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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...

A cat charity claims it takes in an average of three cats daily because of landlords using Section 21 powers to...

Propertymark has issued a guide to tenants about their rights to have a pet.  A statement from trade body Propertymark says that...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of two approved ombudsman-style schemes for the private rental sector, has published the findings from a...

Landlords are being accused by academics of under-estimating the cost of allowing pets, and under-estimating their financial benefits. A new report commissioned...

Another survey highlights the relatively low proportion of landlords who appear to allow tenants to keep pets. The analysis, from Confused.com Mortgages,...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

Three-quarters of landlords want to raise rents in the face of the new Renter’s Reform Bill - mostly because of pets. When...

An insurance firm has identified locations which, according to current portal listings, have the highest proportion of dog-friendly rental properties. The league...

Detailed analyses of the Renters Reform Bill has thrown up more information about how the provision promoting pets will be operated. If...

Research conducted by the Dogs Trust and Cats Protection apparently shows that landlords are split on the subject of pets in...

According to the most recent data, 46 per cent of renters live with pets — and 48 per cent list allowing...

Two of the UK’s highest profile animal welfare organisations want the government to introduce better protection for responsible tenants with pets. Dogs...

One of the UK’s leading letting agents has told landlords that they should permit pets because “it’s the right and proper...

A new 100-unit Build To Rent scheme in Manchester called The Quarters is being marketed as “pet friendly”. The company behind it,...

A group wanting pets to be allowed in private rental properties says its research shows the issue is not opposition from...

Landlords across the country will be aware of the government’s shiny new proposed policy package for the Private Rental Sector, released...

PropTech firms Goodlord and Voich have released the findings of their annual State of the Lettings Industry survey. Some 2,600 agents, landlords...

Bringing your pup on holiday is becoming more popular than ever. And with studies finding that ‘dog-friendly’ was one of the...

Industry supplier the Lettings Hub has brought together industry leads from across the lettings and pet sectors to discuss how to...

New research from animal welfare charity Battersea - the new name for the Battersea Cats and Dogs Home - claims 50...

Next week a webinar will give landlords and other property professionals an opportunity to put questions directly to one of the...

Landlords typically spend hundreds of pounds repairing properties damaged by pets, but unable to recoup their costs.  That’s the claim from industry...

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

The Generation Rent group of activists says it has concerns over the broad proposals to allow landlords to charge for additional...

The Deposit Protection Service has given landlords tips on how to prepare their homes for pets because, it says, the single...

What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...

The UK’s largest listed provider of private rental homes, Grainger, is proposing pet-friendly ‘stay as long as you like up to...

Bizarre but true - a tenant has undergone a pseudo-marriage ceremony with her cat in a bid to get around any...

Thousands of landlords are to be quizzed to establish the true cost of damages to rental accommodation by tenants. The “What’s the...

A major supplier to the lettings industry has just acquired a pet referencing company and suggests that greater due diligence could...

Northumbria Law School and the Open University are conducting research into whether private landlords rent to tenants with pets and the...

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

A major supplier to the lettings sector says there’s no reason landlords should not allow pets into properties so long as there...

The most common feature in Build To Rent developments is an issue dividing landlords - pet-friendly homes. Some 47 per cent of...

An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets...

The government is not budging on the Tenant Fees Act and will not amend it to allow separate and additional charging...

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

A petition has been launched on the Channel Island of Jersey to prevent landlords banning pets from the local private rental...

It’s a controversial view but a respected buy to let mortgage monitor suggests that landlords may be more successful if they...

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

A pet referencing service is courting controversy by suggesting more animals should be allowed in rental properties - and that landlords,...

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