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A new partnership being launched today aims to see if the private rented sector can contribute to ending homelessness. It takes the...

A charity leader claims spiralling rents are forcing children into what he calls “damp and mouldy B&Bs”. Matt Downie, chief executive of...

There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...

The prospect of a long-term eviction ban appears to have been lifted in one part of the UK. The Welsh Government is...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...

MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...

A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...

The BBC has shone a spotlight on lockdown parties being held in contravention of social distancing rules at properties advertised on...

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...

Durham county council wants to spend just over £250,000 setting up a lettings agency to place tenants with private landlords. The authority...

A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...