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The architect of the controversial rent control policies in Scotland has left the government. It is not known what long-term implication this...

An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

Activists are beginning to pile pressure on London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming the public will be disappointed if he toes...

The Generation Rent activist group is placing its hopes for pro-renter policies on newly-elected Metro Mayors, who will be elected on...

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

A think tank based in central London says landlords would not quit the sector if much tougher - and more expensive...

Scotland’s new Housing Bill - introducing a laborious eviction process and rent caps across the country - will ‘compound the mistakes’...

The controversial proposal for permanent rent controls in Scotland, published just ahead of the Easter holiday, doesn’t go far enough for...

The Scottish Government’s Housing Bill allows SNP and Green politicians to create rent control areas, triggered by local authorities, and this...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and the party’s controversial Mayor of London Sadiq Khan are at loggerheads over rent controls. Khan has...

A newspaper reports that Housing Secretary Michael Gove is willing to rely on Labour votes to pass the Renters Reform Bill...

A prominent Green Party politician is arguing for rent controls - and accuses Labour of watering down its commitment to the...

Green Party activists responsible for rent controls on Scotland have now slammed landlords who claim the number of rented homes is...

Generation Rent has yet again come out for rent control over the private sector - and wants it to be an...

A survey by an activist group suggests that one in three tenants claim that their private renting conditions are impacting their...

Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...

Bristol’s controversial Labour council is extending previous licensing schemes to other parts of the city at some £1,800 HMO per licence...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

A newly-nominated candidate in this spring’s London Mayoral election has vowed to lower private rents if he wins. Serge Crowbolder, currently a...

New additional and selective licensing schemes are to be considered by the controversial Bristol city council. The council’s Labour Mayor - Marvin...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

A Labour politician has returned to the subject of rent controls - even though the party has officially abandoned this as...

By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary and deputy leader Angela Rayner says her party will scrap Section 21 on its first day in...

Scotland’s Court of Session has come down in favour of the Scottish Government when it comes to rent controls. A case against...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says a healthy private rented sector is a “critical” part of the housing market. The comments came as he addressed...

The Green Party wants private tenants to be able to force landlords to improve the energy efficiency of homes. The scheme -...

A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...

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

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

The National Residential Landlords Association is warning the Welsh government to steer clear of rent controls. In its response to the Welsh...

Zoopla has given its latest market update on the private rental sector, with the headline rent rise now being 10.5 per...

Over a third of private landlords would sell properties if rent controls were introduced in their area, according to a trade...

The Scottish Government says rent controls - already existing as a so-called emergency measure - will become permanent. Scottish First Minister Humza...

The long running experiment with rent controls and an eviction ban north of the border may yet continue for years to...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Labour-supporting leader of the Generation Rent pressure group have starred in a lengthy social...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and activist group Generation Rent have issued a joint appeal for rent controls in the capital. Khan’s...

A left-wing pressure group wants new laws to force landlords to pay hefty relocation expenses to tenants who claim high rents...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged to publish “shortly” revised timetables for the implementation of further energy efficiency targets for the...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who wants the government to give him the powers to impose rent controls, is now demanding licensing...

The Labour dominated council in Bristol has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove demanding that he gives it the powers to...

A newspaper which often carries leaks of new Labour policies has produced an interesting theory on the fate of the Renters...

The National Residential Landlords Associations has expressed relief that Labour appears to be backing away from rent controls. Association chief executive Ben...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has returned to his demand for powers to control rents in the private sector, citing a...

A Labour Mayor whose post was abolished by a public vote last year now wants to become an MP. Marvin Rees’ position...

Landlords are being asked for any evidence or case studies that can help build a case against rent controls. The National Residential...

The National Residential Landlords Association has reacted angrily to the latest UK government to flirt with adopting the Scottish example of...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

The Financial Times says the Labour Party is poised to reject the increasingly shrill calls for rent controls made by the...

