The 63-year-old former teacher is being taken to court due to his failure to pay rent but says he can't afford it without the benefits he is entitled to A cash-strapped man says he has been waiting for months to receive state benefits he claims he is entitled to....
Propertymark’s head of policy and campaigns, Timothy Douglas, will explain how investment in the private rented sector can be better incentivised when he speaks at the Westminster Social Policy Forum this week.The forum will bring together MPs and senior government...
A report from Propertymark highlights that the recent pandemic helped to fuel the rise in short let properties because many people decided to holiday in the UK rather than risk travel abroad. However, the report, ‘The impact of short-term/holiday lets on UK housing’...
A landlord in Cromer has been issued with a £16,000 penalty, after the Residential Property Tribunal dismissed an appeal and upheld a financial penalty notice. The Council issued the landlord with an Improvement Notice, which escalated to a Financial Penalty...
This week providers of "exempt" housing were slammed by the cross party DLUHC Committee, saying "The current system of exempt accommodation, a type of supported housing that is used to house a range of people with support needs, is a ‘complete mess’ that is failing...
A landlord representative is to be a member of a new advisory panel which has been set up by the Property Redress Service.The PRS is one of two government-backed redress schemes for agents (the other is The Property Ombudsman) and there is a long-standing commitment...
The Regulator of Social Housing has published a sector risk profile setting out the main risks facing the social housing sector and some of the actions registered providers should be taking to manage those risks. The report shows that providers face substantial...
The Guardian has reported the result of a Freedom of Information request which revealed that more than 6,000 households were moved more than 20 miles from their local neighbourhood in out-of-area placements by 53 councils in the last four years. The Guardian notes...
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is calling on residents of high-rise buildings in England to become a part of a Residents’ Panel, ensuring their voice is heard during the development and implementation of the new building safety regime. The Building Safety Act...
On 24 October 2022 the Housing Ombudsman published a report, Spotlight on noise complaints: Time to be heard, bringing together learning from a review of more than 800 noise related cases dealt with over three years together with insight from 374 responses to the...
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