Tag: homelessness

Scottish Greens urge landlords to stop evictions during winter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th December 2024, 1 year ago | 19

The Scottish Greens are demanding that ALL landlords halt evictions during the winter months to show “compassion and kindness.” The...

Shelter Scotland slams council for stripping homeless households of ‘human rights’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2024, 1 year ago | 2

In an unprecedented move, Shelter Scotland has urged Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Housing Regulator to intervene and remove the...

Landlords selling up is fuelling the homelessness crisis – NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2024, 1 year ago | 13

The number of tenants facing homelessness due to landlords selling up has soared by a third since the end of...

Thousands of tenants face eviction before Christmas

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2024, 1 year ago | 11

Thousands of people across England and Wales are facing the prospect of homelessness in the lead-up to Christmas, new figures...

Council defies Ombudsman by refusing to pay over housing issues

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th November 2024, 1 year ago | 6

A council has sparked outrage after refusing to comply with a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s order to pay...

Labour must build ten times more social homes to meet housing targets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2024, 1 year ago | 0

The Labour government can only meet its housing targets by building ten times more social homes each year by 2027/28,...

The government is to blame for rising rents and homelessness – leading landlord claims

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd October 2024, 1 year ago | 19

A Nottingham landlord warns that each new anti-landlord measure will only lead to higher rents and more homelessness. Mick Roberts,...

Just 5% of London’s rental homes are affordable to low-income households

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th October 2024, 2 years ago | 3

There has been an alarming decline in affordable homes to rent in London, with only 5% of properties being accessible...

Cardiff unveils plans to buy 280 homes for its homeless

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th September 2024, 2 years ago | 5

In a bid to alleviate its severe housing shortage and deal with growing numbers needing homelessness support, one council has...

Section 21 ban could trigger eviction surge – Expert

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th September 2024, 2 years ago | 8

A proposed ban on Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions under the Renters’ Rights Bill could lead to a ‘spate’ of evictions,...

Are S21 evictions the symptom not the cause of homelessness?

Author: Readers Question

3rd September 2024, 2 years ago | 8

We need to highlight the fact that to avoid further homelessness then the private rental sector needs to be supported....

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...

Landlord possession cases surge as homeless figures rise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th August 2024, 2 years ago | 6

Social and private landlord possession claims, orders, warrants and repossessions all increased dramatically between and April and June, government data...

Landlord blames selective licensing for city’s surge in temporary accommodation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th July 2024, 2 years ago | 12

A council admits more households than ever are being put in temporary accommodation, with a landlord blaming selective licensing for...

Propertymark backs Welsh Government’s housing plans

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th July 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Propertymark has welcomed the Welsh Government’s commitment to improving housing in Wales. Tim Thomas, the organisation’s policy and campaigns officer,...

Council seeks more landlords to fight homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th July 2024, 2 years ago | 6

A council says it is looking for more private landlords to partner with to offer stable housing to those in...

Sadiq Khan blames government failures for rising homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2024, 2 years ago | 28

Temporary accommodation and homelessness spending by councils has soared to £1bn in the last eight years. According to figures by...

Renter groups call on the next government to ‘fix our broken rental system’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th June 2024, 2 years ago | 15

Groups representing renters in England have sent every political party an open letter urging them to address the ‘unprecedented crisis’...

Generation Rent joins the chorus for a new Renters (Reform) Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th June 2024, 2 years ago | 12

Following on the heels of the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), Generation Rent is also calling for the next government...

Shelter reveals that social rents are 60% cheaper than in the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd June 2024, 2 years ago | 23

Social housing tenants enjoy rents that are 60% cheaper than private rented sector (PRS) tenants are paying, Shelter says. The...