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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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 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...

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

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...

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

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

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

The MPs Natalie Elphicke and Lloyd Russell-Moyle are to lead a debate today in the House of Commons on the private rental...

MPs from Opposition parties in the House of Commons have attacked the government’s recent stamp duty change - and taken the...

Generation Rent, the activist group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has given a warm welcome to the return of Michael Gove...

Labour MP Rachael Maskell says she has won the support of 10 other members of parliament from across the political divide...

The government’s latest U-turn on Section 21 evictions powers - which it now says WILL be abolished, following earlier leaks that...

The charity Shelter is organising a fringe meeting at next week’s Conservative party conference, with a prominent campaigner for a mandatory...

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

The government has repeated its demand that landlords pass on energy rebates to tenants. A written parliamentary question on this issue was...

Little may have been heard of Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell in recent months but he has broken his silence to back...

Shelter - for so long an outspoken critic of private rental landlords and letting agencies - has now turned its fire...

Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...

One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association has backed a far-reaching report by a group of MPs which has condemned the quality of...

The Renters’ Reform Coalition, a combination of some 20 groups of activists wanting to transform the lettings sector, has set its...

A group of MPs has unveiled a scathing report about the inadequacies of HM Revenue & Customs, with a particular reference...

A government housing minister says the Boris Johnson administration wants to shift the balance of power in the rental sector favour...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dodged a question from an MP about the timing of the long-awaited Rental Reform Bill and...

The government looks set to clamp down on holiday rentals and will this year formally consult on the concept of a...

For landlords who may want a brief update on Section 21, the House of Commons Library has published a concise description...

A respected political website claims that over 30 MPs from a range of political parties have written to the Housing Secretary...

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

A website has lifted the lid on how many MPs in the current parliament are landlords. Open Democracy - which describes itself...

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...

The MP who is the architect of a Private Members Bill to allow pets in privately rented property is facing a...

Labour MPs have quizzed junior housing minister Eddie Hughes over the effects of the ending of the eviction ban. At the regular...

The government has pledged to  bring forward a White Paper in the Autumn, focussing on its commitments to reform the private...

Rebecca Long Bailey, a left wing MP sacked in controversial circumstances by party leader Sir Kier Starmer, has spoken up for...

Activists led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy of Generation Rent say the proposed reform of the private rental system must include a...

The landlords’ trade body has given its support to the principle of consultation before the much-hyped Renters Reform Bill becomes law. Yesterday’s...

Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until last weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister.  She...

Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell, who is moving a Bill through Parliament urging landlords to accept pets, says he backs a law...

It’s almost exactly a year since Britain went into its first lockdown, heralding a large number of measures affecting renting, notably...

The Green Homes Grant scheme is set to fail according to MPs, who claim the current slow roll-out means it would...

The National Residential Landlords Association has launched a new podcast series - Listen Up Landlords - for members and non-members. The association...

Junior housing minister Kelly Tolhurst says the government will introduce the controversial Renters Reform Bill “very soon.” This Bill is the one which...