The government has confirmed how landlords and letting agents will check the right to rent status of EU, EEA, and Swiss citizens after 30 June 2021, many of whom will no longer be able to physically document their right to rent in England after this date. Citizens...
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The government has binned an application to extend the borough’s landlord licensing scheme, saying that the council failed to provide any housing strategy. Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for Housing, has rejected Croydon Council’s...
Joiners, electricians and fit-out specialists among skills most sought after Construction will need to recruit an additional 217,000 new workers by 2025 just to meet demand, the CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) has warned with those working in joinery,...
Monthly construction output fell by 2.0% in April 2021 compared with March 2021, falling to £13,961 million, and was the first month-on-month fall since December 2020 when output fell by 2.2%. This follows comparatively strong growth of 5.8% in March 2021. Anecdotal...
The government has dismissed a call for reform of the stamp duty system, which would have meant the tax would apply when contracts were exchanged, not at completion.Over 13,500 people signed a formal petition on the government website seeking the tax - and therefore,...
A senior estate agent says even if the restrictions easing lockdown, still formally scheduled for June 21, are delayed by several weeks this will not be a problem for the market.Cory Askew, head of sales at London-focussed agency Chestertons, says: “Buyer confidence...
The Local Government Association has published a six-point plan which it says is needed to protect vulnerable households who could lose their homes after the ending of the ban on bailiff evictions on 31 May, and to tackle homelessness in the long-term. The LGA is...
The UK Government has published a new consultation to help set the terms and code for implementation of the new Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Act 2021, which aims to make it quicker and cheaper for gigabit broadband ISPs to access big...
On 6 June 2021 the Guardian reported that the government is cutting DHP funding to local authorities to £140m in 2021/22 (a reduction of 22 per cent). It had increased the funding from £139.5m to £180m in 2020/21 amid the pandemic. The cut brings the funding below the...
On 3 June 2021 the Ministry of Justice published statistics for the volume of civil and judicial review cases dealt with by the courts between 1 January and 31 March 2021. Mortgage and landlord possession claims were down 76 per cent to 7,100. This decrease has been...
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