Tag: Good Landlord Charter

Rent controls and tougher landlord rules among Labour candidate’s pledges

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th July 2026, 1 month ago | 2

Labour’s mayoral candidate for Greater Manchester has pledged to introduce rent controls and strengthen the city’s Good Landlord Charter. Under...

Andy Burnham faces landlord hypocrisy row over London flat

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th May 2026, 3 months ago | 10

Labour Party leader hopeful Andy Burnham has been accused of hypocrisy over reports that he lets a London flat that...

Andy Burnham demands tougher powers against landlords providing poor housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd May 2026, 3 months ago | 15

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, 6 months ago | 5

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

Fines against landlords soar as Salford Mayor praises crackdown

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st August 2025, 1 year ago | 3

The Mayor of Salford has praised tough housing enforcement after rogue landlords were handed £2.2 million in fines. According to...

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....

Council hits landlords with £1.5m in fines

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th June 2025, 1 year ago | 4

Over the past two years, a council’s pilot scheme targeting landlords has racked up £1.5 million in fines, The Times...

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...

Landlords can now sign up to Greater Manchester’s Good Landlord Charter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th July 2024, 2 years ago | 13

Greater Manchester has announced that it aims to build 75,000 new homes during the next parliamentary term and will improve...

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...