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An activist group supporting renters is calling for the final two months of a tenancy to be rent-free in a bid...

Activist group Generation Rent has produced a report in tandem with a trades union, focusing on key worker tenants - and...

A survey of over 1,000 landlords finds they appear largely reconciled to the election of a Labour government after 14 years...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show how hard interest rate rises are hitting landlords. Compared to the same quarter in...

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...

There are over 200 amendments to the Renters Reform Bill having its Third Reading in the Commons today. PropTech supplier Goodlord has...

An activist group says any future Labour government should introduce a beefed-up version of the Renters Reform Bill - whether or...

A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...

The substantial majority of landlords lack any optimism about their sector as they enter 2024. That’s the result of a new sentiment...

The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...

MPs today begin the so-called Committee Stage of the Renters Reform Bill’s passage through the House of Commons. Organisations and individuals with...

A Labour MP has spoken of loopholes in the Renters Reform Bill - a narrative now being pursued by some activists...

Section 21: Research carried out by Leaders Romans Group has found that Section 21 is rarely overused, and even more rarely...

The pro-tenant anti-landlord Renters Reform Bill has at last been published by the government which first promised it in 2019. It has...

Plans to change private rental sector tenancy law have gone out to consultation on Jersey. The minister for Housing and Communities, David...

I am, by my own admission, ever the optimist, but with a barrage of enquiries from concerned landlords facing very real...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

What has been billed as the bigger change ever to housing law in Wales comes into force today and is described...

Despite a string of pledges on rental sector reform delivered in recent days by government ministers, including Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

A formal consultation that saw an overwhelming number of responses opposed to extend notice periods to six months has been ignored...

Labour’s radical proposals for the private rental sector - including reducing landlords’ powers to demand arrears - have produced a dramatic...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

The buy-to-let market is going through a rough patch. With legislative change on the horizon, coupled with bleak ROI forecasts, many...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed credit for many of the measures contained in the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector...

On 16 June 2022, the Government introduced a White Paper called “A Fairer Rented Private Sector”. It proposes the biggest changes...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made a sweeping attack on the conditions of homes run by private landlords. In a statement backing...

This is the entirety of the detail given by the government about the Renters’ Reform Bill, confirmed in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech. --- Renters Reform...

In this guides and tips piece, Kerry Barber, head of Compliance at Goodlord, and Leanne McCarthy, claims facilitator at Goodlord, discuss why this month's...

The National Residential Landlords Association is trying to head off the growing clamour for rent controls by setting out its own...

A national awareness campaign has been launched to prepare landlords for the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 on...

A law practice claims to have seen increasing numbers of landlords falling foul of revised possession deadlines. Newport-based Bellavia & Associates says...

The scrapping of Section 21 and other provisions expected in the government’s White Paper on rental reform have been delayed until...

With more than 60 per cent of landlords losing rental income during the pandemic, it is no surprise that many are...

New forms have been posted which must be used by landlords and letting agents from October 1. New legislation regarding eviction notices...

Landlord Action, the high profile eviction and housing law consultancy, has seen a 43 per cent rise in instructions from landlords...

The Welsh government has again extended the notice period which landlords must give tenants - it’s at least six months. The Coronavirus...

Some tenants are effectively “professional crooks” taking advantage of Coronavirus law changes to avoid paying landlords, a leading letting agent says. Benham...

A former member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet has thrown his weight behind Generation Rent’s latest campaign. Lloyd Russell-Moyle - chair of...

Activists including Generation Rent are to lobby MPs this afternoon, to complain against eviction notice periods in England reverting to pre-Covid...

Activists’ group Generation Rent says it’s to lobby MPs on Tuesday next week against the return of normal eviction notice periods...

The government has updated its guidance for landlords and tenants in the private and social rental sectors in England and Wales. The...

A landlord trade body says the lengthening of notice periods during the pandemic have made matters worse for tenants, not better. John...

A large number of private rental tenants may be eligible to take advantage of the new and controversial Breathing Space debt...

Activist group Generation Rent are telling tenants to use the slightest documentation error by landlords to avoid eviction. It claims as many...

The government has released new forms for secure and assured tenancies - and agents who fail to use them risk having...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

Campaigning charity Shelter says the lifting of the bailiff-enforced eviction ban, which happened over the weekend, is “the beginning of the...

Landlords have welcomed the government’s announcement to end the eviction ban and reduce the notice period required for the private rental...

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

The government says the number of households facing possible homelessness after a Section 21 eviction has fallen 50 per cent in...

The landlords' main trade body wants a tapering down of notice periods for Section 8 and Section 21. The government has already...

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

The government has reissued its official guidance on the possession process for private landlord. The document was originally published last September but...

The main landlords’ trade body has made a blistering attack on the government of one of the UK nations, asking it...

Another political party has joined the chorus of voices calling for still-longer bans on evictions in the private rental sector. The ban...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

Around 840,000 private renters in England and Wales have built up rent arrears since lockdown measures began and one in five...

New simplified rental contracts are to be introduced from spring 2022 in Wales with minimum notice periods for evictions extended from...

The last year has been one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate, the here and now, in a...

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

The government insists that its ban on bailiff-enforced evictions “protects the most vulnerable renters” during the pandemic. The claim comes in the...

The government has rejected a call for landlords to have powers to evict tenants who fall 14 days into arrears. Property investor...

A research project funded by the Nationwide Foundation has revealed widespread tenant satisfaction with small-scale landlords in Scotland.  The project, RentBetter, looks...

An analysis of the private rental sector by the London School of Economics suggests there could be three times the current...

New versions of a model private residential tenancy agreement and other landlord-critical documentation have been issued by the Scottish Government. There’s also...

HomeLet’s latest monthly index shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent over just three months, but there...

Landlord Action and the Property Redress Scheme, both part of the Hamilton Fraser group, have teamed up to help buy-to-let landlords...

With courts now prepared to hear rental property repossession cases again following the end of the ban on evictions, there will...

Rules which were due to expire at the end of September have been extended meaning buy-to-let landlords in Wales must now...

As has been broadcast widely in the news the government has been going to extraordinary lengths to enforce their message that...

The length of notice periods landlords must provide tenants when using certain grounds for possession whilst the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020...

Buy-to-let landlords must now provide tenants with at least six months’ notice period prior to seeking possession through the courts in...

Buy-to-let landlords must now provide tenants with at least six months’ notice period prior to seeking possession through the courts in...

The government’s latest changes to the eviction ban have been welcomed by property technology company Goodlord.  The government revealed yet more changes...

Buy-to-let landlords in England will now have to give tenants six months’ notice to vacate their property except in cases involving...

Portico has teamed up with Goodlord to offer a new rent protection service.  The Goodlord insurance policy is designed to allow Portico’s...

The government is being urged to increase housing benefits and remove the benefit cap to help support more tenants, especially in...

A number of buy-to-let landlords face financial hardship because of the coronavirus crisis, especially if the existing ban of tenant evictions...

With the Coronavirus crisis widely expected to lead to a rise in rent arrears as many tenants face financial hardship, Citizens...

These are tough times, and many people need help to cope, including those living in private rented accommodation.  The government has taken...

Buy-to-let landlords are leaving the private rented sector north of the border in their droves as a direct result of Scottish...