Michael Gove has promised to 'name and shame' bad landlords in the wake of toddler Awaab Ishak's death from a mouldy flat. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary told MPs he hoped to end the 'scandal' of residents living in 'shoddy, substandard homes'...
A council has issued a formal caution to a landlord for harassing his female tenant on social media.The landlord posted details of his tenant’s rent arrears onto Facebook and then shared that with her friends and family in a bid to humiliate her, he also shared her...
Patrick Marples, the chief executive of the South West London Law Centres, has urged the government to take action to end the misery of thousands of social housing tenants, living in council homes, housing association properties or paying rent to private landlords,...
Residential landlord Grainger reported a "very successful year" in which it delivered record net rental income growth and record occupancy. In the year that ended September 30, Grainger said pretax profit nearly doubled to GBP298.6 million from GBP152.1 million. It...
Letting agents and landlords should adopt a rigorous, professional inventory policy to ease fears over the Renters’ Reform Bill, property management services company No Letting Go says. The Renters’ Reform Bill proposes a shift in tenant rights that includes a ban on...
The Telegraph has run an article on some of the horror stories encountered by landlords from their rogue tenants. Under the heading ‘I lost £70,000 because a rogue tenant filled my house with rotting trout’ it can be seen here (subscription might be necessary), and...
The organisation which represents property agents across the UK has criticised the Welsh Government’s proposed changes to eviction notice periods in the private rented. The Renting Homes (Wales) Act was due to come into force on 15 July but was pushed back until 1...
Landlord repossession claims hit record levels in the three months to September, while mortgage possessions jumped “significantly” according to the Ministry of Justice. Its data monitors claims, orders, warrants and repossessions by country court bailiffs, which are...
New study by academics in Bristol highlights the controversial findings from major probe into attitudes among landlords. A major new study into the private rented sector (PRS) reveals the main reason landlords choose NOT to use letting agents is that they prefer...
Many private landlords lack the knowledge, skills and support needed to provide decent homes for renters, a new study has found. The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) study, by Dr Jennifer Harris and Professor Alex Marsh at the University of...
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