by peter littlewood | Jun 27, 2025 | News
The updated Right to Rent guidance for landlords (letting agents) has just been published. Not the How to Rent Guide. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/landlords-guide-to-right-to-rent-checks Updates include: A simplification of the content: reducing the...
by peter littlewood | Jun 27, 2025 | Open News
Writing an opinion piece in Property118, The Landlord Crusader comments, that as the Renters’ Rights Bill returns to the Lords next week, there’s growing concern it will reshape the rental market to the detriment of tenants it claims to defend. The end of Section 21,...
by peter littlewood | Jun 26, 2025 | Open News
The Government has just published its Live tables on affordable housing supply Housing Headlines: Affordable Home Supply Holds Steady but Starts Plummet New figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities reveal that while completions of...
by peter littlewood | Jun 25, 2025 | Open News
Lambeth Council Wins Legal Case — But Loses Public Trust More than 160 tenants are facing eviction after Lambeth Council reclassified homes rented via its own company, Homes for Lambeth, as temporary accommodation for homeless households. The council says it’s acting...
by peter littlewood | Jun 23, 2025 | Open News
Angela Rayner’s flagship Employment Rights Bill — now passing through the House of Lords — has sent ripples through Britain’s business community. Touted by the Labour government as a long-overdue boost to workers’ rights, the bill is being condemned by critics as a...