Tag: Housing benefit

property118

Pondering Article Four – Stick It On The Students!

Author: HMOLandlady

3rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 3

I was going to write a piece about what to do when an HMO tenant goes AWOL (Absent Without Leave)...

property118

Tales from the Frontline

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

2nd November 2011, 15 years ago | 30

Regular readers will know that I am a working Tenancy Relations Officer dealing with harassment and illegal eviction cases and...

property118

Bank Pulls Plug on Britain’s Worst Landlord

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A buy to let mortgage lender called in more than £1 million of loans when a landlord described as one...

Property118 Landlords eNewsletter – Issue 67

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

It is now possible to receive a daily email which includes snippets of articles and videos published on Property118.com within...

property118

Judge Kicks Out Housing Benefit Legal Challenge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th October 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Judges have deemed new government rules to cap housing benefit and rental home sizes do not discriminate against poor families....

property118

Licence First – Don’t Shoot the Messenger #6

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

12th October 2011, 15 years ago | 20

When a tenant has a beef with their landlord, I’m the guy they go to. My job is to either...

property118

Call for U-turn on Plan to Pay Rents to Tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st September 2011, 15 years ago | 7

Major housing organisations in the private and social rental sectors have joined forces to fight the government proposals to pay...

property118

The New Kids on the Block

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

12th September 2011, 15 years ago | 7

What do you think of the way councils operate in relation to housing in your area? Do you think they...

property118

Shared house was firebomb waiting to explode

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Electrical wiring in a shared house was so dangerous the property was a firebomb waiting to go off, a court...

property118

Landlords forced out of housing benefit market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th June 2011, 15 years ago | 5

As MPs debated the Welfare Reform Bill at report stage on Monday, 13 June, a survey by the National Landlords...

property118

Landlords can have say over housing benefit changes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has launched a short consultation period asking for views on planned change from landlords, organisations...

How to get your property portfolio off “death row”

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

13th May 2011, 15 years ago | 3

With interest rates at a historic low, guest article writer Glen Ackroyd from National Property Group explains the steps he’s...

property118

Singles forced to share as benefit rules change

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Shared house landlords can expect a surge in inquiries from tenants as the government changes the rules on paying housing...

property118

MPs urged to let benefit tenants choose how to pay their rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th March 2011, 16 years ago | 7

Tenants picking up housing allowances to pay their rents should have the choice to pay their landlords direct, says the...

property118

Charity’s legal challenge to housing benefit cuts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2011, 16 years ago | 4

Plans to slash housing benefit face a court challenge because they are unfair to disadvantaged families with children. The Child...

property118

Spotlight on Robin Pilley, HMO investor – Part one of a four part story

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2011, 16 years ago | 13

Robin Pilley invests into HMO’s (Houses in Multiple Occupation) in the Haverhill area and regularly achieves up to 16% yields,...

property118

How to handle a property tax compliance letter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st March 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Landlords and property investors are receiving letters from  the taxman that seem to ask innocent questions about their property businesses...

property118

Buy to let market doubled in a decade

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The number of private renters is increasing while home ownership is in decline, according to the latest housing survey for...

property118

Judges block eviction that mars a tenant’s human rights

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2011, 16 years ago | 11

The latest Supreme Court case in to tenant rights may mean landlords may not be able to evict tenants who...

property118

BBC has a cheap bash at landlords yet again!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The BBC has launched another story about substandard buy to let homes and ‘rogue landlords’ – but just who is...

Minister pledges to help with housing benefit rent arrears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd February 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Welfare Minister Lord Freud has pledged to look at the problems caused by tenants who refuse to pay their landlords...