make his rented property safe . David Almond of...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Bristol’s controversial Labour council is extending previous licensing schemes to other parts of the city at some £1,800 HMO per licence...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A Selective Licensing scheme proposal is out for consultation in the Scunthorpe area - with a harsh message from a council...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
New additional and selective licensing schemes are to be considered by the controversial Bristol city council. The council’s Labour Mayor - Marvin...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour-controlled Haringey Council in London says the owners of short lets and furnished holiday homes will be forced to pay double...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords who fail to ensure their private rented homes meet required standards face massively increased charges from a council. Bath & North...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Renters and landlords of properties without gas central heating can now get energy saving green measures installed free of charge or...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A local authority is introducing charges for the issuing of Improvement Notices to landlords - and has chosen to announce it...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords providing much-needed private rented accommodation in part of Merseyside are to fall under an expanded licensing regime. Wirral councillors have voted...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has campaigned for a selective licensing regime in her Leeds constituency. She joined the city council leader...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost all landlords letting out properties in a London borough will soon be legally required to have a selective license. It’s one...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Stockton-on-Tees is the latest council seeking people's views on the introduction of Selective Licensing for private rented housing. It launched a consultation...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Plans to introduce Selective Licensing of privately rented properties have been agreed by leading Stockton-on-Tees councillors and now go for consultation. Under...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent north of England council has launched a six-week public consultation on proposals to tighten the planning rules around converting...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A council has been slammed for its “absolutely outrageous” failure to stop the eviction of up to 80 tenants - a...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Councillors in part of Wales are considering the creation of a 'Report A Rogue Landlord’ system for tenants who claim their...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A council is telling landlords that its new selective licensing fee is so low it should be entirely tax deductible and...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Haringey council has got a £200,000 windfall from landlords of unlicensed HMOs. And now it’s set to get even more. Councillors are to...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The Scottish National Party councillor for Oban North and Lorn - which includes the village of Plockton, made famous by the...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Brent council in North London has launched a new selective licensing regime across part of the borough. Landlords who let properties in the...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A northern council is considering tightening the planning rules around converting properties into HMOs. A report to Burnley council’s executive recommends removing...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A six week consultation is now underway as a council bids to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords across just one London borough who failed to license HMOs have been issued with fines amounting to £207,500. To date, 59...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord has been fined £27,460 for putting residents at risk by failing to maintain a property. Flintshire County Council brought...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A council is boasting that it’s taking a "really hard line” over HMO regulation. New rules in Blackburn with Darwen prevent family...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading agent in an area set to be hit by draconian planning restrictions on holiday lets is warning that the...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Councillors in Warwick look set to decide tomorrow whether to implement an additional licensing scheme for some HMOs. Following a public consultation...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A council is to consult on a new licensing scheme that aims to tackle rogue landlords in parts of Scunthorpe that...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A council in the south east of England says it is “exploring the possibility” of introducing a huge landlord licensing scheme. Councillors...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent Labour councillor in Liverpool has told the local media: “Parts of Liverpool are blighted by landlords who treat the...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A city council has slammed what it calls ‘neglectful landlords’ as part of an illegal dumping crackdown. Stoke-on-Trent’s Labour authority has declared...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A group of rental activists in London claims that over 10,000 private rented homes in the borough of Brent have a...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The new director of Generation Rent, Ben Twomey, takes over from Baroness Alicia Kennedy this morning. A statement announcing his appointment earlier...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The body representing local councils is backing the government’s Renters Reform Bill - even though Labour dominates most local authorities. Councillor Darren...
18 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Next Thursday voters up and down the country will be casting their votes in a series of local elections which are...
