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The new housing minister is a landlord - and has already attracted criticism from some sections of the media. Yesterday Chris Pincher...

A council has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher calling for a new approach to the short lets issue. Oxford council leader...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has made the most explicit admission yet of the government’s desire to diminish the private rental sector. In...

The controversy over government proposals to increase the numbers of pets in private rental properties has taken an unexpected twist. Two measures...

A second attempt by Labour to halt in-person property viewings during the pandemic has been batted away by the government. Labour’s shadow...

The government has revealed that it has no plans to introduce a national licensing scheme for landlords. Housing minister Chris Pincher MP...

The government’s model tenancy agreement has been amended to be pro-pet. The new agreement means renters with what are described as “well-behaved pets”...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has confirmed that the definition of ‘substantial arrears’ for the purposes of possession orders and evictions will...

The government has confirmed its long-standing intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers which currently sit with landlords - but the appropriate...

Labour wants to see a tenant loans scheme in England similar to one now operating in Wales. Easington Labour MP Grahame Morris...