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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
The chief executive of the Generation Rent ginger group has called on his former employer to make a case against landlords,...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving landlords and letting agents and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
New research has uncovered what the organisations behind it call “shocking discrimination towards migrant communities” while they try to find places...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A property law specialist wants a national register of tenants to allow landlords to check their history before rental agreements are...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Section 21: Research carried out by Leaders Romans Group has found that Section 21 is rarely overused, and even more rarely...
20 May 2023
From: Rental Reform
Research conducted by activist group Generation Rent is claiming “shocking discrimination towards minority ethnic communities while navigating the private rental market.” The...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Shelter says it welcomes a ruling by The Property Ombudsman that agents and landlords exercising a blanket ban on tenants with...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has published the findings of a review into the operation of Right To Rent by private landlords and letting...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A coalition of landlords and lettings groups has submitted a Petition to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking a Judicial...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Richmond council in London is joining forces with the charity Citizens Advice to help stop what it calls ‘discrimination’ against renters...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...
23 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
An activist group that campaigns against landlords has accused some of discriminating against tenants on the ground of their sexual orientation. Baroness...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent London council wants rental properties to be included in the government’s Flood Re reinsurance scheme. Westminster council says the current...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The homelessness charity Step By Step is demanding that rival bidding on rental property be outlawed to give the poorest prospective...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has backed a far-reaching report by a group of MPs which has condemned the quality of...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Oxford’s Labour-run council has called on private renters to join a new tenants union. A statement from the authority says some private...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that in one part of the UK alone, some 75,000 tenants have been discriminated against by landlords. The...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The government has issued a new guide to ensure landlords do not discriminate while enforcing the Right To Rent regulations. It applies...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A high profile PropTech entrepreneur has come out against the scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Alexander Siedes, chief executive and...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Activists including Generation Rent are to lobby MPs this afternoon, to complain against eviction notice periods in England reverting to pre-Covid...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A petition has been launched on the Channel Island of Jersey to prevent landlords banning pets from the local private rental...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Shelter and tenants’ group in a major city have mobilised to set up a campaign called Fair Renting. The campaign is focussed...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A consultation process is taking place on the Channel Island of Jersey about whether landlords should be banned from refusing to...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency is telling landlords to take more tenants claiming housing benefits. The agency in question says it’s wrong that some...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A BBC investigation into ‘No DSS’ statements on two prominent landlord websites has provoked campaigning charity Shelter into an attack on the...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says landlords in the capital could discriminate against EU citizens living in the UK capital if those...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A law firm says landlords being obliged to conduct checks on the immigration status of potential tenants is encouraging and even...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Activists in Generation Rent claim that a fifth of families in the lettings sector suffer a shortfall between benefits and rent. Using selected data...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A new report makes searing claims about the performance and quality of landlords and their homes in the private rental sector. Almost...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News
An online petition calling for pets to be allowed in private rental properties has gained thousands of signatures. The petition - on...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The ‘No DSS’ issue has been effectively settled by a landmark court case, but a new document for MPs says ‘affordability...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Robert Rinder, the reality TV celebrity and barrister, has joined the campaigning charity Shelter to oppose what he describes as illegal...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A second UK court has ruled that ‘No DSS’ is unlawful, after a renter won a legal trial against housing benefit...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A specialist property litigation firm is warning buy-to-let landlords not to discriminate against benefit claimants, following a recent landmark ruling that...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...
29 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content
The practice of refusing to rent homes to those in receipt of housing benefit has been ruled unlawful this week, but...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords must not discriminate against benefit claimants, a court has ruled. A court case in York has ruled that blanket bans...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, often leads...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
If you have recently entered the buy-to-let market for the first time, here are a few tips to help you ensure...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Communicating with tenants can be a tricky business. The appropriate method and style of communication is usually determined by the relationship between...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News
The Mortgage Lender (TML) will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The move comes...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords are being urged by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) not to follow new guidance from the government on its...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Private landlords will have a major say in a court case considering the future of the government’s Right to Rent scheme. The...
