Tag: housing crisis

UK rents continue to rise – ONS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2025, 2 years ago | 1

Rents in the UK’s private rented sector (PRS) continued to climb in the year to December, though the pace of...

Council loses 156 landlord properties for homeless housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2025, 2 years ago | 33

A London council says it lost 156 private sector homes being used for temporary accommodation last year due to landlords...

Labour council evicts 200 private tenants amid housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th January 2025, 2 years ago | 36

More than 200 private tenants are being evicted by a Labour-run council to address its growing housing waiting list, the...

Landlords are selling up because of legislation and tax changes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th January 2025, 2 years ago | 20

Most landlords planning to exit the private rented sector (PRS) within the next two years are driven by concerns over...

Renters’ Rights Bill risks excluding vulnerable tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th January 2025, 2 years ago | 9

Landlords, letting agents and build-to-rent providers have warned that the government’s Renters’ Rights Bill could make it harder for vulnerable...

London room rents fall as the market stabilises

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

Rents for rooms in London have fallen for the fourth consecutive quarter in Q4 2024, according to the latest SpareRoom...

Angela Rayner slams Section 21 evictions as cause of homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2025, 2 years ago | 59

Angela Rayner claims the Labour government want to work with landlords, but blames Section 21 evictions for having a significant...

Rents cool down in December after record-breaking year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th January 2025, 2 years ago | 2

Rents in England dipped again in December, marking the fifth consecutive month of rental cost reductions, according to the Goodlord...

Scotland’s housing emergency will worsen without rent controls – Green Party

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th January 2025, 2 years ago | 12

Scotland’s housing emergency will worsen in 2025 without rent controls, the Green Party says. Along with ‘robust’ rent controls, the...

Scotland’s BTL market collapses as rent controls bite

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2025, 2 years ago | 3

There’s a lesson for private sector landlords in England with data showing that Scotland’s buy to let market is collapsing...

Young homeownership on the rise – but inequality widens

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

Young millennials are more likely to own homes than older millennials were at the same age, but rising homeownership rates...

Call to build more rented homes as tenants struggle to pay rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st December 2024, 2 years ago | 6

Nearly two-thirds of workers living in private rented housing struggle to pay their rent, a poll by Shelter reveals. Only...

Scottish Greens urge landlords to stop evictions during winter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th December 2024, 2 years ago | 19

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

NRLA slams Prime Minister for criticising landlords amid housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th December 2024, 2 years ago | 20

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has hit back at the Prime Minister for blaming landlords for rising rents. The...

Shelter Scotland urges action amid falling housebuilding targets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd December 2024, 2 years ago | 3

Shelter Scotland has criticised the Scottish government for falling short on housebuilding targets. According to Scottish government figures, there was...

Landlords’ Rights Bill: Let’s tell the government what we want

Author: Landlord Crusader

20th December 2024, 2 years ago | 14

Since this is the time for reflection on what has happened this year and thinking about New Year resolutions, I...

Students face an 88% rent premium to live near campus

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Students are facing a double whammy of rising tuition fees and exorbitant rent costs, according to research. Zero Deposit says...

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

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2024, 2 years ago | 2

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

Shelter and Generation Rent: It’s time to own what you’ve done

Author: Landlord Crusader

13th December 2024, 2 years ago | 31

As Shelter bemoans the rising tide of homelessness with fears that thousands could be evicted from their homes in time...

Landlords selling up is fuelling the homelessness crisis – NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2024, 2 years ago | 13

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

Renters fear arrears as cost-of-living bites

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Renters across the UK are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to pay rent with a surge in online searches...