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Generation Rent and the Citizens Advice Bureau are offering up to £500 in incentives for renters to complete a questionnaire. Social media...

Citizens Advice has made further criticisms of the private rental sector and landlords. At the start of the year a spokesperson accused...

A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

A string of debt advice charities want Housing Secretary Michael Gove to go well beyond merely banning Section 21 in a...

Landlords increasingly struggle with tenants who pay rent late or default, a mortgage lender is claiming.  Research from Molo suggests landlords are...

A rental sector insurance firm has hit back at claims made about Section 21 by the charity Citizens Advice. A spokesperson for...

A spokesperson for the Citizens Advice charity has claimed at a public meeting that private landlords serve Section 21 notices on...

Claims on social media by a leader of the Renters Reform Coalition - who is also a contributor to a Labour-supporting website...

A group of 30 charities and non-profit organisations, led by campaigners at Shelter, have urged the government to get a move...

The National Residential Landlords Association is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their...

A charity claims some landlords are using what it calls “excessive” rent rises to effectively evict tenants. Citizens Advice says the Renters...

A study of almost four years of cases reported to Citizens Advice has suggested that illegal eviction and landlord harassment are...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is urging tenants to complain about sub-standard housing with the government’s ‘Make Things Right’ advertising campaign. Social housing...

For many years, investing in property has been seen as a way of obtaining “passive” income. Compared to other types of...

A charity wants the government to be tougher with private landlords over issues like damp and mould. Citizens Advice claims that its research...

Three more social housing landlords have been ‘named and shamed’ by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The trio - two of which are...

Richmond council in London is joining forces with the charity Citizens Advice to help stop what it calls ‘discrimination’ against renters...

Citizens Advice wants landlords and tenants in a specific part of the country to help inform government about improving the uptake...

A pilot scheme described as helping “tenants threatened with eviction to stay in their homes” has been extended after Cornwall Council...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit out at what it calls “baseless suggestions” that landlords will not pass on energy...

Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organisation Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill...

Landlords and owners of empty homes iare being invited to a free event next week to find out more about help...

Energy bills have increased for around 22 million energy consumers – and they’re expected to escalate again later this year when...

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

A group delivering tenant relations training claims thousands of illegal evictions are made possible because many local councils have no trained...

Russia sending tanks into Ukraine sounds terrifying, but it also sounds a long way away. Unfortunately, in a world of global...

A council is to unveil its latest initiatives for landlords via a webinar. West Berkshire council will be running a virtual landlord...

A Citizens Advice helpline has opened in Wales for both renters struggling with arrears, and for landlords who believe their tenants...

Landlords and owners of empty homes in North Somerset are invited to a free event next month to find out more...

A charity is warning that landlords may not government help in reaching new EPC targets. Citizens Advice Scotland says the private rental...

The first-ever history of Tenancy Deposit legislation, legal challenges and proposed future changes has been published by the House of Commons...

A new report shows a growing difference in customer service levels between the best and worst energy suppliers in Britain -...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity is warning that fake investment scams are amongst the fraudulent activity that’s on the rise across...

A Citizens Advice and Students Union study into student accommodation in its patch says there should be an additional licensing scheme...

A charity claims it’s seen increasing numbers of private tenants seeking help, just as the bailiff enforced eviction ban has ended...

The controversial Breathing Space policy comes into effect from next Tuesday, May 4, and a charity is admitting it is not...

A charity claims it’s helping one person every minute with problems relating to renting from a private landlord. In the first two...

From April, almost two-thirds (67%) of England’s councils are set to increase their council tax by 4.90 – 5.0%. However, the pandemic has...

A coalition of rental groups with the same view on how to tackle arrears is calling on the Chancellor to help...

Citizens Advice has called once again for public funds to help tenants in Covid-related arrears. Alistair Cromwell, acting chief executive of the...

The National Residential Landlords Association says the latest stays report on students under the Coronavirus lockdown is unlikely to have an...

The Citizens Advice charity claims to have dealt with a private rental sector case “every two minutes” during December - and...

Senior MPs have been told by the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association that they must provide financial assistance...

Citizens Advice says the government should prioritise tenants with rent arrears who are the most significant victims of the financial fallout...

A county council and the local Citizens Advice service are asking private landlords in their area to reach out to tenants...

A property expert in the Home Counties has launched a dispute resolution service to avoid evictions. Julie Ford - who’s been in...

The coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook, and many buy-to-let landlords are understandably worried about their post-lockdown rental property...

With the Coronavirus crisis widely expected to lead to a rise in rent arrears as many tenants face financial hardship, Citizens...

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has criticised Citizens Advice for over-egging rental default levels due to coronavirus.  Research carried out by...

Three rogue operators in London have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering fraudulent rental payments received for properties that...

The vast majority of private landlords are dissatisfied with the existing courts process to repossess properties and would support an alternative...

Citizens Advice has called for more regulation of the private rented sector after research revealed that hundreds of thousands of tenants...

Significant changes are being made to the Universal Credit system that will see the housing element of the benefit paid directly...

Abolishing Section 21 without making Section 8 fully “fit for purpose” will have dire consequences on our housing supply. This week, the...

Half the people seeking help with their Universal Credit claim are in rent arrears, according to Citizens Advice. More generous advance loans...

The number of people seeking advice over rent arrears has increased by 47% over the past five years due primarily to...

A proposal to scrap Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, the clause which allows landlords to evict tenants without cause, would...

Private renters who complain to their landlord about problems at their rental property, including issues such as damp and mould, are...

Given that thousands of landlords and tenants are not protected by client money protection (CMP), placing money held by letting agents are...

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, yesterday pledged to offer private sector tenants’ greater rights by...

The Charitable Foundation of TDS, the deposit protection scheme, has announced that it made just over £94,000 in awards in its...

Fears about potential eviction, blacklisting, and rent increases are stopping four in ten private tenants from making complaints about or requesting...

The government’s proposed ban on letting agents charging tenant fees has gained significant support from members of the general public, while...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has reiterated its call for the government to reconsider banning letting agents in England...

More needs to be done to focus on improving renting rather than obsessing over property ownership, according to a specialist provider...

Councils across the country are being urged to raise their game when it comes to protecting private tenants from a minority...

There are growing fears that tenants will end up bearing the cost of the government’s decision to ban letting agents' fees...

Letting agents in England will be banned from charging fees to tenants under plans announced by the chancellor in his Autumn...

All letting agency fees should be paid by landlords, rather than tenants, as is the case in Scotland, according to Citizens...

The government and local councils are not doing enough to clampdown on rogue landlords, according to a new report. A survey of...

The consumer charity Citizens Advice is the latest body to say the government’s heavily-publicised £5m given to councils to tackle rogue...

Luton Borough Council has launched a new initiative which aims to tackle rogue landlords who are letting properties that are being...

Private housing tenants from across income scales are living in unsafe homes that fail to meet basic legal standards, a report...

Reading Council has launched a consultation on the creation of a Private Rented Sector Housing Charter. If established, the Charter will include...

Tenancy deposit protection scheme mydeposits is to launch in Jersey after the organisation signed contracts with the Jersey Government last week. The...

The tiny number of landlord convictions is no deterrent to the worst landlords, Generation Rent has said, as it calls on...

MPs have introduced two new bills that will crackdown on rogue landlords. The first measure introduced to parliament yesterday was by the...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has responded to last week’s Citizens Advice report on the private rented sector in a statement...

Rogue landlords are raking in £5.6billion a year for unsafe homes that fail to meet legal standards, a report by Citizens...