Renters Reform Bill

Is the Private Rented Sector heading back to the 1970s?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2023, 3 years ago | 11

Strikes, rocketing-interest rates and high demand for housing. You would be forgiven for thinking that we were back in the...

Renters Reform Bill – Is there any provision for landlords who are allergic to dogs/cats?

Author: Readers Question

21st July 2023, 3 years ago | 14

Hello, under the Renters Reform Bill, it states that a landlord cannot reasonably refuse a request for a pet from...

Co-Op Bank gets in bed with Shelter to make wild claims

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2023, 3 years ago | 22

First, it was a claim by Generation Rent that families are being evicted every 15 minutes – but now Shelter...

Landlords will ‘need inventories’ if tenants can legally keep pets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2023, 3 years ago | 13

Worried landlords should consider inventories as a defence should the Renters (Reform) Bill become law and tenants get a legal...

Tenants face being unfairly evicted ‘every 15 minutes’ this summer – claim

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2023, 3 years ago | 36

A tenant activist group is making a wild claim that renters face being unfairly evicted from their homes this summer...

Letting agents urged to contact MPs over Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th July 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Lettings agents are being urged to contact their MPs over the Renters (Reform) Bill since it appears that the upcoming...

Shelter demands 12 months of no re-letting in new Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th July 2023, 3 years ago | 56

The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee has been told that the Renters (Reform) Bill needs strengthening to prevent landlords...

How the Renters’ (Reform) Bill could backfire on tenants: Higher rents and fewer homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th July 2023, 3 years ago | 11

The Government’s plan to reform the rental sector may have unintended consequences for tenants, the Daily Telegraph reports. The Renters...

Labour blasts government for breaking Section 21 promise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th July 2023, 3 years ago | 10

The government has been criticised by Labour for failing to deliver on its pledge to end section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions....

Michael Gove says landlords are ‘vital’ for a fair rental market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd July 2023, 3 years ago | 28

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has praised independent landlords for their ‘vital’ role in the private rented sector (PRS). He has...

Labour U-turns on tenant protections in just 24 hours

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th June 2023, 3 years ago | 14

The potential rise in evictions means the government must immediately introduce the Labour Party’s Private Renters’ Charter to help protect...

Councils want cash for enforcing S21 ‘no-fault’ evictions ban

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th June 2023, 3 years ago | 14

Local authorities in England have raised concerns about the need for additional staff and funding to effectively enforce the proposed...

PRS landlords face a future with furry friends

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd June 2023, 3 years ago | 28

It may be good news for our furry friends that under the Renters’ Reform Bill they might be allowed in...

Councils offering five year leases to landlords?

Author: Readers Question

23rd June 2023, 3 years ago | 21

Hello, due to the Renters Reform Bill and renting my properties becoming unworkable I am considering my options. I’ve seen...

Letting agents voice concerns over Renters Reform Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th June 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Half of letting agents say the abolition of Section 21 evictions is their biggest worry, according to a new survey....

Renters Reform Bill is a ‘golden opportunity’ for the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th June 2023, 3 years ago | 24

Property sector leaders say the Renters’ Reform Bill is a ‘golden opportunity’ for the private rented sector (PRS) However, they...

Good landlords have nothing to fear – Polly Neate

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th June 2023, 3 years ago | 47

Polly Neate, the chief executive of the housing charity Shelter, says that good landlords have nothing to fear from the...

‘Councils perceive landlords as dubious and don’t understand their statutory duties’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th June 2023, 3 years ago | 11

Most landlords may be feeling that everything appears to be turning against them, what with rising interest rates, the Renters’...