Tag: homelessness

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2026, 23 hours ago | 13

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

Government hints at forcing social housing landlords to house homeless households

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th April 2026, 5 days ago | 13

The government has hinted that social housing landlords could be required to take council-referred homeless households. In response to a...

Cross-party support grows for ending homelessness in Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th April 2026, 6 days ago | 1

A homeless charity has welcomed agreement from political parties to end homelessness in Scotland ahead of the Scottish elections. A...

Charities urge government to unfreeze LHA rates as homelessness surges

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2026, 2 months ago | 2

Rough sleeping and homelessness figures reach record highs as charities calls for the government to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance (LHA)...

Tenant group claims rising rents to blame for homelessness increase

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th January 2026, 3 months ago | 9

A tenant group and a homelessness charity have claimed that unaffordable private rents and a chronic lack of social housing...

Shelter blames rising rents and housing benefit freeze for driving homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd December 2025, 4 months ago | 18

Shelter claims “unaffordable private rents and the freeze on housing benefit” are pushing more people into temporary accommodation. According to...

Shelter Scotland demands 15,000 social homes as temporary accommodation increases

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th December 2025, 4 months ago | 4

Shelter Scotland is calling on the Scottish government to build more than 15,000 social homes as the number of people...

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...

PRS project helps 160 people out of homelessness in its first year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th November 2025, 6 months ago | 3

Nearly 160 people have found a place to call home thanks to a partnership between homelessness charity Crisis and the...

Shelter blames rising rents for temporary accommodation crisis as NRLA warns of landlord exodus

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th October 2025, 6 months ago | 21

Landlords selling up is the biggest single reason for tenants losing their homes and needing council support, as Shelter blames...

Housing Secretary vows to tackle homelessness and build 300,000 affordable homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th September 2025, 7 months ago | 2

The Housing Secretary claims the Labour party will fight the “Tory blockers” and invest £1 billion to tackle homelessness. Speaking...

Shelter claims private providers are profiting from temporary accommodation crisis as costs soar

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd September 2025, 7 months ago | 6

Shelter has accused private providers of “cashing in” on the temporary accommodation crisis, as councils spend billions of pounds to...

Liverpool Council’s ‘new homeless strategy’ is current legislation they have NOT been complying with?

Author: Readers Question

12th August 2025, 8 months ago | 1

As a housing professional of almost 30 years, including as a housing options / Homeless Officer for a number of...

Oh dear, Angela Rayner. What can landlords do to help you on LHA?

Author: Landlord Crusader

11th July 2025, 9 months ago | 13

As Ronan Keating once said: “You say it best, when you say nothing at all”,  Angela’s appearance in front of...

Right-to-Buy sales set to reach highest level in 20 years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st May 2025, 11 months ago | 5

The number of council homes being sold under the Right-to-Buy scheme is set to hit its highest level in two...

Councils appeal to private landlords to help with housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st January 2025, 1 year ago | 31

Two councils are urging private landlords to collaborate on initiatives to help find homes for homeless people and families in...

Landlords selling up is fuelling the UK’s housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th January 2025, 1 year ago | 11

A Parliamentary report has underlined the critical connection between inadequate Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates and the mounting risk of...

Labour council faces legal challenge after handing out hundreds of eviction notices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2025, 1 year ago | 14

Lambeth Council is facing a legal action after issuing eviction notices to hundreds of tenants living in properties rented on...

Angela Rayner slams Section 21 evictions as cause of homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2025, 1 year ago | 59

Angela Rayner claims the Labour government want to work with landlords, but blames Section 21 evictions for having a significant...

Scotland’s BTL market collapses as rent controls bite

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2025, 1 year ago | 3

There’s a lesson for private sector landlords in England with data showing that Scotland’s buy to let market is collapsing...