Tag: housing Benefits

NRLA urges government to lift LHA freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th October 2025, 11 months ago | 34

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has joined a coalition of housing and charity organisations calling on the Prime Minister...

Survey quashes eviction myths as majority of tenants end tenancies by choice NOT eviction

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2025, 1 year ago | 6

New data from the English Housing Survey quashes the media narrative, showing that most tenants end their tenancy by choice...

Local Housing Allowance Freeze: Rising Rents and Decreased Affordability Deepen the Housing Crisis

Author: Julie Ford

4th November 2024, 2 years ago | 11

In the 2023 Autumn Statement, the government announced an end to a four-year freeze in local housing allowance rates (LHA)...

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2024, 2 years ago | 0

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

Pre-Budget reaction: Industry leaders call for reversal of Section 24 and support for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th October 2024, 2 years ago | 1

With the Budget only a day away, many industry leaders are calling on the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to support landlords....

Is Universal Credit forcing rent reductions on landlords?

Author: Readers Question

21st October 2024, 2 years ago | 16

Has anyone else come across this, if so is there any way to fight it? I’ve had a property in...

Council calls for ban on no-fault evictions amid housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2024, 2 years ago | 25

A council warns more people could be pushed into temporary accommodation without urgent action from the government. Colchester City Council...

My landlord has just increased my rent by £700 per month

Author: Denzel Matsaudza

20th August 2024, 2 years ago | 52

“My landlord has just increased my rent by £700 per month.” That’s what my tenant client said to me last...

What are my rights after inheriting a tenant?

Author: Readers Question

13th August 2024, 2 years ago | 9

Hi, I’ve recently inherited a property from my mother with a tenant in situ. My first question is: Does the...

Prospective tenants struggle as reference failures rise amid Labour government concerns

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th July 2024, 2 years ago | 2

Propertymark members report many prospective tenants are failing reference checks as many are worried about a Labour government.   The...

Custom Clauses For Assured Shorthold Tenancy?

Author: Readers Question

14th May 2024, 2 years ago | 31

I’m about to renew an AST and wanted to know if any landlords on this wonderful forum have added any...

NRLA gets think tank’s backing for direct payments to landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th February 2024, 3 years ago | 7

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has echoed calls made by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) over direct...

Landlords face grim winter as rent defaults loom

Author: Richard Reed

17th October 2022, 4 years ago | 7

Housing benefits haven’t risen since 2020 – and that spells problems for landlords this winter as tenants struggle to cope...

200 Housing benefits tenants are served section 21 notice by Kent Landlord

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2014, 13 years ago | 50

Kent based Landlord Mr Fergus Wilson reported to the press that he has served section 21 notices to more than...