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Rachel Reeves’ selective licensing row exposes growing regulatory burden on landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2025, 6 months ago | 3

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s selective licensing scandal is a “perfect example of the challenges landlords face”, claims a landlord group chairman....

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces ethics probe over rental licence breach

Rachel ‘Double Standards’ Reeves rented out family home without a selective licence

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2025, 6 months ago | 124

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has referred herself to the government’s ethics watchdog after admitting she broke housing law by renting...

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Government rejects Labour MP’s call for landlords to be required to provide tenant references

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th October 2025, 6 months ago | 20

The government has confirmed landlords will not be required to provide tenant references after a Labour MP demanded it be...

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Eviction of a tenant not yet in residence?

Author: Readers Question

9th May 2025, 12 months ago | 15

I had a property which burnt down in a fire 4 years ago, and was a landlady to a lovely...

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Housing enforcement experts slam ‘misleading’ prosecutions report

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2024, 1 year ago | 1

A leading firm of landlord and housing law experts has slammed a recent report suggesting councils in England and Wales...

Property expert warns landlords rushing Section 21 evictions before ban

Bailiff crisis pushes eviction delays into mid-2025

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2024, 1 year ago | 9

Landlord Action is sounding the alarm on severe delays in bailiff appointments at London County Courts and warns that some...

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Renters’ Rights Bill could overwhelm England’s tribunals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th October 2024, 2 years ago | 8

The English tribunal system is already overburdened and ill-equipped to handle the potential surge in new claims stemming from the...

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Are councils using faulty case law to unfairly assign council tax liability to landlords?

Author: Readers Question

16th July 2024, 2 years ago | 11

We found ourselves at the Council Tax Valuation Tribunal after a very lengthy and stressful 18 months of fighting with...

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Confusion around Leasehold Freehold Reform Act?

Author: Readers Question

29th May 2024, 2 years ago | 8

Hi, does anyone have any information regarding the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill particularly with the redress scheme? ie will...

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Court hearing when using accelerated S21 route?

Author: Readers Question

20th May 2024, 2 years ago | 5

Hi, I am currently in process of evicting one of my unpaying tenant using accelerated Section 21 route, I am...

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Rent issues in student rental agreement?

Author: Readers Question

15th May 2024, 2 years ago | 18

Hi, hopefully Property118 readers can provide some advice. My daughter is a tenant (of 4) in a student rental where...

Rabbits and bird running loose in property!

Author: Readers Question

2nd April 2024, 2 years ago | 13

After the trauma of my first section 8 eviction, I finally enter the house to find the tenant, has let...

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S21 and breathing space debt respite scheme?

Author: Readers Question

28th February 2024, 2 years ago | 8

Hi, once you have a possession order based upon the Housing Act, S8 grounds 8, 10, or 11 the tenant...

Exclusive Legal Training Opportunity: Learn from Housing Barrister Justin Bates

Author: Tessa Shepperson

23rd February 2024, 2 years ago | 0

As all landlords know, being a landlord involves a lot more than just sitting back and waiting for the rent...

Do I need to serve Section 8 now or later?

Author: Readers Question

19th February 2024, 2 years ago | 13

Hello, is there a time limit on how long landlords have to serve a Section 8 repossession notice for Rent...

Section 21 being disputed?

Author: Readers Question

26th January 2024, 2 years ago | 7

Hello, I intend to issue an S21 on a tenant that lacks mental capacity and has a Deputy of the...

Renters (Reform) Bill could bankrupt landlords, warns expert

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th October 2023, 2 years ago | 14

A housing law expert has warned that the Renters (Reform) Bill, which aims to improve the private rented sector, will...

Tenant asking for possession order to be set aside using Relief of Sanctions?

Author: Readers Question

27th September 2023, 3 years ago | 16

Hi everyone, we won our possession order back in July 2023, but the tenant has asked for a relief of...

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