Industry News

Property Industry Eye are running an article on the rent freeze in Scotland. It can be seen here, and says: DJ Alexander in Scotland has reacted with concern at the Scottish government’s emergency legislation to introduce a rent freeze and a moratorium on evictions in...

ARCH has published its submission to the consultation on the Government’s proposal to limit local authority rent increases in 2023/24 to 5 per cent. It argues that a statutory cap on rent increases is unnecessary because local authorities recognise that to increase...

The BBC News has reported that tenants who complain of dangerous or potentially deadly faults in privately rented homes “are being let down by councils”. BBC News asked councils in England how many hazards – classed as either category one or two – they had recorded in...

IFSEC, an organiation dedicated to fire and saftey, are reporting that Mansfield District Council could be facing up to a reported £20m in costs to fix serious fire safety construction failings at three apartment blocks it owns in London, which were built as recently...

The House of Commons Library has published a report on Help with paying for historical fire safety work: high-rise blocks (England) It can be seen here, and says: On 28 June 2022, provisions in the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) came into force to protect certain...

The Guardian has reported that, according to the data firm Mortar Research, 95 per cent of co-owning couples who seek to split up spend at least a month in the same home post-breakup. On average the cohabitation with their former partner lasts 1.3 years. Almost half...

Thanet District Council has reported that it had brought what is believed to be the largest ever prosecution of its type, for offences under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, after investigating a series of related allegations of criminal activity taking place in...

The Housing Ombudsman has reported that it had made two findings of severe maladminstration for Onward Homes’ failings in handling a resident’s complaint about damp and mould caused by rotten window frames and her request for compensation due to damaged belongings. A...

The Observer has reported that police had said that criminal gangs are buying properties and setting them up as supported accommodation to receive the higher rates of housing benefit for such properties. However, according to the police, the landlords provide little...

Tenants in Tunbridge Wells claim they are paying a 'hidden charge' for energy to landlord But Town and Country Housing said the charge was for how much heat was lost during its journey from the communal boiler to their home Tenants of retirement housing in Tunbridge...