10 July 2019
From: Rental Reform
The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Few people familiar with the UK property market would dispute the fact that the Right to Rent scheme has been deeply...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Nationwide were among a small group of mortgage lenders asked to give evidence at a select committee yesterday on restrictions around...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News
EU citizens may face problems getting rented accommodation in the UK after Brexit due to a lack of guidance for landlords...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
An online petition calling on Rightmove to ban ‘No DSS’ wording in rental adverts has attracted more than 40,000 signatures. The petition...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, has been...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Nationwide has announced that it will no longer prevent buy-to-let landlords from letting property to tenants in receipt of benefits. The move...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The Home Office has announced that it plans to reassess its Right to Rent scheme that requires landlords in England to...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The government faces growing pressure to scrap Right to Rent, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, after the...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News
NatWest has bowed to growing industry pressure by lifting restrictions on buy-to-let landlords renting to tenants in receipt of housing benefit. In...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Shelter has recently run a campaign aimed at banning ‘discrimination’ against tenants on benefits in the private rented sector, presenting a...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The so-called housing charity, Shelter, targeted Ludlow Thompson a few months back, asking its supporters to block the letting agent’s telephone...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The introduction of new guidance on room sizes in rented homes has been warmly welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News
A Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent policy, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, will...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News
The Welsh government is planning to introduce new incentives and other support to help encourage more landlords with properties in Wales...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Thousands of landlords and lettings agents across the country could be flouting equality laws by rejecting housing benefit claimants, according to...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Campaigners opposed to mortgage lenders allowing landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits tried to voice their discontent over the...
26 November 2018
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 Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has raised serious concerns that the majority of buy-to-let lenders are preventing landlords renting property to...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News
EU citizens living in the UK are at risk of facing some of the same difficulties caused for the Windrush generation...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The Home Office is to reconvene its Private Rented Sector (PRS) stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. The government plans to take...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Thousands of private landlords across the country understandably reject housing benefit claimants despite accusations that they are discriminating against those on...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The High Court has given the go-ahead for a legal review to be launched into the government’s Right to Rent policy. The...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The controversial Right to Rent scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling discrimination and should...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The government is facing a High Court challenge this week to stop it forcing buy-to-let landlords to check the immigration status of...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords who reject housing benefit claimants could be breaking the law. A recent legal case which saw single mother Rosie Keogh...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Private landlords who reject housing benefit claimants could be breaking the law. A recent legal case saw single mother Rosie Keogh win...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News
The UK’s largest and arguably most controversial buy-to-let landlord who earlier this year banned ‘coloured people’ from renting any of his...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News
A scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling a ‘black market in forged Ids’, a...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News
After lobbying Tower Hamlets Council for three years, private renters in the east London district have finally been granted a new...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Almost half of private landlords say the Right to Rent scheme has made them less likely to let to those without...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News
The government is facing a legal challenge over its controversial Right to Rent scheme, which effectively forces buy-to-let landlords to act...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News
A significant number of landlords are being prevented from renting to tenants receiving housing benefit by discriminating buy-to-let lenders, fresh research...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Britain’s biggest and arguably most contentious buy-to-let landlord has banned ‘coloured people’ from renting his properties because ‘they make them smell...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News
An initiative designed to promote equality and diversity in the private rented sector in Wales has been awarded a £249,425 lottery...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Many landlords are being left with little alternative but to discriminate against international students as a result of the government’s Right...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Foreign nationals and Britons without a passport are struggling to rent due to immigration checks introduced last year, according to a...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News
So, Britain voted out of the European Union. What are the implications for UK landlords, from the immigration laws point of...
27 June 2016
From: Sponsored Content
This Saturday renters in London are taking to the streets in a “day of action” calling for an end to what...
25 February 2016
From: Breaking News
MPs scrutinising the Government’s latest immigration proposals have used Residential Landlords Association (RLA) background briefings to challenge the immigration minister over...
03 November 2015
From: Breaking News
The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland has spoken out against the Right to Rent scheme which will require landlords to...
28 September 2015
From: Breaking News
The complexity of the Government’s plans to turn landlords into border police is seeing lawful tenants being refused housing, according to...