Numerous organisations have published responses to the government’s white paper on the private rented sector. Responses include those by the following: Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, for which click here Citizens Advice, for which...

Letting agents in Suffolk have warned plans to ban ‘no fault’ evictions in England could lead to fewer homeowners putting their properties on the private rental market. Under proposals in the Renters Reform Bill white paper, landlords will be...

The Telegraph (subscription might be required) has run two articles on the recent White Paper anouncement Why do the Tories think landlords are social workers?   June 16th Ben Wilkinson starts: 'Housing secretary Michael Gove hailed the new...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A Peterborough landlord who changed the locks as he illegally evicted a tenant at a property he owned has been jailed for a year. Peterborough Crown Court heard how council officials were first alerted to concerns about Mirza Tariq Mahmud Jaral in...

John Lewis is targeting suburban locations and commuter towns in the South East as it pushes ahead with plans to build 10,000 rental homes despite warnings that the property market is cooling. The John Lewis Partnership, which also owns Waitrose,...