Tag: government

Campaigners criticise five-year wait for Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions ban

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th April 2024, 2 years ago | 21

Five years after the government vowed to abolish Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions, campaigners say that ‘tens of thousands’ of households...

Building 90,000 social homes could add £51.2bn to the economy – report

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th February 2024, 3 years ago | 3

New research suggests that building 90,000 social homes every year could significantly benefit the UK economy – by up to...

Government’s holiday let crackdown ‘not enough’, warns renters’ group

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th February 2024, 3 years ago | 15

A renters’ group has criticised the government’s plans to curb the growth of short term lets, saying they are insufficient...

Government scraps plan on HMO requirements for asylum seekers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th February 2024, 3 years ago | 4

The government has abandoned a plan that would have exempted landlords of asylum seekers from houses in multiple occupation (HMO)...

Disabled people face housing crisis as Government reneges on funding pledge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2024, 3 years ago | 2

The Government has been accused of breaking its promise to increase the funding for disabled people to adapt their homes,...

Sadiq Khan wants EPC measures for the PRS reinstated

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2023, 3 years ago | 24

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is calling for the legal power to impose a rent freeze in the capital...

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will deliver more rights and protections

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The Government has unveiled a new bill that will deliver significant new rights and protections for millions of landlords and...

Rental market crisis: NRLA urges Government to act

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th October 2023, 3 years ago | 8

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has called on the Government to take urgent action to address the supply crisis...

Industry body backs tougher carbon monoxide rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th May 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind proposals for stricter regulations to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning in residential properties. The organisation...

Michael Gove backtracks on student let reforms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th May 2023, 3 years ago | 15

In what appears to be a sudden U-turn, housing secretary Michael Gove is apparently backtracking on his Renters’ Reform Bill,...

Renters’ Reform Bill publication sends the PRS ‘back to the Dark Ages’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th May 2023, 3 years ago | 85

The long-awaited government plan to overhaul the private rented sector (PRS) with the publication of the Renters’ Reform Bill has...

Conservative MPs condemn government’s ‘war on landlords’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th May 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Tory MPs fear the soon-to-be-published Renters’ Reform Bill will force more landlords to sell up. According to the Telegraph, there...

How will tenants cope with the landlord demographic timebomb?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th May 2023, 3 years ago | 14

To say I was stunned to find out that just 15% – that’s 15% – of landlords are under the...

MPs could be earning £2.2m in rent every year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th May 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Research from a campaign group shows that nearly 20% of Conservative MPs are landlords as the Renters’ Reform Bill nears...

Controversial Renters Reform Bill to be published next week – possibly

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th May 2023, 3 years ago | 41

The long-awaited Renters’ Reform Bill which could lead to a massive shake-up of the private rented sector (PRS) is set...

Government is planning to ‘destroy the PRS’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2023, 3 years ago | 10

One leading property expert says the government is ‘looking to destroy’ the private rented sector (PRS). Iain McKenzie, the chief...

Landlords are quitting the PRS because of Government ‘indifference’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2023, 4 years ago | 7

A property expert has slammed the government’s ‘indifference’ for the growing crisis in the private rented sector (PRS) as landlords...

Short term rentals trade body welcomes registration scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th December 2022, 4 years ago | 0

Plans by the Government to introduce a registration scheme for short-term holiday lets have been welcomed by the Short Term...

Government’s PRS strategy is ‘in tatters’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2022, 4 years ago | 11

Government policy has left the private rented sector (PRS) ‘in tatters’ as figures show the number of homes to rent...