Tag: crisis

Crisis to buy homes in bid to become not-for-profit landlord

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2026, 1 day ago | 13

A homeless charity has partnered with a bank to begin purchasing its own properties as it aims to become a...

England loses thousands of social homes as building fails to keep pace

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th February 2026, 2 months ago | 0

More social homes are being sold or demolished than they are being built, according to government figures. Data by the...

Homeless charity to become a landlord to combat homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th November 2025, 5 months ago | 20

Homeless charity Crisis plans to become a landlord to tackle Britain’s housing crisis. The charity says it will begin buying...

Councils and charities back Budget boost amid homelessness rise in London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2024, 1 year ago | 1

Councils and homeless charities welcome the Chancellor’s Budget boost to address homelessness, as new figures reveal that homelessness has risen...

Why we need an uncomfortable conversation about homelessness

Author: Landlord Crusader

6th September 2024, 2 years ago | 9

It’s hard to believe that the homeless charity Crisis and the TDS are putting together strategies to get more PRS...

New partnership wants to know why private landlords won’t rent to councils

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd September 2024, 2 years ago | 65

A groundbreaking partnership has been launched to harness the potential of the private rented sector (PRS) to combat the homelessness...

The Renters (Reform) Bill doesn’t need tweaking – it needs sinking

Author: Landlord Crusader

5th April 2024, 2 years ago | 22

News that the Government is tweaking the Renters (Reform) Bill has been welcomed by landlords everywhere, not so much by...

Renters (Reform) Bill will face tweaks to help landlords – and tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd April 2024, 2 years ago | 25

The government is set to tweak its Renters (Reform) Bill in England, aiming to address concerns from landlords while still...

Call to unfreeze LHA immediately to reduce homelessness in London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th December 2023, 2 years ago | 5

A homeless charity is urging the Government to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates immediately in a bid to...

If renting out a home is so easy, why don’t you have a go?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th September 2023, 3 years ago | 11

Many people think that being a landlord in the private rented sector (PRS) is easy money. They assume that all...

More decisive action needed to tackle rough sleeping warns charity

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th September 2023, 3 years ago | 0

The government has announced millions of pounds in funding to help rough sleepers off the street. The new Rough Sleeping...

Tenant activist groups and the law of unintended consequences

Author: Landlord Crusader

29th August 2023, 3 years ago | 9

It’s not often that two separate stories manage to tell the unfolding horror of what is happening to the private...

Shelter and Crisis hit out as ‘no-fault’ evictions are higher than before the pandemic

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th May 2023, 3 years ago | 10

The number of landlords in England and Wales using a section 21 ‘no-fault’ notice is higher than ever before, according...

Lloyds Bank slams landlords as it creates new lettings agency

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th April 2023, 3 years ago | 51

Lloyds Bank says that because landlords offer ‘poor and exclusionary practices’, they are teaming up with the homeless charity Crisis...

NRLA unveils tie-up with homelessness charity

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th December 2022, 3 years ago | 4

It might come as a surprise to many landlords, but the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has announced a new...

Landlord repossessions rocket to a record

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th November 2022, 3 years ago | 10

Landlord repossession claims have reached a record level with increases being seen in all regions of England and Wales, the...

Why a rent freeze in England just took a giant step forwards

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th November 2022, 3 years ago | 27

Where to begin? With the media buzzwords? With various organisations calling for a rent cap in England? Or the real...