The Social Housing Regulation Bill received Royal Assent last week and sets out new reforms for social housing landlords. According to the English Housing Survey 2021-2022, there are nine million people in England who live in social homes and nearly one million are...
A selective licensing scheme was approved by the council’s Executive on Thursday, will cover 5,400 homes in the three wards, Finsbury Park, Tollington and Hillrise, tripling the old Finsbury Park scheme it replaces. It applies to all privately rented houses or flats...
Nirpaul Riat was taken to court after being issued an Emergency Prohibition Order by Hounslow Council due to poor conditions in 22 of his properties, and judges fined him £300,000 for the long list of issues. Damp, squalid rooms with limited natural light, a lack of...
Paul Sams from Dutton Gregory has written a blog stating 'now is the time for the government to resurrect Help to Buy,' The blog can be seen here, and Sams says “The Help to Buy scheme was extremely beneficial to first time buyers, housebuilders, and the overall...
Rightmove has just issued its Rental Price Tracker. The full report can be seen here, and in summary says: National average asking rents outside London hit new record of £1,231 per calendar month (pcm): Average asking rents for new tenants are now over £300 (33%)...
Low-traffic neighbourhoods face a ban and landlords will get longer to meet energy efficiency targets as ministers retreat on “costly and unpopular” green policies. Rishi Sunak is planning to hold firm on net-zero goals while delaying or ditching a host of measures...
The Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities have set out further plans change planning laws to pave the way for more home extensions and conversions of shops into houses in England in efforts to address the housing crisis. The...
Landlords are aware that they will probably have to upgrade their properties to meet new regulations, but don't know what regulations, or when. Writing in an article in the Telegraph, he said: “My own strong view is that we’re asking too much too quickly. “We do want...
You may be aware that we have been running a campaign for the past two years, to get the Government to make it clear what landlords will have to do to meet their energy requirements. The not least of which is a request to publish the requirements for the new EPC...
As you are aware, iHowz don't give tax advice, but we can point you at an excellent article in the Investors' Chronicle - see here (subscription may be necessary).
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