Tag: Andy Burnham

Housing campaigners demand rent controls ahead of new Prime Minister

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th July 2026, 2 weeks ago | 4

A housing coalition is calling on the next Prime Minister to introduce rent controls to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis....

Andy Burnham demands tougher powers against landlords providing poor housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd May 2026, 2 months ago | 14

Potential Labour Party leader and Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called on the government to crack down on the private...

Andy Burnham pledges support to landlords to raise EPC ratings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th March 2026, 4 months ago | 5

Landlords in Manchester will be able to access grants of up to £30,000 to improve EPC ratings.  Greater Manchester Mayor...

Andy Burnham proposes compulsory purchase orders for PRS homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th February 2026, 5 months ago | 29

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has called for compulsory purchase orders for private rented sector (PRS) homes that...

Greater Manchester’s Good Landlord Charter now covers 50% of rented homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th June 2025, 1 year ago | 3

Greater Manchester’s Good Landlord Charter now covers more than 234,000 rented properties, which is half of the city-region’s rental households....

Greater Manchester mayor wants to tackle ‘profiteering landlords’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd June 2025, 1 year ago | 14

Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, has slammed the region’s housing system which is facing a £75 million temporary accommodation bill...

Andy Burnham claims the Good Landlord Charter will raise standards without driving landlords out

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th November 2024, 2 years ago | 16

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says he “does not want landlords to leave the market”. Mr Burnham claims...

Propertymark pushes for letting agents’ inclusion in Good Landlord Charter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th July 2024, 2 years ago | 1

An industry body wants letting agents to be included in Andy Burnham’s Good Landlord Charter. The charter aims to “empower...

It’s time for a Good Tenants Charter – but what should be in it?

Author: Landlord Crusader

12th January 2024, 3 years ago | 19

This week saw a cornucopia of stories that illustrate the current wrong thinking on the private rented sector – and...

The UK’s first Good Landlord Charter unveiled in Greater Manchester

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2024, 3 years ago | 5

A consultation on a new scheme to raise the quality of rented homes in Greater Manchester has been unveiled by...