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A BBC journalist says activities to stop tenants speaking to him about the condition of flats let out by a Labour...

Three newly-elected Labour MPs have shot into the list of the top five landlords in the House of Commons. The Financial Times...

The Renters (Reform) Bill was one of the main casualties of Rishi Sunak’s early General Election call. It left insufficient parliamentary...

Informed leaks from unnamed government sources, and rolled out in the mainstream media, confirm that a version of the Renters Reform...

With Labour set to have a substantial majority in the Commons, this is how the coming days will play out.  Over the...

A Labour MP who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow administration and has spent much of his Parliamentary career criticising the private...

Figures publicised in a new House of Commons report suggests there’s been a huge rise in the number of short lets...

A General Election has been called for July 4. So what happens to the Renters Reform Bill, which has been the subject...

The fragile peace between different groups in the Renters Reform Coalition has ended in a dispute about a Labour-commissioned report on...

The Labour Party will not introduce rent controls if it wins the election. A spokesperson for the party is quoted on today’s...

The Renters Reform Bill returns to Parliament this week, with a First Reading of the measure in the House of Lords...

The National Union of Students claims the government has “folded to landlord’s lobbying” and watering down the Renters Reform Bill so...

The government is ruling out any U-turn on the tax changes regarding furnished holiday lettings - despite substantial complaints from Tory...

The National Residential Landlords Association predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...

It is possible that licensing regimes operated by local councils could cut the fees they impose on landlords. The House of Commons...

Back in 2019, the Government promised a ban on so-called no-fault evictions. Section 21 was to be outlawed. While some housing...

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says the government must set a date for Section 21 abolition to give all sides of...

The Renters Reform Bill has now passed all of its House of Commons stages, with amendments - as almost every Bill...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

A new version of research first released in May 2023 once again lashes some MPs for being landlords. 38 Degrees - an...

The Renters Reform Bill, heavily amended by the government and in some cases by individual MPs, has now passed through all...

The National Residential Landlords Association has taken the unusual step of extending an olive branch to the activists who run the...

The Renters Reform Bill returns to the House of Commons today with activist groups critical of amendments put forward to reach...

There are over 200 amendments to the Renters Reform Bill having its Third Reading in the Commons today. PropTech supplier Goodlord has...

Environmental health officers are making a last ditch bid to save local council licensing. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health reckons that...

Housing Minister Jacob Young will address members of the National Residential Landlords Association in an exclusive webinar on Thursday. This is the...

Responding to confirmation that the Renters Reform Bill will return to the Commons next Wednesday, Ben Beadle of the National Residential...

Renters allegedly pay £669 in un-recoverable costs for each ‘unwanted’ move as a result of eviction, claims campaigning charity Shelter. It says...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

Twenty twenty-four is a pivotal year for landlords in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). It is still the Government’s aim that...

MPs return to the Commons today after a substantial Easter recess - and with progress on the Renters Reform Bill on...

Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...

The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...

An all-party House of Commons committee is calling on Local Housing Allowance to be updated automatically and annually. LHA rates have been...

HM Revenue and Customs has done a rapid U-turn on a decision to close its self-assessment telephone helpline for half the...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association says it wants a speedy implementation of the Renters Reform Bill to avoid uncertainty - and...

Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...

Generation Rent has launched a double-pronged attack on landlords and the government. The activist group claims that the latest possession statistics from...

One of the MPs behind the disastrous mini-Budget - which directly led to soaring interest rates - is to stand down...

The Renters Reform Bill will not go for its Third Reading in the House of Commons for at least another fortnight. The...

A veteran MP claims that tenants in the region where his constituency sits are being “dreadfully exploited” by what he calls...

Amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, designed to give landlords more protection, have won the backing of a prominent industry figure. Neil Cobbold,...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

With 3.5 million UK adults planning major home improvements in 2024, an energy expert has shared seven adjustments that can properties more sustainable.  The...

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

The Renters Reform Bill in its latest amended version now runs to 15 pages, and is available on the Parliament website. The...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

The National Residential Landlords Association has created two template email letters for landlords to use to urge MPs to minimise damage...

