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Private landlords and letting agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council. Property owners...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...
02 June 2023
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The Department of Work and Pensions is to slash the timescale for repayment of arrears for tenants on Universal Credit. It has...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Something that has been touching a raw nerve with me for some time now is the issue of so called ‘rent...
13 November 2021
From: The Big Issues
A private landlord operator has launched a dedicated and interactive app for its residents. DWP Housing Partnership in Dorset says it wants...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords with tenants on Universal Credit are struggling to set up Alternative Payment Arrangements because the UC portal is closed to new...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...
14 January 2021
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Members of a wealthy Blackburn family of landlords with a portfolio of properties have been sentenced for defrauding the Department for...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The Scottish government has published updated guidance for private landlords and letting agents to help cope with the existing Covid-19 pandemic. The...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The government’s decision not to remove the cap on Universal Credit for all claimants and increase housing benefit to cover local...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A new form enabling landlords to claim for rent payments, from tenants in receipt of Universal Credit, to be paid directly...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A new online system to allow rent payments, from tenants in receipt of Universal Credit, to be paid directly to private...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that Universal Credit rent arrears deductions have been suspended amid the coronavirus...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has criticised the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after it announced yesterday that the...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published updated guidance for landlords with tenants in receipt of Universal Credit. The information is designed to...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The full rollout of universal credit, the government's flagship welfare reform, has been delayed yet again - until 2024. The system was...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published updated guidance for landlords with tenants in receipt of Universal Credit. The information is...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
A couple from Barry in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, have been handed suspended prison sentences for benefit fraud after being convicted...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News
Significant changes are being made to the Universal Credit system that will see the housing element of the benefit paid directly...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lenders have once again been criticised for not permitting landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits – this time...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News
The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) has backed the Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable’s calls for a halt...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Private landlords provide a vital service for people looking for housing, and that is why the government is wrong to persecute...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News
A landlord was handed a huge cleaning bill after his house was left in a horrific and disgusting state. The landlord was...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) is the latest organisation to call on the government to immediately pause...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Universal credit will cause up to 1.3 million evictions from privately rented homes, Liberal Democrat Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News
The government’s decision to make it easier for landlords to apply for Alternative Payment Arrangements (APAs) without the consent of tenants’...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Delays in universal credit benefit payments for housing costs are leaving claimants unable to pay rent and pushing some deep into...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News
You may have heard about the welfare reform changes that started in 2013. Many existing benefits are being abolished and replaced...