Industry News

A former lettings agent who now helps tenants take legal action against landlords says 25 per cent of the complaints he has received this year relate to damp and mould.Ajay Jagota runs Veriwise, which he calls a tenants’ rights organisation. He claims 45 per cent of...

The Government is proposing to mandate second staircases in new residential buildings that are more than 30m high in a bid to boost safety. This is the latest step in updating the statutory guidance on building regulations for new buildings to ensure the safety of...

Three more social housing landlords have been named and shamed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove today (28 December 2022) for failing residents, as he urged lawyers to direct tenants to the Housing Ombudsman to save them time and money. Michael Gove has demanded...

The English Housing Survey for 2021/22 has just been published and can be seen here. It shows: There are 15.6 million owner occupied households, representing 64% of all households in 2021-22 Since 2013-14 there have been more outright owners than mortgagors. In...

A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks on landlords and the rental industry. Theresa Wallace from The Lettings Industry Council and Savills is joined by Ben Beadle from the...

Community union Acorn has urged councillors to back a motion being presented in a meeting Friday December 15th, which would allow Brighton and Hove City Council to start issuing formal notices to landlords to stop evictions being made in retaliation for tenants making...

Mayor calls for emergency Government investment as 343,000 London families living in social housing below minimum standards The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today issued a stark warning about the consequences of the Government failing to provide emergency...

A 'perfect storm' of low housing stock, rising unaffordability of owner-occupier mortgage costs, and soaring tenant demand for rental homes is causing concern for landlords as they seek to maintain viable investments. The findings come from snap poll data by GetGround...

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A Labour back bencher (Rachael Maskell) has tabled the ‘Short-term and Holiday-let Accommodation (Licensing) Bill’, which is backed by the shadow minister, Barbara Keeley. The Bill looks to force all short term lets to be licensed before they can be let.  The full...