Industry News

The Telegraph is reporting that Senior directors from Britain's biggest grocers told John Glen, chief secretary to the Treasury, that onerous regulation covering everything from recycling to border checks was making the weekly shop more expensive. This article can be...

Property118 have revealed that the Government have published a draft law to remove the HMO licencing regulations for landlords who will house asylum seekers. It can be seen here, and discusses the good points and bad points, with a Home Office spokesperson saying :...

The number of new UK homes being registered to be built in the first quarter of this year fell by 40% compared with the same period a year earlier, according to an industry body. The National House Building Council said 27,673 new homes were registered to be built in...

Estate Agent Today is reporting that ‘Landlords are exiting the market in droves.’ The full article can be seen here, and cites a report by an accountancy firm ‘who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector in 2022, taking more than 116,000...

The government announced a new, larger, £11.5bn Affordable Homes Programme 2021-26 (AHP), including funding for social rent, supported housing, and a renewed commitment to delivering homes using modern methods of construction (MMC). The AHP plans to deliver up to...

On 20 April 2023 the Regulator of Social Housing published a regulatory notice concluding that the London Borough of Harrow had breached the Home Standard and, as a result, there was the potential for serious detriment to tenants. Following a referral from a tenant,...

On 20 April 2023 the Housing Ombudsman reported that it had found severe maladministration for how Metropolitan Thames Valley dealt with a complaint relating to fire safety, leaving a South London resident with anxiety over the issue for over 10 months. Throughout the...

On 18 April 2023 the Housing Ombudsman reported that it had found severe maladministration for Notting Hill Genesis after it left a resident living in a second floor flat with a faulty window that was described as having the potential to fall out. After two...

The National Housing Federation has published a report exploring the impact overcrowding has on a family’s physical and mental health, wellbeing, daily lives and relationships. The report, which includes polling carried out by Savanta, finds: More than 310,000...

The Oxford Mail is reporting on a landlord sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, and ordered to pay prosecution costs in excess of £15,000 after he removed his tenant’s possessions and left them on the street in the rain while she made a...