Tag: Housing benefit

Private Rented Sector Review – Summary

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 2

The Private Rented Sector Review summary published by the Communities and Local Government Committee: The private rented sector has seen...

Private paying tenants – How large and secure should their income be?

Author: Readers Question

16th July 2013, 13 years ago | 13

We let out properties mainly to Housing Benefit tenants. Despite the general assertions on this site, we haven’t had substantial...

Paul Shamplina and Landlord Action on BBC1 Thursday

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th July 2013, 13 years ago | 17

BBC1 Thursday 18th July, 10:30pm: Meet The Landlords. This is a documentary about property in hard times with tenants in...

Readers account of an ongoing eviction by their agents

Author: Readers Question

12th July 2013, 13 years ago | 14

We have a tenant who is a single mum and she has been in the property since December 2011. One...

Landlords Revenge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd July 2013, 13 years ago | 41

A landlord who came out and told BBC’s The One Show of her troublesome tenant has now had further problems. ...

Rent arrears on the up again!

Author: Paul Shamplina

25th June 2013, 13 years ago | 0

It is believed that last quarter (Q1, 2013) severe rent arrears, which constitutes those more than two months behind on...

Letting to Family Member

Author: Readers Question

24th June 2013, 13 years ago | 31

I would really value some advice about letting to a family member please. I have recently retired and purchased a...

The impact of bedroom tax and housing benefit reforms

Author: Paul Shamplina

18th June 2013, 13 years ago | 7

The impact of the bedroom tax and reforms to housing benefit – has this led to more impoverished renters? One...

Who is responsible for the Tenants rubbish?

Author: Readers Question

13th June 2013, 13 years ago | 13

I have a Housing Benefit tenant who bags up her domestic rubbish and then throws it into the back yard...

Michael Carolan of Huddersfield

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Michael Carolan of Huddersfield I have been a landlord for 14 years, and my portfolio consists of one 4 bed...

Landlord News on the BBC One Show at 7pm Tonight

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2013, 13 years ago | 9

LANDLORD NEWS – private landlord speaks out on housing benefit nightmare tonight on BBC’s The One Show  A landlord from...

Universal Credit will be paid direct to landlords but ….

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd May 2013, 13 years ago | 3

The Residential Landlords Associated revealed yesterday the housing benefit element of Universal Credit may well be paid directly to landlords...

Should I start eviction process?

Author: Readers Question

2nd May 2013, 13 years ago | 8

I have a lady tenant in one of my flats who has been there for many years, up to now...

Disability Access Question for Residential Landlords

Author: Readers Question

9th April 2013, 13 years ago | 2

My letting agent has found a tenant for us, a mother who is a carer for her disabled child. They...

BuytoLet Lender BM Solutions allows Student and Benefits tenants

Author: Neil Patterson

21st March 2013, 13 years ago | 5

BM Solutions relaxes its BuytoLet lending criteria to allow landlords to rent to students and benefit claimants It was recently...

Benefits tenants and the effects on landlords insurance

Author: Readers Question

21st March 2013, 13 years ago | 18

We have one buy to let property and a friend mentioned in passing that our landlord insurance policy may not...

Universal Credit trial increases arrears by a factor of seven!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th March 2013, 14 years ago | 49

A Universal Credit trial of a first group of tenants in Torfaen South Wales has resulted in an increase in...

The Mortgage Works backs down on benefit tenants ruling

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2013, 14 years ago | 0

The Mortgage Works backs down as the balance of risk has shifted again and The Mortgage Works (TMW) are now...

Solar Panels – should landlords fit them to rental properties?

Author: Readers Question

6th February 2013, 14 years ago | 15

Some of you may have head of these ‘free’ solar panels we can have on our tenants houses. A company...

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Is rent hiking a good business model?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

21st January 2013, 14 years ago | 24

It’s been a while since I wrote anything in my ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’ series. Mainly because I kept getting...

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Taken over management of a property with a LHA tenant – Readers Question

Author: Readers Question

10th January 2013, 14 years ago | 8

I  would like some advice about one of my LHA tenants? I have recently taken over management of 4 properties...