Generation Rent, the tenant lobbying group is concerned over the proposals to allow landlords to charge for additional insurance against damage if they allow their tenants to have pets contained the recent White Paper. It is proposed that tenants would have the right...
The Government have been promising to publish a White Paper outlining their views on the Private Rented Sector (PRS) since 2019 and have finally done it. Yesterday (Thursday June 16th) the White Paper ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’ was published, and can be seen...
Landlords who sold off properties from the private rented sector during the COVID-19 pandemic are often not returning to the market amid new, purse-tightening pressures. “Landlords who were left hit by the pandemic are now facing a cost-of-living crisis,” according to...
Plans laid out to bolster safeguards, improve inclusion and get a handle on buy now, pay later schemes. HM Treasury has today revealed plans to modernise consumer credit laws by reforming the Consumer Credit Act – which regulates all credit card purchases and personal...
Don’t pick on landlords - that’s the message from a leading tax and advisory consultancy. Blick Rothenberg warns that the government needs to take care to ensure that responsible buy to let landlords are not burdened with so much regulatory red tape and costs that...
Bristol has been found to be one of the most expensive cities to live in the UK, according to some new research. The recent study by CIA Landlord Insurance compared monthly salaries with monthly rental places and the cost of living. It found London is the most...
During 2021, deposits held in rental disputes between landlords and tenants totalled £27m despite a year-on-year decline in volume, according to new industry insight from mydeposits. The latest figures show that over 4.5m tenancy deposits are protected across the UK...
The new levelling up bill will allow local authorities, from April 2024, to double council tax on owners of second homes that are furnished but unoccupied. They will also be able to charge the higher rate on unfurnished empty properties after just one year instead of...
New right to buy plans and changes for housing benefits claimants are being unveiled by the government. The schemes are being announced by Boris Johnson today as he looks to reset his government after the confidence vote. Under proposals announced to the media,...
The Social Housing Bill, which is set to be published today (9/6/22), will give more power to the Regulator of Social Housing in an effort to crack down on shoddy landlords. The legislation will impact around four million people – the number of social housing tenants...
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