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The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims. The...

Propertymark has warned Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister against scrapping Section 21 eviction powers without an adequate replacement. If Angela Rayner does fulfil...

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

Respected energy industry consultancy Cornwall Insight says the price cap for the April to June period this year - to be...

Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...

An industry body - the Property Energy Professionals Association - has condemned the Prime Minister’s abandonment of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards...

Propertymark is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The think tank E3G...

A legal expert says there is too little practical help available to transform the energy efficiency reputation of the private rental...

Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...

Propertymark wants to see more energy-efficient homes, but with realistic targets and incentives to act. In its submission to the government ahead...

With the private rental sector stressed at the prospect of stricter energy efficiency rules in the coming years, the body representing...

An extension to a private rental property licensing scheme in London has been given the green light by the government. Haringey council’s...

A PropTech firm is warning that well over two million private rental sector households could be in fuel poverty by the...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...

Almost £300,000 has been awarded to a consortium of councils to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector. York council will lead...

An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector.  Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...

Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency.  Electricity distributor UK...

TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

Government policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will increase rents for tenants. New laws mean that from...