A group of Conservative MPs has organised a lobby of the government to demand a clampdown on Airbnbs and other short...

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

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

MPs today begin the so-called Committee Stage of the Renters Reform Bill’s passage through the House of Commons. Organisations and individuals with...

The leader of Landlord Action has commended the efforts of MP Theresa Villiers for raising issues surrounding court delays which must...

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health gas come out in support of a legal challenge to the government’s draft regulations exempting...

It’s being forecast that there are likely to be major changes made to the Renters Reform Bill during its next stage...

A new survey of over 1,000 landlords has revealed that just over half would consider leaving the market due to the...

The Renters Reform Bill could end up with landlords going bankrupt, a housing law specialist is warning. Des Taylor, director of compliance...

Shadow housing secretary and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has accused the government of “foot dragging” over the slow progress of...

More details have emerged of what appears to be a stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers in the short term. The...

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association says the controversial Renters Reform Bill will only succeed if landlords’ feel...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

MPs from a range of opposition parties are pressing the government to reinstate the stricter energy efficiency rules for landlords, recently...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from the Financial Times...

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

Inventory clerks are ideally placed to protect landlords from some heavy fines triggered by the Renters Reform Bill, it’s been claimed. The...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he “cannot guarantee” that the Rental Reform Bill will get its Second Reading immediately after Parliament...

Rental activists are up in arms because Housing Secretary Michael Gove failed to mention the Renters Reform Bill during his keynote...

A charity claims that apparent delays to the Renters Reform Bill, which has yet to get a Second Reading in the...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign are complaining that the Renters Reform Bill hasn’t been placed ahead of other Parliamentary business...

A veteran Tory MP who has been a junior minister in the department responsible for housing now says the rental market...

The Renters Reform Bill is not scheduled for debate this week in Parliament - and time is running out for it...

The Generation Rent group of activists says Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is on their side about Section 21 evictions. Bailey...

A prominent lettings agent is urging landlords to stay vigilant for changes to the Renters Reform Bill now that Parliament is...

A PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his criticism of the government for failing to put flesh on the bones of the Renters...

It may be all change - again - at the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities if the government’s poor...

The head of the tenants’ activist group Generation Rent started work in the role of director in mid-June - and has...

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

A Labour MP wants the government to include private landlords in the Building Safety Act’s leaseholder protections scheme.  The government introduced the...

The unexpected slow progress of the Renters Reform Bill through the House of Commons continues. Although the official online documentation about the...

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

A series of template letters have been drafted so that landlords can write to MPs about problems caused by the Renters...

A Labour MP has expressed concern at the speed of progress on the Renters Reform Bill - pushing Leader of the...

A new petition has been launched on the UK Parliament website to reverse the move towards Periodic Tenancies contained in the...

Propertymark has told a group of MPs that many benefit recipients are excluded from the private rented sector due to the...

Consumer champion Martin Lewis - the man behind the Money Saving Expert website and TV shows - has backed the Renters...

2023 could be a landmark year for the private rented sector if Michael Gove succeeds in his pursuit of reforming the...

The National Residential Landlords Association says it could take up to 18 months for many elements of the Renters Reform Bill...

A campaign group claims that current MPs in the House of Commons make as much as £2m a year. 38 Degrees, which...

Housing minister Rachel Maclean has been ridiculed by a TV show audience over her claim that Brexit has no part in...

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

There have been no fewer than 10 different enquiries into selective licensing of landlords or rental properties by local councils -...

Housing minister Rachel Maclean is quoted as saying her government’s policies are NOT driving landlords out of the private rental sector. The...

A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that “families are being turfed out of their private rented homes under...

A Conservative MP is calling on the government to help landlords boost rental supply by reforming taxation. Andrew Lewer, Conservative MP for...

The House of Commons will today debate a proposal for local authorities to have specific controls over the proliferation of Airbnbs...

Activist group Generation Rent says it’s not convinced about government proposals to increase regulation of holiday lets and short lets -...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

The government is considering making home owners apply for planning consent if they wish to use a property for holiday lets. The...

I often use this column to discuss the reputation of landlords and the broader private rented sector which, as we all...