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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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 has been landed with a bill of almost £2,800 for failing to clear rubbish and maintain his vacant property. Alex...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £25,000 by magistrates for a catalogue of failings relating to his rental property...

Social housing, believed by some to be superior to private rental, is under the spotlight as two major landlords are to...

A rogue landlord who created false identities and fake lcompanies as part of an elaborate web of misinformation designed to exploit...

Campaigners often like to portray relations between tenants and landlords as poor, but a new survey suggests this is far from...

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

A council is telling private tenants in its area to make contact if they believe their mould-related problems are not being...

Many landlords have welcomed the zero deposit insurance concept - but is this being damaged by the pressure-selling techniques of some...

Two law partners at a legal firm have outlined a five-step process which tenants can use to complain to their landlords...

A council wants private tenants to ‘grass’ on rogue landlords in the light of the tragic death of toddler Awaab Ishak. Telford...

The future of the private rented sector in England has been back under the Westminster spotlight in the last two weeks...

A rogue landlord has been fined £2,814 for failing to license an HMO in Wolverhampton. Dudley Magistrates Court found Maciej Piotr Zaremba...

The freeholders to a block of maisonettes have been ordered to pay more than £22,000 after failing to carry out repairs...

A landlord has paid a £12,400 civil penalty after failing to license their HMO. In March this year officers from West Northamptonshire council attended...

The landlord of a property in Northampton has paid a £2,750 civil penalty after failing to licence their HMO. In December 2021...

The landlord of a property in Northampton has paid a £2,750 civil penalty after failing to licence their HMO. In December 2021...

What protections do landlords have when investing in a new-build property? From this week those landlords buying a new build home can...

A controversial Labour council aims to make life more expensive for landlords who let out whole properties via Airbnb or other...

A landlord has been hit with a huge £23,000 fine for failing to properly maintain two HMOs. Landlord Lystra Dorval from Ilford...

A landlord who lives in the US and lets her apartment out via Airbnb has been banned from doing so in...

A good broadband connection is one of the main amenities tenants expect from a rental property and something you, as a...

A council is one of the first in the UK to consult on a licensing scheme for AirBnb style short lets. The...

Landlords are being invited to join the advisory council of the country’s largest lettings redress scheme. The Property Redress Scheme covers more...

HMRC is seeing substantial delays in the processing of self assessment tax returns, it’s being claimed.  A company called RIFT Tax Refunds...

A landlord has been fined and must pay compensation after being involved in an illegal eviction. The landlord - Tahir Aziz - was...

PropTech supplier Inventorybase has drawn up a league table of what it calls the private rental sector’s most complained about issues.  After...

A rogue landlord that put tenants at risk has been fined for £4,808 for breaking housing regulations on a property in...

Lettings agency and property management consultancy Bramleys has revealed the most common landlord complaints, and has provided suggestions as to how...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

A study by the Tenancy Deposit Service has found that garden maintenance remains one of the most common reasons behind deposit...

A landlord has been fined £6,250 for failing to make a series of improvements to the property he lets out in...

The Mirror newspaper has launched a campaign to “make rented homes safer”. It says its campaign - called Safe As Houses -...

A second-offence landlord has received fines totalling £5,259.75 after council officers found nine different safety violations at a single property. The building...

A new voluntary redress scheme has been launched to help landlords and tenants solve disputes.  The scheme - by the National Residential...