Renters Reform Bill

NRLA and Crisis team up to demand Renters (Reform) Bill update

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th March 2024, 2 years ago | 32

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has teamed up with the homelessness charity Crisis to urge clarification on the future...

Letting agents believe the government is ‘out of touch’ on housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th March 2024, 2 years ago | 0

The survey of 160 agents by Goodlord, found that 75% of respondents doubted the government’s understanding of the sector’s challenges....

Tenants in arrears need protection under the Renters (Reform) Bill – debt charities

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th March 2024, 2 years ago | 15

Debt advice charities have written to the Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to push the Renters (Reform) Bill through...

Renters (Reform) Bill will ‘demonise landlords and bankrupt councils’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th March 2024, 2 years ago | 50

A Conservative commentator says that the Renters (Reform) Bill can best be described as a ‘wholesale and fundamental invasion’ into...

Call for more PRS enforcement funding in England

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th March 2024, 2 years ago | 3

A charity is calling for more government funding to help councils enforce housing and health standards in the private rented...

Landlords underestimate perks of pets in properties

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th March 2024, 2 years ago | 22

 Landlords underestimate the financial advantages of allowing pets in properties, according to a new report. According to a study by...

Renters (Reform) Bill is on the brink of ‘collapse’ – claim

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2024, 2 years ago | 58

The controversial Renters (Reform) Bill which is set to abolish Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions is on the brink of collapse,...

Organisation voices its fears over Selective Licensing future

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2024, 2 years ago | 6

A professional organisation has voiced its fears over the fate of selective licensing in the UK after the government pledged...

Public demands action as student housing market faces uncertainty

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th March 2024, 2 years ago | 6

The majority of the British public have called for urgent action to address the student housing crisis, according to new...

Mayor of London condemns government inaction as no-fault evictions soar

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2024, 2 years ago | 11

More than 30,000 renting households in London have faced a no-fault eviction claim since the government pledged to abolish them...

Lib Dems demand urgent Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions ban

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2024, 2 years ago | 15

The Liberal Democrats are urging the government to act on its pledge to ban Section 21 no-fault evictions, as new...

Council leaders call for longer eviction notice periods to prevent homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st March 2024, 2 years ago | 83

Council leaders from across the political spectrum have asked the housing secretary, Michael Gove, to support an amendment to the...

Government bows to MPs and ‘waters down’ the Renters (Reform) Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th February 2024, 2 years ago | 15

The government is proposing changes to the Renters (Reform) Bill in a bid to head off a backbench rebellion of...

Rising rental insecurity threatens London’s elderly renters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th February 2024, 2 years ago | 1

London’s ageing population faces eviction risk, warns the Deputy Mayor of London. According to the think-tank Centre for London, by...

Exclusive Legal Training Opportunity: Learn from Housing Barrister Justin Bates

Author: Tessa Shepperson

23rd February 2024, 2 years ago | 0

As all landlords know, being a landlord involves a lot more than just sitting back and waiting for the rent...

Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions ban sparks landlord ‘uncertainty’, says law firm

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd February 2024, 2 years ago | 7

While Housing Secretary Michael Gove has vowed to end Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions before the next General Election, legal experts...

Rees-Mogg slams Gove’s ‘socialist error’ Renters (Reform) Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd February 2024, 2 years ago | 41

Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former leader of the House of Commons, has launched a scathing attack on the housing secretary,...

Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions are ‘fundamentally unfair’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st February 2024, 2 years ago | 25

Using section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions to remove ‘model tenants’ in a court of law is ‘fundamentally unfair’ and will ‘get...