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A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...

A family of landlords have been jailed for a total of 31 years after committing horrific violence against tenants and in...

A new report claims that many social landlords have inadequate policies to support survivors of domestic abuse. The report, published this week...

Activist group Generation Rent has thrown its weight behind the initiative by Home Secretary Suella Braverman to clampdown on so-called ‘sex...

Recently the government once again committed to banning 'no-fault' evictions, with the new government housing minister Rachel Maclean promising the ban on...

What has been billed as the bigger change ever to housing law in Wales comes into force today and is described...

There has been an angry response by some politicians in Wales to the decision by the Labour administration to delay implementation...

There’s embarrassment all round for the Labour-run Welsh Government as it reveals a late delay to its much-hyped rental reform. The reform...

A lettings agency is to hold free events to support landlords ahead of what it calls a “landmark transformation” in rental...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper includes a dramatic reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction powers will be...

A national awareness campaign has been launched to prepare landlords for the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 on...

A council says it’s working with police to target landlords which it claims are flouting the law and illegally eviction and...

Over 150,000 households in Britain are in ‘exempt’ accommodation, a rental sector which some say is “dangerously under-regulated.” ‘Exempt accommodation’ is intended...

As founder of Landlord Action and chief operating officer at Hamilton Fraser, I’ve been talking to landlords for over 25 years...

A Labour housing pressure group has made strong public criticism of the party’s shadow housing spokeswoman, Thangam Debbonaire. Labour Tenants United was...

A landlord refused entry to a property he owned has tipped off police who discovered a cannabis farm in the Nottinghamshire...

A London council is running what it describes as “an innovative project” to help private tenants reclaim rent from landlords who...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...

The Liberal Democrats want Airbnb to ensure its landlords offer free accommodation to victims and survivors of domestic abuse in Tier 3...

A landlord who breached a court order not to harass or evict his tenants has been given a prison sentence.  Saakib Khan,...

An industry service supplier has revealed the scale of the backlog in possession cases which cannot be pursued to eviction because of...

The six-month tenant eviction ban, which finally ended yesterday, has helped renters that are suffering financial difficulty, but it has also...

The government has been slammed for attempting to shift the responsibility for renters in need onto landlords.  Chris Town a landlord and...

The government has finally confirmed how repossession cases in the rental market will be handled from 20 September.    Buy-to-let landlords are now...

The government’s latest changes to the eviction ban have been welcomed by property technology company Goodlord.  The government revealed yet more changes...

While the five-month tenant eviction ban has helped renters that are suffering financial difficulty, it has left landlords powerless to take...

The government’s decision to extend the ban on evictions in England and Wales by a further two months has left victims...

A buy-to-let landlord who used violence and intimidation to illegally evict his tenant has been handed a suspended jail sentence and...

A tenant who caused almost £6,000 worth of damage to his rented home after refusing to vacate the flat, despite being...

It has been confirmed that a database of rogue landlords and letting agents as well as new banning orders will be...

The UK’s largest private landlord has drawn up a list of the sort of tenants that the he will and will...

The government has launched an official consultation process on plans to for new banning orders to clampdown on rogue landlords and...

A landlord in Norfolk who flew into a rage and fired his 12 bore shotgun in the air before telling his...

A landlord who attacked a tenant in the street following a “campaign of harassment and violence” over rent has been jailed...

A tenant found in possession of drugs initially tried to pin the blame on his landlord. Police found £2,000 worth of cannabis...