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Cabinet minister Michael Gove and junior minister Eddie Hughes - architects of the pro-renter White Paper issued last month - are staying...
06 July 2022
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Sajid Javid has dismissed a report in the Times over the weekend that claimed he planned to make property sellers rather than...
22 August 2019
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The majority of landlords in the UK’s private rented sector do not believe that new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a...
02 August 2019
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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
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EU citizens living in the UK are at risk of facing some of the same difficulties caused for the Windrush generation...
09 October 2018
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The National Landlords Association (NLA) has once again voiced its opposition to plans to introduce mandatory three year tenancies. Responding to the...
28 August 2018
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Kit Malthouse has been named as the government’s latest housing minister after Dominic Raab, who spent just six months in the...
10 July 2018
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The idea of the property-owning democracy has deep roots and has long defined housing policy in this country, with various schemes...
02 July 2018
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The controversial Right to Rent scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling discrimination and should...
05 June 2018
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There is growing speculation that the new Home Secretary Sajid Javid is paving the way to become the next Prime Minister....
02 May 2018
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James Brokenshire has replaced Sajid Javid as housing secretary, following Javid's move to home secretary in the wake of Amber Rudd’s...
01 May 2018
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With savers receiving miserable returns, many shrewd investors are turning to the buy-to-let sector as a means of supplementing their income,...
17 April 2018
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Plans to introduce a new rental complaints system to help support private tenants who are forced to live in shoddy housing...
13 March 2018
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A new rental complaints system has been proposed to help support private tenants who are forced to live in shoddy housing...
19 February 2018
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Using an ombudsman has long been a pretty successful way of trying to resolve a complaint with a property firm without...
07 February 2018
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Tenants will be given the right to take legal action against landlords who offer properties that are not ‘fit for human...
15 January 2018
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Theresa May continued to shake-up her ministerial team yesterday by handing jobs to several junior ministers, but he her decision to...
10 January 2018
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A raft of ‘anti-landlord’ policies introduced by the government have prompting concern that buy-to-let landlords with low profit margins could end...
21 November 2017
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The forthcoming Autumn Budget is set to unveil the government’s plans to encourage landlords to offer longer tenancies of at least...
15 November 2017
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In order to solve tenant disputes, landlords will soon be required to register with a redress scheme, helping to improve operating...
10 November 2017
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The Conservative Party’s pledge to give tenants greater rights as part of a regulatory shake-up of the private rented sector has...
03 October 2017
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The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, yesterday pledged to offer private sector tenants’ greater rights by...
02 October 2017
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The consultation period for the proposed ban on letting agents’ fees in England should either be extended or suspended until after...
26 April 2017
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New housing policies affecting the private rented sector, including longer tenancies, boosting the supply of much needed housing and plans to...