by peter littlewood | Oct 9, 2023 | Industry News
A coalition of tenant friendly groups has published its manifesto - which can be seen here. It calls for: rent controls, open-ended tenancies, an end to fixed-term tenancies ‘fair’ four-month notice periods, an end to Section 21 landlords should only be able to end...
by peter littlewood | Oct 9, 2023 | Industry News
Speaking to BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at the start of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, Starmer said his party would set a target of 1.5m new homes over five years, and would strengthen guidance to ensure developers included sufficient affordable...
by peter littlewood | Oct 7, 2023 | Industry News
'Britain's worst landlord' has been given the longest ban on letting properties in the country after renting out 'dangerous' houses. Nilendu Das, 55, has a 'long history of operating and managing extremely poor quality housing', and was once jailed for harassing...
by peter littlewood | Oct 7, 2023 | iHowz Campaigns
On Feb 02, 2022, The Government announced its long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper that included news of the intention to abolish the Section 21 Notice. If this happens iHowz believes that there will be serious, if unintended, consequences to landlords in the UK. The...
by peter littlewood | Oct 6, 2023 | Green issues, News
Research from property purchasing firm House Buyer Bureau, shows that 676,000 homes in England are sitting empty. Liverpool has the highest proportion of rental stock that’s lying vacant, with 10,769 vacant dwellings out of 229,863, amounting to 4.7 per cent of all...