Activists are demanding that the government stop landlords circumnavigating an imminent eviction ban by hiking rents so tenants leave anyway. The London...

Politicians have rejected calls for rent controls, open ended tenancies and slower evictions - although this has not happened on the...

Research from Propertymark highlights a growing concern for the private rental sector in Scotland. As the Scottish National Party lurches from crisis...

Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...

Two of the most prominent campaigners over rent controls - albeit one on either side of the argument - have had...

An immediate private sector rent freeze and eviction ban for the duration of the cost of living crisis is the key...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged that the long awaited Rental Reform Bill will be introduced into the Commons in two...

The Scottish Government, despite being in the middle of electing a new First Minister, is pressing ahead with legislation for long-term...

An unexpected and unlikely political alliance has prevented another city council demanding powers to freeze private rents. London, Bristol, Liverpool and Manchester...

A leading property industry figure has exploded the myths that lie behind the calls for private rent controls. Ian Fletcher, director of...

The Portuguese government has announced sweeping measures, mostly against landlords, which some activists want introduced in the UK too. Portuguese Prime Minister...

A rant about rent controls by London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan appears to have backfired. Khan - who has repeatedly demanded that...

Another council says it wants to implement private sector rent controls - although it has no power to do so. Belfast council...

A Labour council which banned councillors who were landlords from contributing to a key debate has done a U-turn on legal...

A coalition of landlords and lettings groups has submitted a Petition to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking a Judicial...

Bristol councillors who are landlords have been told they cannot speak in a debate on rent controls.  Earlier this week we explained...

A Labour council is being tipped to vote tomorrow to introduce rent controls for the private sector, even though it has...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has set out a radical programme of devolution to local authorities at city and county level...

Landlords are not “contributing anything useful to society” a politician has claimed. Over the Christmas and New year break Ross Greer, a...

Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...

Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...

Propertymark says some 85 per cent of its member agents in Scotland have landlord clients who have expressed a wish to...

Two groups of activists who campaign for rent controls and reform of the private lettings sector have turned on each other. Acorn...

Scottish landlords have been targeted with a raft of restrictive legislation in recent years but most are staying the course and...

The leader of the Generation Rent activist group says that the shortage of homes to rent means no private sector tenant...

It’s disappointing to say, but once again the rhetoric from both the Labour and Conservative party conferences towards the private rented...

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

Labour is backing a rent freeze in Scotland and flirting with one in England - but it’s just stopped one being...

The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The landlords’ main trade...

Scottish Labour Party leader Anas Sarwar has called for the Scottish Government to implement an emergency rent freeze. The freeze, which Sarwar...

The authoritative publication Inside Housing says the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is pondering a formal consultation on limiting...

A new political party called Breakthrough is campaigning for radical reform of the rental sector and housing in general. The party -...

A senior figure at the right wing magazine The Spectator has slammed landlords for blatant profiteering. The magazine’s assistant online editor says...

The housing chief of the Scottish Government says that all homes in that country - irrespective of tenure - must hit...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector...

Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...

On 16 June 2022, the Government introduced a White Paper called “A Fairer Rented Private Sector”. It proposes the biggest changes...

Highland Council is going to ask the Scottish Government for a rent control zone in part of its patch. This is despite...

Landlords and owner occupiers alike could lose the most financially from rent controls according to a prominent rentals expert. The claim comes...

Opposition continues to build to the prospect of rent controls in part of the UK, with the latest voice citing the...

Financial Times columnist and radio presenter James Max has made a strong case for opposing rent controls. Appearing on the Jeremy Vine...

A study of what has happened to a private rental sector hit by rent controls provides lessons to those in the UK...

Labour’s London Mayor - buoyed up after the party’s successes in the capital in last week’s elections - has renewed his...

Voters in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum. The city was given the choice of...

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina says he anticipates the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper may now be delayed further, possibly until...

A points-based system of rent controls is being advocated by activists associated with a controversial pro-tenant group. Living Rent, which is calling...