The new housing minister is a landlord - and has already attracted criticism from some sections of the media. Yesterday Chris Pincher...
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The new blacklist of rogue agents and landlords, introduced as part of the Housing and Planning Bill, will go a long...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News
The fire that engulfed a 24-storey tower block in west London yesterday, tragically killing several people when flames tore through the...
15 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Unscrupulous landlords are providing vulnerable tenants with substandard housing and getting away with it due to low levels of enforcement of...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News
MPs will offer their reaction to Lords amendments to the Housing and Planning Bill this afternoon, which may take a while given...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News
The Housing and Planning Bill, which includes measures to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents, should also address the issue of...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News
New funding from the government to tackle criminal landlords is just not sufficient according to the Residential Landlords Association. It has been...
22 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Conservative MPs have defeated a Labour amendment to the government’s housing and planning bill to require landlords to ensure their properties...
13 January 2016
From: Breaking News
Eviction firm Landlord Action is calling for a blacklist of persistent rogue tenants to be made public. The Housing and Planning Bill...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News
The legislative system dealing with rogue landlords is ‘unfit for purpose’ and should be replaced with a national database covering all...
15 December 2015
From: Breaking News
Local councils are being urged to drop landlord licensing schemes following the publication of new laws showing that they are not...