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Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...

The Scottish National Party, which as part of an alliance with the Greens introduced controversial rent controls in Scotland in 2022,...

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

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...

Owners of vacant properties are being offered an improved incentive to bring their house back into use. Plymouth council is re-launching its...

Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...

Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

The BBC says discussions are underway to extend the Renters Reform Bill to specifically outlaw any rental listing banning families and benefit recipients...

New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...

The issue of ‘rent for sex’ - tenants offered free or discounted rent in return for sexual favours - is now...

Propertymark has set out the case for an increase in benefits for private tenants. Timothy Douglas, Propertymark's Head of Policy and Campaigns...

Propertymark has told a group of MPs that many benefit recipients are excluded from the private rented sector due to the...

Propertymark has renewed its call for Local Housing Allowance  - which has remained static since 2020 - to be increased. It says...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...

The Local Government Association, which comprises 331 of the 333 councils in England and all 22 Welsh unitary councils, is calling on...

Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...

The average gap between housing benefit rates and the actual cost of rents has grown by more than 40 per cent...

The cost of living crisis could have a ‘catastrophic’ impact on homelessness unless an immediate eviction ban is introduced. That’s the view...

London faces a possible homelessness spike this winter due to the cost-of-living crisis and increases in private rents, a group of...

The government is relying on the private rented sector to bolster its high-profile Homes for Ukraine programme - despite a series...

MPs on a key Select Committee have been criticised by the letting agents’ trade body for failing to probe how Local...

The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...

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

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

Earlier this week Propertymark revealed it had co-signed an open letter criticising proposed government cuts to benefits.  That open letter was co-signed...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

There’s widespread concern that a freeze on the Local Housing Allowance will worsen rental arrears. Although Chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to mention...

A council says it’s let 21 properties thanks to a rent guarantee system launched to woo private landlords to supply homes...

Generation Rent’s campaign for more public funds for private tenants continues unabated with a call on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase...

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

Campaign group Generation Rent says thousands of tenants in areas of the country under Tier 3 Coronavirus restrictions are in danger...

A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...

Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...

The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...

A local authority has set up what it calls The Private Sector Landlord service to try to harness some private property...

Former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the new director of the campaign group Generation Rent, claims 500,000 renters are in arrears as...

A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given Letting Agent Today a statement trying to soothe critics of its...

A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...

Labour has thrown its weight behind campaigning pressure groups in a general call to avoid what the party’s housing spokeswoman calls...

The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...

More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

A leading trade body is backing calls by MPs for additional financial support to tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. The National Residential...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...

Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...

The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Plans to end the freeze on housing benefits will still leave many tenants unable to afford rent say landlords. Following the announcement...

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...

Universal Credit is causing tenants to fall behind with their rent according to lettings sector trade body the Residential Landlords Association. It...

The Residential Landlords Association has given its backing to Zoopla’s ban on agents and landlords advertising properties to rent as ‘No...

A lettings sector trade body has put the blame firmly on government for the scale of poverty amongst those who privately...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

A trade body is warning that the government’s new Universal Credit payments could have a disastrous impact on private lettings with...