Rogue landlords who subject tenants to squalid conditions in Walsall have been warned they will be driven out of business. Since April 2018, the council has issued 131 legal notices against landlords, with 17 progressing to fines adding up to almost £114,000. Its...
Crisis has published the results of research showing that four out of 10 employers (42 per cent) would likely seek to terminate an employee’s contract if they were homeless, despite nearly one in four households in England being at risk of or experiencing...
The Office for National Statistics has published median monthly rental prices for the private rental market in England, calculated using data from the Valuation Office Agency. The main points are: The median monthly rent was £755 for England, recorded between October...
The DLUHC has published data from the count of traveller caravans in England which took place in July 2021. The data show: Overall, the number of traveller caravans has increased since the last count in July 2019. The total number of traveller caravans in England in...
Agencies can leverage technology and economies of scale to ensure compliance across their entire portfolio, while landlords who choose to self-manage face an uphill battle to accomplish the same task with fewer resources.This was one of the takeaways of a recent...
From 6 April 2022, Biometric Residence Card (BRC), Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) and Frontier Worker Permit (FWP) holders will only be able to evidence their Right to Rent using the Home Office online service. As part of wider moves to reduce the work involved for...
Online estate agency Purplebricks Group has delayed its results after it emerged it was facing potentially millions of pounds of claims. The Aim-listed firm was due to publish interim numbers on Tuesday. It had already warned they were likely to be...
The Government have updated some of their Covid advice: The Guidance for Landlords and Tenants can be seen here, with technical guidance here. General advice on moving home during Covid can be seen here. General advice on keeping safe can be seen here. Reducing the...
Councils are warning of a growing crisis in the private rented housing sector, with a sharp rise in landlords selling up or converting their properties into Airbnb’s. 76% of councils surveyed by the District Councils Network (DCN) said this had caused a rise in...
A lodger who punched, kicked and bit his landlord after being challenged about his drinking has been jailed. Mickey Boots punched the victim in the face before kicking him and biting his nose after an argument about his drinking habits on 14 August. Officers were...
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