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The independent National Audit Office has sharply criticised the former Conservative government for having no strategy or public targets for reducing...

Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...

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 landlord has quit the private rental sector after a battle with his council over why his properties were put into...

Government proposals on limiting short lets "fall a long way short of what's needed and will do nothing to put right...

The Generation Rent activist group says the government must “make it clear that landlords and letting agents can let homes to...

A newspaper claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants British families to be given higher priority for social housing. Implicitly this may...

I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister in the short lived premiership of Liz...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Private...

Rental sector organisations have been given an indication by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that a new How...

A council is appealing to landlords to work with the local authority and the Probation Service to help ex-offenders fit accommodation...

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

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

In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...

TV property expert Phil Spencer has called for a radical simplification of the rules surrounding landlord licensing, fees and other regulations. In...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has still not given a new date for the publication of the Renters...

Figures contained in the government’s new action plan to tackle anti-social behaviour reveal the depth of the problem amongst tenants. The plan...

A new How To Rent guide has been released today by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Trade bodies were...

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

The government has indicated that the delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document is to be Friday March 24. The...

The government has delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document - it had been expected today.  The How to Rent...

The government has launched the consultation on the controversial subject of disaggregation - a system which has seen council tax bills...

This guidance was issued by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities this week. This guidance is in addition to the...

The government has announced that it’s going to work on a new second homes policy with one particular council - if...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...

Rogue landlords who exploit the supported housing system at the expense of vulnerable residents could be banned from operating or fined...

The government has once again declined to give any meaningful timetable for the introduction of the Renters Reform Bill. At the end...

The current system of so-called ‘exempt rental accommodation’ has been condemned by MPs as “a complete mess” which wastes taxpayers’ money...

Birmingham council has been granted permission by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to introduce a massive Selective Licensing...

Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. But at this stage it’s uncertain whether...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Agents are warning that...

The minister who was behind the controversial Renters Reform Bill and the accompanying White Paper has this morning resigned from the...

The new Housing Secretary is to be Simon Clarke who, at 37, may be the youngest member of Liz Truss’s first...

It is thought that a new Housing Secretary to replace Greg Clarke may be named within hours, if as expected Liz...

In an unexpected statement from the government it’s been announced that social housing residents will be able to get training and support...

The National Residential Landlords Association has identified five key areas for its campaigning in the short term, as the Conservatives elect...

The latest English Housing Survey report on the private rental sector gives the lie to the perception that most tenants are...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...

With the (eventual) departure of Boris Johnson, the next question for landlords and indeed much of the property industry is: What’s going...

Greg Clark is the new Housing Secretary, with responsibilities including steering the Renters' Reform Bill through parliament. He is part of a...

The architects of the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper have been housing minister Eddie Hughes MP, Housing Secretary Michael Gove...

An industry trade body is alerting landlords that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are likely to be introduced soon -...

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

The government has indirectly given away early details of its long-expected National Landlord Register - but it still appears to be...

The government appears to have admitted that the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper has now been delayed yet again, this time...

The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has given £650,000 to one town to clampdown on rogue landlords. A statement...

Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...

The activist group Generation Rent says it’s celebrating a victory in its campaign to secure a national mandatory landlord register. Newspaper leaks...

The government has issued updated guidance on renters moving home during the pandemic, and for the first time the rules change...

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...

Another charity has criticised landlords using eviction powers on tenants with Covid-related arrears.  StepChange, a debt advice charity, says it wants to...

The government has launched a survey of private tenants in which it asks them whether they would like to be given...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...