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Some 100 landlords have signed up to offer longer tenancies through a council rent guarantee and cash incentive scheme. Milton Keynes council...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords to take responsibility for issues of damp and...

The majority of local authorities in England do not accurately record the number of private rented sector tenure complaints which they...

The risk assessment system used by local authorities to judge health and safety issues relating to properties needs updating - and...

Buy-to-let landlords should be aware that Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inventory reports are not needed to comply with...

The government has announced that it will reform the Housing Health Safety Rating System (HHSRS) used to assess health and safety...

Tenants living in sub-standard rented accommodation need greater support, according to Neil Cobbold, chief operating officer of PayProp UK, who has...

Following the recent addition of the Fitness for Human Habitation Bill and the amendments this has made to the existing Landlord...

The government has been criticised for continuing to drag its heels over taking on key recommendations made in a recent report...

Councils cannot use selective licensing conditions to impose new standards on private rented homes, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. The case...