Coalition send letter calling for Ministers to provide energy efficiency support

by peter littlewood | Aug 1, 2023 | Green issues, Tax & Other Financial

A letter, signed by Coventry Building Society, Citizens Advice, and Nationwide Building Society has been sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to encourage new fiscal support to improve energy efficiency standards in the private rented sector. The letter can be seen...

Will increased use of Section 8 notices trigger decline of private rental sector?

by peter littlewood | Aug 1, 2023 | Industry News

Gina Peters, Head of Landlord and Tenant at Dutton Gregory Solicitors, says the use of Section 8 eviction powers as envisaged under the Renters Reform Bill could lead to the “significant decline of the private rental sector.”  See her comments here. Peters goes on to...

Should landlord taxes be used to help tenants?

by peter littlewood | Aug 1, 2023 | Green issues, Tax & Other Financial

This week, Jeremy Hunt told banks and energy firms to use profits to support customers. Landlord association, iHowz, question why the chancellor has nor asked the Treasury to apply the same principle to the taxes from the private rental sector. The PRS are paying...

Property sales affected as potential EPC rules alter landlord behaviour

by peter littlewood | Aug 1, 2023 | Green issues

Landlords are increasingly buying or looking to buy properties that meet or nearly meet the Government’s looming minimum EPC rules leading to worries that homes with E or F certificates will become unsaleable. Mortgage firm Paragon polled some 1,200 landlords who had...

There may be another big licensing scheme in the South East

by peter littlewood | Aug 1, 2023 | Licensing

Medway Council has agreed to spend £50,000 looking licencing which it says would tackle poor property conditions within its borders as well as anti-social behaviour, poor housing quality and deprivation. See the decision here Medway has yet to decide how big its...