by peter littlewood | Jul 19, 2023 | Industry News
The English Housing Survey has just been published, and can be seen here. The headlines are: The private rented sector is the second largest tenure, with roughly 4.6 million households representing nearly one fifth (19%) of households in England. It is a sector...
by peter littlewood | Jul 18, 2023 | Industry News, Licensing
Landlords who rent out properties in Dollis Hill, Harlesden & Kensal Green and Willesden Green, will legally be required to have a licence from the start of next month. A licence will cost £640 for up to five years. Anyone who applied in the next few weeks before...
by peter littlewood | Jul 18, 2023 | Green issues
Controversial UK government aspirations to replace gas boilers in some homes with a hydrogen-based alternative are likely to be scrapped, Grant Shapps, the energy minister, has indicated. Shapps said he believed hydrogen would form part of Britain’s overall energy mix...
by peter littlewood | Jul 17, 2023 | Renters Reform Bill, Tax & Other Financial
The Behavioural Insights Team have published a blog asking why the Renters Reform Bill doesn’t contain a ‘low cost policy, popular with tenants, homelessness advocates and private landlords, that is missing from the bill: allowing people who receive...
by peter littlewood | Jul 17, 2023 | Industry News
Landlords should be unable to serve an eviction notice for at least the first year of a tenancy – even if they are selling or occupying a property, according to think tank Fabian Society. The left wing think tank also reckons eviction notice periods should be...
