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Over 40% of council houses and flats sold under the long-standing Right To Buy scheme are now owned by private landlords. That’s...

Rent controls are at the heart of the local election manifesto of the Green Party of England and Wales. Co-leader Carla Denyer,...

The National Residential Landlords Association has slammed yesterday’s lacklustre Budget as a missed opportunity. Yesterday’s announcements - like to be the last...

A Labour MP who has campaigned for some years against short let landlords says proposals to crack down on the sector...

A newspaper claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants British families to be given higher priority for social housing. Implicitly this may...

Labour-controlled Haringey Council in London says the owners of short lets and furnished holiday homes will be forced to pay double...

Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...

A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...

A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial...

Help2Rent, a social housing platform that matches housing list tenants with available homes, has made a desperate plea to private landlords. An...

A three bedroom house has been freed up after a remarkably long investigation by a London council.  The result follows a legal...

A co-living brand called Folk is launching its third site in the capital, Florence Dock in Battersea.  The building, which already has...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

A Conservative-leaning think tank and campaigning charity Shelter have released a book of essays on renting and housing. A statement from Bright...

Renters’ Reform Bill The Renters’ Reform Bill will dominate the PRS policy agenda in 2023. Signs are encouraging that DLUHC is considering...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill did not even warrant a mention in a key speech yesterday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...

The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...

The controversial rent freeze policy in Scotland has been described as being “in chaos” by a top lettings agency chief. In a...

The Scottish Government’s dramatic immediate introduction of a rent freeze and eviction ban could mark the beginning of the end of the...

Government plans to ban Section 21 evictions could push up rents and reduce rental stock, a property dispute expert is warning. Lee Pearce...

Lack of rental stock is now the biggest challenge facing letting agents today. That is what every agent I’ve spoken to...

I hope you weren’t holding your breath for the Chancellor to announce a package of help for landlords in his Spring...

A prominent lettings agent says politicians wanting an open door policy for refugees from Ukraine do not explain how they will...

The Council for the Protection of Rural England is the latest body to blast Airbnb and other short lets for their...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

ARLA Propertymark is expressing concern at the latest figures showing a fall in the size of the private rental sector. The latest...

Belfast council has unanimously passed a motion calling for the Northern Ireland Executive to introduce a rent control scheme for the...

Bury council is to spend £1m buying empty homes from landlords and other owners. The council says it will shortly identify which...

A council is appealing to landlords to help it fulfil a pledge to be a sanctuary to vulnerable refugees. Bristol council has...

A London council is writing to thousands of private landlords in its borough urging them not to evict people. Southwark council says this...

Birmingham city council is providing incentives to landlords who offer 12 month fixed tenancies to those on the authority’s homeless and housing...

West Lothian Council is appealing to buy-to-let landlords to provide private let accommodation as a means of accommodating those on the...

Those who rent out homes short-term in either the London borough of Camden or Westminster could soon face fresh restrictions. Both councils...

A local council has moved to try and attract more buy-to-let landlords with a range of new services, aimed at boosting...

Labour’s proposals to introduce rent controls risks reducing the number of private homes available for rent, as landlords look to exit...

Cardiff based housing association Cadwyn is calling for more private landlords with properties in the city to lease their properties with...

A new landlord reward scheme designed to increase the stock of private rented accommodation in the marketplace in Rochford, Essex, has...

The Conservatives have announced a range of housing policies designed to help them win the general election, including pledging to build...

A new scheme launched to help landlords with housing repairs in Peterborough has been panned by the local MP. Stewart Jackson MP...