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The Renters (Reform) Bill was one of the main casualties of Rishi Sunak’s early General Election call. It left insufficient parliamentary...

A Hastings landlord has been fined £10,000 after failing to provide a satisfactory Electrical Safety Installation Certificate to the town council. The...

Understanding Article 4 is crucial for HMO landlords and one legal expert says there is a big difference between HMO licensing...

A landlord must pay £24,000 for failing to comply with an Improvement Notice issued to him.  Landlord Lakhbir Singh Rakhra was reported...

The deputy chief executive of Generation Rent claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands of lettings agents.  Dan Wilson Craw...

Rent prices tend to rise in the 12 months immediately after a General Election, by an average of 1.96%, according to...

Another raft of General Election pledges have been made to transform the private rental sector - this time from the Green...

A council has obtained a Banning Order against a rogue landlord preventing him letting houses in England for three years. A First...

Court fees levied on landlords are rising 10% from Wednesday - the result of a consultation process held shortly before Christmas. The...

A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

A tribunal case has ended with fines imposed on two landlords - Nigel William Harry Hobbs and James Robert Hobbs -...

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

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

A prominent lettings sector expert is blaming the media for anti-landlord sentiment and a rise in tenancy disputes. Gina Peters, Head of...

The NRLA says it is “profoundly disappointing” that the government has chosen to hike court fees for landlords at exactly the...

The controversial proposal for permanent rent controls in Scotland, published just ahead of the Easter holiday, doesn’t go far enough for...

A charity is calling for landlord licensing schemes which cost enough to fund annual inspections, and the issuing of “sentencing guidelines”...

The Scottish Government’s Housing Bill allows SNP and Green politicians to create rent control areas, triggered by local authorities, and this...

A council has won an appeal concerning two Civil Penalty Notices imposed on a landlord. The landlords had been issued two fines...

A newly-nominated candidate in this spring’s London Mayoral election has vowed to lower private rents if he wins. Serge Crowbolder, currently a...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent.  It has this week issued a statement saying the...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

A council has secured a banning order against a landlord, taking effect almost immediately. The order is against Grzegorz Surminski, a landlord...

A landlord in London has been ordered to refund 12 months’ rent to tenants after failing to license their HMO. The fine...

The government has insisted that its commitment to reform the courts process to help deal with evictions more effectively is not...

The government claims that millions of homeowners in England and Wales will be given greater rights, powers, and protections over their...

As we all now know, the Government has acknowledged that the ban on Section 21 eviction notices cannot not come into...

Lost in the noise of the King’s Speech, the general pledge to reform the leasehold system, and the subsequent political turmoil...

A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial...

A bizarre situation has arisen with a Labour council securing a banning order on a landlord - who now has to...

A landlord has found himself on the Rogue Landlord Database after repeatedly renting out hazardous properties in Sheffield. Local landlord and businessman...

The Fire Protection Association says a recent First-Tier Tribunal decision and appeal dismissal highlight the responsibilities that landlords hold in relation...

A Labour council claims to have a pioneering scheme to get refunds from law breaking landlords. Local media in York say the...

An unlicensed landlord has been ordered to pay back almost £15,000 in rent to his tenants after they were forced to...

A landlord showed a “flagrant disregard” for her duties, including failing to replace a condemned boiler, and has been struck off. In...

A Labour council says local landlords have only a week to apply for a licence before a big rise in the...

A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...

HM Courts and Tribunals Service has halted the work of bailiffs on safety grounds.  An incident is under investigation, and it’s believed...

A landlord who was banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards, has lost an appeal to...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, first promised in 2019, will finally be introduced into Parliament next...

Politicians have rejected calls for rent controls, open ended tenancies and slower evictions - although this has not happened on the...

A London landlord must pay over £6,000 after a tribunal upheld Hillingdon council's decision to fine him for numerous safety risks...

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

An unnamed landlord in the Norfolk town of Cromer has been issued with a £2,000 penalty, after the Residential Property Tribunal...

A not-for-profit business that advocates tenants use Rent Repayment Orders against landlords has issued a furious response to a Supreme Court...

The landlords’ trade body is welcoming a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court which provides vital clarification about so called ‘rent-to-rent’...

A London landlord has been fined £2,500 by the local council for letting an unlicensed HMO. The fine was issued after the...

A Wirral landlord has become the first in the region to be served with a Banning Order, which will prohibit him...

