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It now appears that Labour wanted the Renters Reform Bill to be waved through into law last week - but the...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he cannot say for sure whether the Renters Reform Bill will be ‘waved through’ into law...

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

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

A Labour member of the House of Lords is warning that a new law could allow landlords’ bank accounts to be...

The Generation Rent activist group has once again repeated its demand for a series of reforms surrounding the scrapping of Section...

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

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

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...

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

National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...

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

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

A trade body claims private tenants are ‘suffering’ because lettings agents are not regulated. Propertymark is demanding equal treatment between lettings agents...

In the recent landlord sentiment survey conducted by the Property Redress Scheme, it came as no surprise to me to discover...

Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan-Smith is to address landlords at an event this summer. The MP - 70 next week - was...

The ban on the sale of new leasehold homes is welcome but there can be no further delay in announcing ground...

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

There is to be no comparable law for private landlords, following the introduction of Awaab’s Law. Earlier this week the Department of...

As the Renters Reform Bill heads towards the House of Lords, a free webinar is targeting landlords operating in the student...

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...

The Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill has passed its third reading in the House of Lords and is set to become law...

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme - launched in May 2022 and open to landlords as well as homeowners - is failing to...

The Generation Rent campaign group is advertising for a new director - the role held in recent years by Alicia Kennedy,...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

A job at the Generation Rent campaign group is being advertised on a site dedicated to jobs working for MPs. The post...

The mystery as to why so many MPs appear anti-landlord deepens with the news that at least 17 per cent of...

Airbnb’s general manager is claiming that there is no fact-based evidence to link the proliferation of short lets across the UK...

A Labour Mayor and a former Labour baroness have teamed up to call for rent freezes in London, claiming they slash...

As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...

A last ditch bid is underway to include the properties of all landlords in the programme of financial help to remove...

A House of Lords report claims that the private rental sector has become ”increasingly unaffordable” and says out welcomes the proliferation...

The long-running saga of unscrupulous landlords taking advantage of lone tenants to suggest a ‘sex for rent’ arrangement continues with a...

A government housing minister has confirmed to the House of Lords that a new tax regime for Airbnb hosts and holiday...

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

Conservative Peer Lord Black of Brentwood - Guy Black, a former newspaper magnate and Conservative activist - has urged the government...

The government has produced figures that counter the long-running claims by rental sector activists that there has been a build up...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has spoken strongly in favour of landlords’ rights. In a House of Lords debate on...

The Generation Rent campaign wants public cash in a Covid Rent Debt Fund to clear rent arrears for tenants who have run...

The House of Lords has narrowly voted for a low-key motion expressing regret that the current eviction ban measures do not offer more...

An influential all-party committee of MPs and members of the House of Lords is calling for a new council tax fund...

MPs are being encouraged to ensure EU citizens with settled status can continue to rent a property in this country and...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has welcomed calls by a parliamentary committee for tax incentives for private landlords to improve the...

The ban on fees charged by landlords and letting agents will be introduced in June after the Tenant Fees Bill passed...

The introduction of a ban on fees charged by landlords and letting agents look set to finally come into force on...

With a new year now upon us, it’s time to look forward to what might happen (and what is definitely happening)...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill will soon become law after passing its third reading at the House of Lords...

The government’s plan to introduce a ban on fees charged by landlords and letting agents is likely to come into force...

Tenant Fees Bill that will ban most charges set by landlords and letting agents to tenants in England will continue its...

Tenants look set to be given more powers to take action against rogue landlords renting out properties “unfit for human habitation”,...

The next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be a Second Reading in the House of Lords this...

Landlords are set to lose out on millions of pounds through a clampdown on rental fees after the government yesterday announced...

RentalStep has added its voice to growing calls for rent payments to be added to a tenant’s credit score. The PropTech startup supports...

PayProp has added its voice to growing calls for rent payments to be added to a tenant’s credit score. The automated rental...

Four out of five buy-to-let landlords believe that client money protection (CMP) should be made compulsory when they use a letting...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks is calling on landlords as well as letting agents to respond to the government's outstanding...

The government is considering its options when it comes to increasing protections for private landlords and tenants’ cash against fraud and...

For a long time, fair wear and tear has been a grey area for landlords and letting agents alike; this is...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on Theresa May’s new government to back private landlords, rather than institutional investors, to...

Plans to stop letting agents charging tenants for an inventory check could see costs passed on to landlords, warns the Association...

MPs will offer their reaction to Lords amendments to the Housing and Planning Bill this afternoon, which may take a while given...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has told the Government that it’s the lack of housing, not the number of private landlords,...

A tenants’ campaign group claims the Starter Homes scheme will help just 200,000 first-timer buyers, leaving 2 million aspiring home owners...

A high profile letting agent has urged politicians to lay off the private rented sector and stop overloading it with confusion. Lisa...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has raised concerns about the new Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015. Now...

The landlord community has hit out at government for unnecessary delays in the introduction of legislation which will make it compulsory...