On 2 July 2022 the DLUHC launched the Supported Housing Improvement Programme which the government says will help councils in worst-affected areas tackle bad quality and poor value for money in supported housing. The Department says that there are...

On 4 July 2022 the Commons Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee concluded the public evidence sessions for its inquiry into exempt accommodation. The LUHC Committee heard from Eddie Hughes, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State...

These Regulations, which come into force on 20 July 2022, support the leaseholder protection provisions in sections 116 to 125 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Building Safety Act 2022 (the Act). Those sections make provision in relation to remediation...

Pet damage poses more of a risk than the damage inflicted by adult tenants, with 85.3% of landlords and agents saying they have experienced pet-related damage, according to the latest data from Propertymark. The survey was undertaken by...

On 28 June 2022 the Housing Ombudsman published its latest Insight report covering January to March 2022. It shows an increase in cases coming into its formal remit for investigation. The Ombudsman received 1,013 cases for investigation and made...

Landlords typically spend hundreds of pounds repairing properties damaged by pets, but unable to recoup their costs.That’s the claim from industry supplier The Lettings Hub which says more than three in four landlords reported damage by pets but...

Analysis of landlord-related tweets in 60 UK cities found only 3.3% of those from Worcester included a complaint. Only Colchester with a score of 3.2% had fewer Twitter complaints. HouseholdQuotes, which carried out the research, said Worcester’s...

The Telegraph have run an article on the potential for increased evictions before the intended abolition of the Section 21. It can be seen here (subscription might be required) and predicts ‘a wave of nearly 300,000 evictions before new rules are...

A landlord who let out flats in an unsafe house which had no power or hot water has been fined £20,000. Demetirous Georgiou, 64, failed to complete fire safety and gas and electrics works ordered on the Salford property in 2016. The council said...

On 29 June 2022 the government launched a review into the effect of short-term holiday lets with the aim of improving the holiday letting market for those living in popular tourism destinations. The scheme, proposed in the review, could involve...

On 28 June 2022 the Building Safety Act 2022 came into force. The DLUHC announced that 45 of the UK’s biggest homebuilders have agreed “to fix life-critical fire-safety defects on all buildings at least 11 metres high that they have played a role...