Shelter has revealed that the freeze in Local Housing Allowance (LHA) since 2020 has left “a vanishingly small number of private rentals that are actually covered by LHA rates – and therefore affordable for the 1.8 million renters and their families who rely on...
The Guardian published an interactive map showing which areas are affordable to rent privately based on an individual, couple or family salary and an assumed deposit. For the map, click here.
The House of Commons Library has published a paper covering trends in housing supply and barriers and potential solutions to delivering more homes in England. For the paper, click here. Which in summary is: Government ambitions for new housing supply In their 2019...
DLUHC has published statistics which provide an estimate of the number of leasehold dwellings in England, by tenure, dwelling type and region, and the proportion of the overall number of dwellings in England that are leasehold. They show: In 2021-22, there were an...
The Ministry of Justice has published statistics for the volume of civil and judicial review cases dealt with by the courts between 1 January to 31 March 2023. The overall trend in mortgage and landlord possession claims has been decreasing since a peak of 60,000 in...
On 23 May 2023 the DLUHC published estimates of the number of dwellings in England on 31 March 2022. According to the estimate: There were 25.2 million dwellings as of 31 March 2022, an increase of 232,820 dwellings or 0.93 per cent on the previous year. 1 million...
The Regulator of Social Housing has published an updated Rent Standard which registered providers of social housing must comply with, together with guidance on how to apply for an exemption to the Standard. For the documents, click here.
On 24 May 2023 the Office for National Statistics published a price index tracking the prices paid for renting property from private landlords in the UK during April 2023. It found: Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 4.8 per cent in the 12 months...
On of the biggest concerns in the Renters Reform Bill is the proposal to stop Fixed Term tenancies, and for all tenancies to be periodic only - i.e. the Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) would become an Assured Tenancy. In Scotland, where they have lost the Section 21...
London homeowners will see their annual bill jump by up to £7,300 when they remortgage this year as 3.5 million borrowers face a rate shock. Nationally, homeowners will have to spend nearly an extra £9bn in interest over 2023 and 2024 as they are forced to refinance...
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