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Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says the government must set a date for Section 21 abolition to give all sides of...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

The coalition of 20-plus groups which have previously spoken enthusiastically about the Renters Reform Bill has now changed its mind. On April...

The Renters Reform Bill, heavily amended by the government and in some cases by individual MPs, has now passed through all...

The National Residential Landlords Association has taken the unusual step of extending an olive branch to the activists who run the...

The Renters Reform Bill returns to the House of Commons today with activist groups critical of amendments put forward to reach...

There are over 200 amendments to the Renters Reform Bill having its Third Reading in the Commons today. PropTech supplier Goodlord has...

Renters allegedly pay £669 in un-recoverable costs for each ‘unwanted’ move as a result of eviction, claims campaigning charity Shelter. It says...

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

A small number of activists have tried to erect a four metre high mock eviction notice on one of Housing Secretary...

An activist group says any future Labour government should introduce a beefed-up version of the Renters Reform Bill - whether or...

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

Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...

Landlords and renters’ activists are at either end of the spectrum reacting to a controversial report on the private rental sector. Yesterday...

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

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

The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...

The abolition of Section 21 evictions will be a disaster without improvement to the courts system, a property industry chief insists.  Ian...

Scotland’s new Housing Bill - introducing a laborious eviction process and rent caps across the country - will ‘compound the mistakes’...

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

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Amendments...

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

The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters reform Bill, despite high profile PR campaigns about it from...

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

The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...

A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

A newspaper reports that Housing Secretary Michael Gove is willing to rely on Labour votes to pass the Renters Reform Bill...

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

A string of debt advice charities want Housing Secretary Michael Gove to go well beyond merely banning Section 21 in a...

A Tory has slammed the proposed clampdown on short lets proposed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove - and he calls them...

An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their views...

In what may appear a surprise to almost everyone, the Generation Rent activist group has described yesterday’s Budget as a “giveaway...

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

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

Landlords play a crucial role in providing safe and comfortable housing for tenants while also managing rental properties effectively. Staying informed...

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

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

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...

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

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...

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

Tenants faced with eviction must have legal aid, the Law Society of England and Wales claims. Recently published statistics from the Ministry...

A solicitors’ firm is warning that a County Court case could be used to allow more tenants to defend Section 21...

Almost a quarter of London tenants have had to move rental properties more than five times in five years, a tax...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which has frequently been critical of landlords and their alleged treatment of poorer tenants - is advertising...

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

Generation Rent has launched a double-pronged attack on landlords and the government. The activist group claims that the latest possession statistics from...

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says landlords are still being hit by unacceptable delays in regaining possession of their properties. Shamplina has...

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

The Labour Party has committed to extending a crackdown on social housing landlords who fail to fix mouldy homes, to include...

The government may be keen on scrapping Section 21 powers for private landlords but it’s getting much tougher on social housing...

HSBC bank is working with Shelter on housing campaigns. A statement from the charity says: “With support from partners including HSBC UK,...

Amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, designed to give landlords more protection, have won the backing of a prominent industry figure. Neil Cobbold,...

The National Residential Landlords Association is urging MPs to back what it describes as “pragmatic” changes to the Renters Reform Bill...

A rental sector insurance firm has hit back at claims made about Section 21 by the charity Citizens Advice. A spokesperson for...

The controversial activist group Acorn has made a formal public apology to the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association. On...

A spokesperson for the Citizens Advice charity has claimed at a public meeting that private landlords serve Section 21 notices on...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help tnavigate legislative...

The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...

The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...

A Labour politician has returned to the subject of rent controls - even though the party has officially abandoned this as...

Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent.  It has this week issued a statement saying the...

The chief executive of the Generation Rent ginger group has called on his former employer to make a case against landlords,...

A local authority is introducing charges for the issuing of Improvement Notices to landlords - and has chosen to announce it...

A council has secured a banning order against a landlord, taking effect almost immediately. The order is against Grzegorz Surminski, a landlord...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has given a warm welcome to many of the provision in the Renters Reform Bill...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who let out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King of Kings Langley was...

Campaigning charity Shelter is nearing a controversial signature threshold in its petition about the Renters Reform Bill. It now has over 123,000 of...

The Renters Reform Bill’s proposal to replace Assured Shorthold Tenancies with rolling ‘periodic’ lets could put landlords’ properties at risk, it’s...

The government has insisted that its commitment to reform the courts process to help deal with evictions more effectively is not...

Right now, the property market is entering a period of uncertainty. Falling property prices and a rising regulatory burden are just...

Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...

The rising cost of living - especially housing - remains the top issue on Londoners’ minds for the second year in...

The trade publication Inside Housing says a 20,000-home housing association has apologised after saying it would take enforcement action against a...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in...

As we all now know, the Government has acknowledged that the ban on Section 21 eviction notices cannot not come into...

A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial...

Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising...

A prominent lettings agent says he can see why tenants have lost faith in the government following delays in the banning...

A charity is suggesting that if only the government got on with abolishing S21 eviction powers, homelessness would be eased. Crisis -...

Shelter and other campaigning organisations have spoken out in dismay at the latest ‘housing minister revolving door’. Yesterday Rachel Maclean was sacked...

New Ministry of Justice data shows that between July and September 8,399 landlords in England started Section 21 no fault eviction...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was initially fined £4,000...

A think tank that describes itself as “centre right” praises the Renters Reform Bill and claims the fear of landlords selling...

Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section 21 notice...

It’s being forecast that there are likely to be major changes made to the Renters Reform Bill during its next stage...

Uncertainty over government plans for the Private Rented Sector - including the controversial Renters Reform Bill - has left the industry...

A new survey of over 1,000 landlords has revealed that just over half would consider leaving the market due to the...

The Renters Reform Bill could end up with landlords going bankrupt, a housing law specialist is warning. Des Taylor, director of compliance...

A Bristol landlord who confronted handed the tenant an illegal eviction notice after finding him using the bathroom in the house,...

Shadow housing secretary and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has accused the government of “foot dragging” over the slow progress of...

More details have emerged of what appears to be a stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers in the short term. The...

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the controversial Renters Reform Bill will only succeed if landlords’ feel...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from the Financial Times...

A council has been slammed for its “absolutely outrageous” failure to stop the eviction of up to 80 tenants - a...

A bizarre situation has arisen with a Labour council securing a banning order on a landlord - who now has to...

A pressure group claims the threat of being evicted makes tenants age more quickly.  Generation Rent claims there is a study by...