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While much of the property industry’s response to the King’s Speech focussed on government plans for rental sector and planning reform,...

Shelter is backing the Kicked Out for Coming Out campaign which highlights family rejection as a contributor to LGBTQ+ homelessness.  Shelter has...

A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...

Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

There’s been a rise of over 400 per cent in the monetary total of fines issued for Right To Rent offences...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

A property law specialist wants a national register which would allow tenants’ histories to be checked before rental agreements are signed. Nyree...

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...

Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...

A webinar explaining how agents can navigate through tough new Facebook advertising rules is being held next month. The ValPal Network’s head...

Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...

Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...

Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...

A petition has been launched on the Channel Island of Jersey to prevent agents and landlords banning pets from the local...

A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...

Activists from the Acorn renters' campaign group have held a protest outside a branch of Chancellors in Oxford. The group says the...

Another lettings agency has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a tenant receiving benefits. Worthing County Court declared that Michael Jones & Company unlawfully...

January 29th is the date set for MPs to hold the Second Reading of a Private Members’ Bill aimed at the...

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...

The Generation Rent campaign has renewed its call for public money to be allocated to clear at least some rent arrears...

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

A Conservative MP is urging his colleagues in government to end “cruel” discrimination against pet owners by much of the private...

An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...

A lettings agency that told a prospective tenant it had a policy of not offering tenancies to housing benefit recipients has...

A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...

Campaigning charity Shelter says it is “doubling up” its efforts to make sure letting agents comply with anti-discrimination legislation when it...

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

The Property Ombudsman is warning agents not to discriminate against tenants through a No DSS or any similar policy. Following the legal...

New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...

Both sides of the Right To Rent debate are squaring up for their latest court battle. Earlier this year the High Court...

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have been given a message from a consortium of groups this morning - Scrap Right To...

The government says thousands of families could benefit from changes to mortgage rules announced by Metro Bank. Currently the bank prevents landlords...

Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...

Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...

A lettings sector trade body says EU citizens may face problems getting private rented accommodation after Brexit. And the body - the...

With the government already on the ropes over Brexit, there’s a call today for one of its flagship immigration policies to...

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...

The government says it wants “an immediate change” in the policy of some letting agents and landlords who advertise ‘No DSS’...

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...

New research on private renting and mental health in Wales has concluded that more support is required.  The research was undertaken for...

A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes.  Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...

There’s been a broad welcome from the industry to new guidance on room sizes on rented homes. The guidance was released just...

In an announcement made just hours before much of the industry started its Christmas break, the government has clarified its guidance...

The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...

A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...

Urgent action is needed to tackle discrimination against benefit claimants by buy to let mortgage providers according to a leading trade...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has issued a sharp rebuke to Shelter and the National Housing Federation following their controversial ‘End...

Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants is now crowdfunding to pay for the Judicial Review of the government’s controversial...

A leading property disputes solicitor has joined a growing chorus of criticism of how Right To Rent will cope with issues...

Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has started what is described as an official inspection of Right To Rent. Legislation...

An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation alleges that student tenants are discriminated against by landlords on the basis of...

Almost a fifth of British citizens could find it harder to access rental property, according to the Residential Landlords Association (RLA). The...

Immigration charity Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has this week launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for...

The website of a respected political weekly journal says Right To Rent’s immigration checks provide cover for “buy to let bigots”...

Right To Rent is encouraging discrimination against international students according to a student lts online service.    Government figures marking the first anniversary...

A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...

The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...

So, Britain voted out of the European Union. What are the implications for UK landlords, from the immigration laws point of...

A campaign group in the north east London borough of Hackney claims to have ‘mystery shopped’ 50 letting agents and has...

A Liberal Democrat peer has accused the government of being “a bit rich” in its willingness to jail letting agents or...

The franchise letting agency chain Belvoir is urging its landlord clients to offer fiancial support to the national campaign to fight...

Another letting agent has spoken out at the threat of the new Right to Rent legislation leading to possible discrimination against...

The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...

An immigration lawyer has criticised the government’s Right to Rent scheme - officially starting today - for having little impact but...

The Immigration Bill containing controversial Right To Rent measures has been given a second reading by the House of Commons despite...

Labour will today ask Home Secretary Theresa May to publish the result of the Right To Rent pilot project amidst claims...

Right To Rent immigration checks is leading to a situation where lawful tenants are being refused housing according to the Residential...

Few subjects have generated as much discussion among the private rented sector in recent months as the government's Right to Rent...

A lawyer has raised the spectre of letting agents and landlords possibly facing accusation of discrimination when the government’s Right To...

The immigration charity the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants says it is working with a range of other bodies...