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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...

A Labour council in London admits that 24% of its social housing fails the sector’s Decent Homes Standard. The industry norm for...

A landlord has been sentenced after failing to comply with the requirements of a Breach of Condition Notice that had been...

The UK property market is on the cusp of significant change with the introduction of the Renters Reform Bill 2024. This...

A landlord who persistently failed to license several rented properties has had the homes seized by Merton council in south London,...

The Housing Ombudsman, who presides over the social landlord sector comprising housing associations and local councils, has hit out at a...

Buyers require greater protection from poor quality housing according to the voluntary Ombudsman service responsible for dealing with complaints about new...

A landlord has been fined for allowing a family to live in a substandard property with serious hazards including damp and...

The Housing Ombudsman has launched a special investigation into a Labour council after 16 ‘severe Maladministration’ cases in a year and...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of order a home owner to stop short-letting their property, claiming its use...

New figures from the Housing Ombudsman - who presides over social housing - suggests 47% of the cases he has determined...

The London borough of Wandsworth is the latest council to trigger a consultation for more licensing.   It’s inviting tenants, landlords, property...

The government has released more information on its new Renters Rights Bill, which is expected to be launched into Parliament in...

The much-publicised and long-awaited Good Landlords Charter for the Greater Manchester area has at last been launched. A statement from the local...

The latest report from the Housing Ombudsman, which presides over social landlords, has named 27 local authorities and social housing providers...

A landlord must pay £24,000 for failing to comply with an Improvement Notice issued to him.  Landlord Lakhbir Singh Rakhra was reported...

Private renters in England face a postcode lottery as councils are failing to properly inspect properties with potential hazards. That’s the view of...

What is a property inventory? A property inventory is a detailed document that records the condition of a property and its contents...

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

The landlord of a property has been hit with over £23,000 in legal costs after being found guilty of operating an...

The Housing Ombudsman - which currently presides over the social housing sector - has named and shamed 12 councils and housing...

A private landlord who let three of his properties fall into dangerous disrepair has been ordered to pay almost £14,000 after...

Labour-controlled Lambeth council in south London is introducing a Selective Licensing Scheme at almost £1,000 per property. A statement from the council...

Newly re-elected Greater Manchester Labour Mayor Andy Burnham is to spend £600,000 of council tax payers’ cash on a clampdown on...

Propertymark has issued a guide to tenants about their rights to have a pet.  A statement from trade body Propertymark says that...

An influential consumer body is demanding a complete overhaul of Energy Performance Certificates. Which? says that with millions of households across the...

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

A website is being prepared to assist private renters know where to turn if their landlord or lettings agent fail to...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

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

A controversial wealth management company claims that almost two thirds of private tenants have suffered a deterioration in their mental and...

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

Private landlords applied for licences covering more than 12,000 homes during the first year of a controversial council’s selective licensing scheme. The...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £2,500 in fines, compensation and costs after a council brought a prosecution against him. Jama...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

The Housing Ombudsman has revealed figures showing huge increases in the numbers of complaints from tenants on social housing. The Ombudsman says...

Airbnb is banning the use of security cameras inside rental properties from the end of April. Airbnb currently allows security cameras in...

Liverpool council and Merseyside Police have secured the eviction of a private tenant making life ‘a nightmare’ for the local community. The...

A landlord who failed to produce annual gas safety certificates as she ignored warnings from a council, has left court with...

A property industry commentator has set out what he calls a plan of action to rejuvenate the buy to let sector. Jonathan...

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

The Housing Ombudsman has found severe maladministration by One Housing Group in its record keeping following the its failure to conduct...

The Housing Ombudsman has ordered Yorkshire Housing to pay £3,780 after it found three findings of severe maladministration for how it...

The identify of the service running the upcoming Private Rental Sector Ombudsman scheme has been thrown into doubt once more. The Renters...

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

The Housing Ombudsman - which assesses problems involving social housing landlords - has found severe maladministration in four cases involving Croydon...

Four landlords are contemplating seeking a judicial review of a council’s proposed licensing scheme extension. Middlesbrough council is consulting on extending its...

A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...

Private tenants are being encouraged by a local council to report damp and mould issues to their landlords. Shropshire council says private...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who let out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King of Kings Langley was...

Landlords will have to include many more specific points about their properties when they list them in future - whether directly...