29 April 2023
From: The Big Issues
A London landlord has been found guilty of not licensing three buy to lets. Gurbachan Matharu from Dagenham was found guilty at...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
West London landlord Shashibhushan Vyas, from Isleworth, has been fined over £115,500 for illegally converting a side extension into a separate...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
An immediate private sector rent freeze and eviction ban for the duration of the cost of living crisis is the key...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A new Tory-controlled super-council, which came into force at the weekend and combines eight previous local authorities, has announced an immediate...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
West London landlord Shashibhushan Vyas, from Isleworth, has been fined over £115,500 for illegally converting a side extension into a separate...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The new director of Generation Rent is Ben Twomey, who takes over from Baroness Alicia Kennedy on June 14. A statement from...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour candidate hoping to become the MP in a popular tourist area is on the warpath over what she calls...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Worcester council’s communities committee meets this week, with councillors asked to approve the change which will mean that HMO properties with...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A north of England council has released figures on the number of complaints it has received about private landlords. Pendle council in...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A Cardiff landlord has been ordered to pay just over £4,500 for failing to rectify faults relating to two flats he...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A council is to spend £1m “to gather information about the conditions of specific groups of privately rented properties and proactively...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that “families are being turfed out of their private rented homes under...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
We’re used to councils having a pop at private landlords - but now one has praised a landlord for helping to...
13 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Another council says it wants to implement private sector rent controls - although it has no power to do so. Belfast council...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour council which banned councillors who were landlords from contributing to a key debate has done a U-turn on legal...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Plans to impose a premium on council tax for for second homeowners have been approved by Cornwall Council with all-party agreement. The...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Bristol councillors who are landlords have been told they cannot speak in a debate on rent controls. Earlier this week we explained...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour council is being tipped to vote tomorrow to introduce rent controls for the private sector, even though it has...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A Conservative controlled council in the Cotswolds has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, urging him to implement rental reform legislation. The...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A London council says it’s been given the go ahead by Housing Secretary Michael Gove for an “unprecedented” third five-year term. The...
30 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Two councillors have successfully used the London Assembly to push London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the government to do more to...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A maverick landlord who has hit the headlines countless times in recent years has lost his latest bid to sue the...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Two groups of activists who campaign for rent controls and reform of the private lettings sector have turned on each other. Acorn...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A scheme which some regard as the most controversial landlord licensing regime in the country is coming under scrutiny. Labour councillors on...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Greenwich council in south London has launched a new selective licensing scheme: all private-rented single-household properties in five wards of the...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords who rent out HMOs in parts of the Midlands are urged to act now so they don’t get hit with...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A council has taken the unusual step of making an announcement that investigations are underway into allegedly unlicensed private rental properties. Cambridge...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Birmingham council has been granted permission by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to introduce a massive Selective Licensing...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Barnet council in London is pushing ahead with plans to reintroduce an HMO licensing scheme next month, following a 15-month hiatus. Additional...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A Bristol landlord has been banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards. Naomi Knapp, a portfolio landlord...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Activists in the Acorn group is hoping to attract Labour councillors who run Leeds to a meeting next week, which will...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A new political party called Breakthrough is campaigning for radical reform of the rental sector and housing in general. The party -...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A 10 week consultation by Portsmouth council on proposals for new HMO licensing has finished with 1,050 responses. Licences are required for...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord group is threatening legal action following a council’s approval of a new licensing scheme. York council - run by a...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A council claims that a substantial number of private landlords in its area have evicted long term tenants to make space...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
As part of The Renters’ Reform White Paper, the UK government proposed that all tenants be moved onto a single system...
16 July 2022
From: Rental Reform
Landlords and owners of empty homes iare being invited to a free event next week to find out more about help...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A review into the way a council deals with HMOs has been launched in response to concerns about the concentration of...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord has been fined £5,500 following a successful prosecution by Mendip council in Somerset. The council’s private sector housing team brought a...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A new Selective Licensing scheme for private landlords in Nottingham has been approved by the city council and now goes for...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A court has told a multi-millionaire landlord he must pay £125,000 after a 10-year campaign of abuse against a local council. Last...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A consultation is underway into the extension of yet another private landlord licensing scheme for a further five years. Since March 2018...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Voters in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum. The city was given the choice of...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A Labour city council that has already called for powers to impose rent controls has now extended its existing landlord licensing...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Private landlords who let out properties in Central West Bromwich are being urged to check if they need to apply for...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A council is launching a Private Tenants Charter which it says will set standards for landlords and private rental sector organisations...