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27th February 2026, 4 months ago
Of course the government didn't trouble their little heads considering the impact. The RRA will not be viewed positively once the true impact of dogma over pragmatic change starts to be felt two months from now. I note the comment...
Read More →17th February 2026, 4 months ago
Westminster have announced they are not increasing their element of council tax. Local elections in May - couldn't be any connection. They have a poor record of engagement with the PRS, paying lip service to LLAS and the event listed...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Peter Merrick at 23/01/2026 - 08:55
Reply to the comment left by Peter Merrick at 23/01/2026 - 08:55Current Rules (General) Whole Property Let/Sold: An EPC is required for the entire building if it's let as one unit (e.g., one contract for all tenants) or sold. Room-by-Room...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dee Gidda at 22/01/2026 - 07:01
Crouchender, you raise the very point that is now contributing to the growing number of properties where tenants are having issues with mould and mildew (which previously had none). Yes, draft free homes are warmer and cheaper to heat, but...
Read More →15th December 2025, 6 months ago
Another act of misguided misdirection - all stick and flannel when carrot and clarity would be a far better way of gaining landlords' trust and engagement. Where are the definitive published EPC / MEES requirements for landlords to meet their...
Read More →22nd November 2025, 7 months ago
How brave and refreshing to see a digital media platform turn away from the clickbait slope of angry rants that exaggerate fight and flight responses. The team at iHowz congratulate you and look forward to seeing the community here pull...
Read More →8th November 2025, 7 months ago
COMING SOON . . . iHowz are finalising their RRA GUIDE FOR LANDLORDS, and expect to publish mid-November It includes - expected timetable - hints and tips - answers to frequently asked questions - detailed section on student landlord provisions....
Read More →8th November 2025, 7 months ago
The monitoring of payments consistently being paid on a given date would be a basic capability of open banking, assuming the tenant ops in to this
Read More →7th November 2025, 8 months ago
The opening Background section ends ". . landlords who are undercut by the rogues and chancers" Many here might think that applies to local authorities and Labour ministers (especially those who are landlords).
Read More →31st October 2025, 8 months ago
Not sure Rachel will have time for the weekend papers if she's going to read the 269 page RRA blockbuster published today. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/26/pdfs/ukpga_20250026_en.pdf Spoiler alert: it all ends in tears.
Read More →30th October 2025, 8 months ago
Talk about burying the news The King drop-kicking Andrew has certainly done Starmer a solid, just as landlords were enjoying the schadenfreude of seeing another minister/Secretary of State fall foul of the traps the Government has set for hard-working landlords....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Richard AA at 30/10/2025 - 12:50
Reply to the comment left by Richard AA at 30/10/2025 - 12:50How would council know there are no serious breaches? In Westminster's licensing consultations, they acknowledged that they use a desk top evaluation to determine the sample of properties they...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jeremy Johnson at 30/10/2025 - 11:51
Like other Labour MPs who are renting out their homes, she will soon be "enjoying" the twists and turns of navigating the RRA and will, no doubt, be putting Mathew Pennycook and his team on hot dial. The moment of...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 30/10/2025 - 11:27
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 30/10/2025 - 11:27Hopefully, the prospect of local elections next spring will help Southwark's cabinet minister for housing come to the correct decision regarding prosecution or fine for non-compliant landlord - rogue...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Keith Wellburn at 30/10/2025 - 11:03
Reply to the comment left by Keith Wellburn at 30/10/2025 - 11:03Clearly the PMs acceptance speech promise to break down silo mentality in government didn't register with cabinet members. Housing Secretary could have consulted Treasury Chancellor should have spoken to...
Read More →30th October 2025, 8 months ago
Not a good look for Labour in the week they celebrate breaking a tried and tested rental model which picked up the pieces and provided homes when the social sector failed to. The week started with their custodial landlord arm...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 22/10/2025 - 16:25
Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 22/10/2025 - 16:25They currently do call and treat it as unearned income and we can make voluntary NIC contributions. Mandating it would imply that is being treated as earned unless they...
Read More →22nd October 2025, 8 months ago
Don't be so miserable, surely if we are forced to pay NIC then our rental income must be earnings, so would mean our contributions qualify for tax relief. This was one of the benefits of the FHL regime until Jeremy...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jeremy Johnson at 07/10/2025 - 11:39
The one positive of individuals' rental profit being treated as NI income is that it would be hard for them to say it is not earned income, bringing an end to the anomaly of us not being able to claim...
Read More →6th September 2025, 10 months ago
The new Housing Secretary, Steve Reed, will be swatting up this weekend and putting on his big boy pants on Monday as he leads the charge to get the RRB over the line. https://whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal52821 https://ihowz.uk/ihowz-continues-campaign-on-the-renters-rights-bill/
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