Melton council in Leicestershire has prosecuted a resident who pleaded guilty of failing to comply with a planning contravention notice which...

A leader of the pro-tenant activist group Acorn has told MPs that “one man bands” are more likely to exploit tenants...

A landlord has been hit with an £11,800 fine for operating an HMO without a licence. Stoke-on-Trent council launched an investigation into...

A landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice has received a hefty fine. Sultan Mahmood, of Woking, was...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was initially fined £4,000...

The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over social housing landlords - has issued his report on what he calls the “deeply...

The property investment service BuyAssociation has changed the wording of an advertisement after intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA says: “A...

A public complaint about rubbish being dumped in a remote country lane started a trail that eventually led to a landlord...

The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over all social housing - has revealed a huge surge in what it calls “severe...

Holding deposits head the list of complaints about the private rental sector, says the man at the top of the Property...

A tenants’ union has developed an app which it claims makes it easy to complain about short lets. Living Rent - a...

A council has prosecuted a landlord for a second time, for multiple offences.  The offences concerned a tenanted caravan that had been...

A Labour council claims to have a pioneering scheme to get refunds from law breaking landlords. Local media in York say the...

A landlord who let tenants live in properties riddled with hazardous electrics, unsafe boilers, mould and no smoke alarms must pay...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords to take responsibility for issues of damp and...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving landlords and letting agents and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

A London council that just days ago threatened private landlords with unlimited fines and “have control of their properties removed” has...

The Housing Ombudsman - who presides over housing associations and other social housing providers - has ordered a chief executive to...

Hawks Properties Limited has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour a compensation award. The agency - with...

There’s been a large increase in the number of complaints registered with The Property Ombudsman - with lettings agents in the...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

A north of England council says it’s held two local landlords to account after they failed to make essential repairs to...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £44,000 after a court found him guilty of a serious housing offence. Giuseppe Sutera,...

A private landlord in Mansfield has been ordered to pay a £17,000 penalty after renting out sub-standard accommodation. The unnamed landlord, investigated...

A lettings agent with 3,500 properties under management has written a long letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove complaining about the...

An angry landlord has contacted Landlord Today to show what she calls the “twaddle” response she has received from the Department...

A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...

Airbnb says it’s using screening technology to weed out anti-social tenants this summer. The short lets platform has launched what it calls...

An unnamed landlord has been fined more than £3,500 after an HMO in Cambridge was found to have been unlicensed. After receiving...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £3,000 in fines and costs for operating an unsafe HMO. John Abraka pleaded guilty...

Social housing tenants are to be encouraged to hold their landlords to account as part of a taxpayer funded training scheme. From free advice on...

A mystery unnamed landlord has been hit with a bill of over £115,000 as a result of a series of problem...

The National Residential Landlords Association and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme have produced what they call a comprehensive spring cleaning guide for...

Both the Generation Rent activist group and London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan have issued a joint attack on private rental sector...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £3,000 for operating an unsafe HMO  following enforcement action by Havering council. John Abraka...

A landlord was prosecuted after a council discovered he had unlawfully allowed occupation of a prohibited property. Following a complaint from a...

A lettings agency has identified the three most complained-about issues by tenants last year. All the tenants were in Greater London and...

Recently the government once again committed to banning 'no-fault' evictions, with the new government housing minister Rachel Maclean promising the ban on...

The Housing Ombudsman has released its special investigation into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the social housing provider which supplied accommodation to Awaab...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £1,600 after pleading guilty to an illegal eviction. Grace Young of Derby let...

An unnamed landlord has been prosecuted after Rochdale council discovered they had unlawfully allowed occupation of a property that had been...

Activist group Generation Rent is demanding that the government tighten regulations on damp and mould - and is tying this to...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector wants this week’s Budget to provide more funding for local council enforcement of rental...

A council has prosecuted a landlord operating a property firm for not producing the right paperwork. Luton local authority has prosecuted Poplar...

Dacorum council in Hertfordshire has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was fined...

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

A north of England council has released figures on the number of complaints it has received about private landlords. Pendle council in...

A council is to spend £1m “to gather information about the conditions of specific groups of privately rented properties and proactively...

A landlord of a home with unsafe electrics has been issued with a fine of £7,500 by a west country council. Following...