A landlord has been issued with a £16,000 penalty after the Residential Property Tribunal dismissed an appeal and upheld a financial penalty. North Norfolk council issued the...

A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...

A rent freeze in Scotland - which has been condemned by many experts in the private rental sector and by housing...

One of the highest profile figures in the lettings industry says the apparent inaction by government over rental reform gives an...

More enforcement is required if the government is to introduce the scale of reforms it has called for in its recent...

A tribunal has ordered a student accommodation management company to refund more than £84,000 in rent after it ran an unlicensed...

For the last decade, successive Governments have promised a review of the rules around renting in the UK – in part...

A recent judgement may mean that future Rent Repayment Orders may be less severe than those in the past. Many Rent Repayment...

A Bristol landlord has been banned from letting properties after repeatedly failing to meet the required standards. Naomi Knapp, a portfolio landlord...

A row is brewing on the Channel Island of Jersey over the make-up of a Rent Control Tribunal. Although the island’s landlords...

A landlord has been hit with a huge £23,000 fine for failing to properly maintain two HMOs. Landlord Lystra Dorval from Ilford...

In what has been described as a ‘first’ by the local authority concerned, a rogue landlord has been banned from letting...

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

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

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

A council has secured a banning order against a rogue landlord who was found guilty of failing to comply with legal...

Renting is changing. That’s what we keep being told by the Government as it prepares the ground for its renters’ reform...

Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...

A landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO in London. The fine was issued by Haringey council after the...

Plans to extend tenants’ rights that were introduced as an emergency measure during pandemic will have a ‘devastating’ effect on the...

A London landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO. The fine was issued after the landlord ignored repeated warnings...

A £5,000 fine handed to a landlord for not having an HMO licence has been slashed by 50 per cent. The landlord...

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

A non-profit organisation called Justice For Tenants has spearheaded a campaign which has ultimately led to a Rent Repayment Order being...

A leading politician in Wales has spoken out in favour of second homeowners, who are under increasing scrutiny in that country...

It’s understood there will be a Christmas truce with tenants not enduring bailiff-enforced evictions between December 13 and January 10. HM Courts...

A landlord has been fined £24,750 and told to repay his tenants almost £47,000 in rent. In December 2018, Preston council responded...

The council in Harrogate, Yorkshire, has issued what appears to be a celebration statement about its legal action against rogue landlords. The...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £2,400 to his former tenants after a tribunal appeal following the issuing of a...

A landlord company has been fined more than £15,000 for failing to improve housing conditions in three properties. North Somerset council received...

A local newspaper’s investigation has revealed that a London council flouted its own policies to maximise the number of landlords it...

The first landlord in the country to receive a Banning Order under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 when the new...

A one-time promoter of The Rolling Stones was so busy on the road that he forgot to get an HMO licence...

A landlord has been fined more than £16,000 for failing to license his property. It is the first time South Tyneside Council...

The Rogue Landlord Team of a local authority has triggered a civil penalty notice resulting in a fine of over £21,000...

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 details of its mediation scheme, which has already won the in-principle support of the National Residential Landlords...

Landlords have been warned not to try to deceive departing tenants after a controversial tribunal ruling. Lindsays law firm says Scotland’s first...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in what a local council calls “a landmark...

A landlord who failed to licence his property has been ordered to pay back over £5,000 in rent. Michael Convery from Belfast...

A four year ban on letting any residential property has been imposed on a landlord found guilty of using accommodation that could...

A London council is running what it describes as “an innovative project” to help private tenants reclaim rent from landlords who...

A landlord who did not secure the deposit of two students has been ordered to pay them £2,800.  The order was made...

The first case of a landlord breaching new tenancy rules in Scotland has resulted with him being issued a ‘Wrongful Termination...

A landlord who committed 33 offences at a property he owns has been issued with civil penalties totalling £50,500. Zaheer Uddin Babar,...

The family of an 80-year-old landlord fined for failing to maintain a block of flats in Wisbech has stepped in to...

A £4,550 fine has been upheld after an appeal by the landlord was rejected by a property tribunal. Fenland council served five...

A landlord who failed to properly look after two HMOs has been fined £70,500 by an Essex council. Lystra Dorval, of Ilford,...

Northampton council is seeking a so-called Charging Order against a landlord who failed to carry out improvements to her property and then...

A landlord in Winchester has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 in rent after a tribunal backed his tenants in a...