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One hidden aspect of the recent cladding controversy has been that many landlords have been unable to sell or remortgage flats...

Rendered insulation could be a bigger issue for scores of tower blocks with flammable cladding, according to Andrews Property Group.  Almost three...

The government is being urged to fund a bailout to help social landlords avoid a £10bn bill to fix fire safety...

The government has set up a £200m fund to replace unsafe Grenfell Tower-style cladding on around 170 private high-rise residential buildings...

The government has released the first tranche of an estimated £400m to fund the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding on...

Less than one in five BTL landlords have contacted with their tenants regarding basic fire safety precautions since the Grenfell Tower...

A call by a Parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in privately owned residential blocks has...

Industry experts have joined forces to launch a campaign urging policy makers to create legislation on appliance testing in rental properties. It...

The publication yesterday of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, confirming that landlords and building managers will...

Over recent months, the government and leading housing charities have put increasing pressure on landlords to improve the quality of rental...

According to official figures, more than 200,000 homes in England were empty for at least six months during 2016. In London,...

A leading letting agent has warned that new measures to protect tenants do not go far enough. The government announced earlier this...

The government’s decision to review the effectiveness of the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 will have an impact...

Buy-to-let landlords across the UK should be responsible for the installation of carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, according to a new report. Under...

As the letting fees ban looms ahead, it is clear that however it plays out we are seeing more and more...

People living in high rise tower blocks across the UK are being let down by a system in which it is...

Landlords have been accused of doing little to improve fire safety in their rental properties following the Grenfell Tower disaster. New research,...

Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy and in support of this year’s Fire Door Safety Week (25 September – 1 October 2017),...

A private landlord in Liverpool has been handed a hefty fine for putting his tenants at risk of fire. Following an inspection...

Buy-to-let landlords seeking fire safety guidance following the Grenfell Tower tragedy can now gain access to an online fire safety course...

A crowdfunding page has been set up by concerned tenants who are looking to pay for an independent fire safety inspection...

Contradictory and outdated fire safety guidance urgently needs updating to better support private landlords, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are taking measures to check the fire safety of their buy-to-let properties in the wake of...

We all know that investing in buy-to-let property is a potentially great way to supplement our income, and so it is...

Private landlords of high-rise buildings in Wales are being encouraged to take up an offer of free cladding safety checks following...

The fire that engulfed a 24-storey tower block in west London yesterday, tragically killing several people when flames tore through the...