Tag: housing crisis
Homeless charity to become a landlord to combat homelessness
Homeless charity Crisis plans to become a landlord to tackle Britain’s housing crisis.
The charity says it will begin buying one-bedroom...
Chancellor leaves door open to tax rises in pre-Budget sp...
With the Budget only weeks away, Chancellor Rachel Reeves made an unusual choice to deliver a pre-Budget speech.
In her speech, the...
Landlord slams selective licensing as cause of Nottingham...
One of Nottingham’s largest landlords has blamed selective licensing for the city’s homelessness crisis.
Mick Roberts, who has...
Why is the government punishing landlords with long enfor...
Can anyone else get over the stupidity of forcing landlords to keep properties which fail to sell empty for in excess of 12 months?
Only 1% of London rental homes affordable under LHA rates
Average rents continue to outpace Local Housing Allowance rates (LHA), pushing families into homelessness, according to a new report.
Government policies harm tenants as small landlords leave
“Government policies designed to protect tenants could end up harming exactly the people they are intended to help”, says Conservative...
Tenant group claims landlords selling up is not a bad thi...
A tenant group claims landlords selling up won’t be bad for renters, as there’s no evidence of the private rented sector shrinking.
