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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...

The Bank of England will trim base rate to 5% next week, according to a majority of economists in a poll...

The veteran founder of Hunters, Kevin Hollinrake, is reported to be in the race to be Conservative Party leader.  He is MP...

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...

A charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship has hit out at the government over rumours concerning the Renters...

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

The Fine & Country Foundation’s Annual Carols by Candlelight concert, held in collaboration with King's College Cambridge, has raised £21,061. This will...

An industry supplier owned by the Leaders Romans Group says the government’s pledge to reform - not replace - leasehold should...

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...

Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...

An activist group claims that 54 per cent of students are currently living with damp and mould. The group - Students Organising...

A lettings and sales agency that describes itself as “ethical” and has built up strong links with local community groups has...

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

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

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

A campaign group has protested outside letting agencies in Bristol, protesting against what they describe as “bidding wars” between rival tenants. The...

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

Emergency legislation containing a private sector rent freeze is to be debated by Scottish politicians this week - and the surprise...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations says its members are key to tackling the cost of living crisis but rent freezes,...

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...

Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

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

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

Propertymark has joined a series of charities and a landlord body to warn about the poverty risk of expected changes to...

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...

Age UK is the latest campaigning charity to call for the repeal of S21 and the introduction of greater controls over...

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

An anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert says any private rented sector tenant with Coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for...

The private rental sector has come under attack for its conditions and costs to tenants in a report looking into health...

Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

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

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

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

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

Over 70% of Conservative councillors and housing leads have indicated that £2 billion pledged for affordable housing is not enough to...

Policy makers concerned with the private rental sector ignore the needs of older tenants who are regarded as “invisible”. That’s the claim...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...

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

Vulnerable tenants will find it harder to access housing following the passing of the Welsh government’s Renting Homes Bill, according to...

The Charity Commission is to probe the links between a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in...

The BBC is investigating a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in housing benefit after its owner...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...