Tag: Housing Minister

Government to tackle restrictions after affordability checks lead to social housing rejection

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23rd December 2025, 4 months ago | 0

The government claim they have taken action to remove barriers for those on the lowest incomes to access social housing....

Government confirms no new tenant protections before Renters’ Rights Act

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9th December 2025, 5 months ago | 4

The government has confirmed no further protections for tenants will come in before 1 May 2026. In answer to a...

Housing Minister admits government has not assessed impact of 12-month re-letting ban

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6th November 2025, 6 months ago | 29

The Housing Minister has admitted the government has not carried out an assessment of the impact of banning landlords from...

Housing Minister rules out rent controls despite pressure from Sadiq Khan

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23rd October 2025, 6 months ago | 1

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook says introducing rent controls will make life more difficult for renters and landlords. In response to...

Housing Minister denies Renters’ Rights Bill will harm supply

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1st October 2025, 7 months ago | 29

Despite Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook claiming the Renters’ Rights Bill is “fit for purpose”, a report by an influential committee...

Minister again denies landlord exodus but the numbers say otherwise

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27th June 2025, 10 months ago | 8

The Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has again denied a landlord exodus is underway and claims the private rented sector remains...

Scottish Conservatives slam SNP over cladding delays

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27th March 2025, 1 year ago | 0

The Scottish Conservatives blast the SNP for failing to remove dangerous cladding from buildings in Scotland. The SNP recently announced...

Landlords are working people, Scottish housing minister confirms

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26th November 2024, 1 year ago | 5

Scotland’s landlords are ‘working people’ with the right to a ‘return’ on their investments, housing minister Paul McLennan has confirmed....

Housing Minister dismisses landlord exodus amid concerns of shift to holiday lets

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8th November 2024, 1 year ago | 14

The Renters’ Rights Bill will push landlords out of the sector and into short-term holiday lets, warn MPs. During a...

Will new statutory EPC C targets force tenants to leave their homes?

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16th October 2024, 2 years ago | 18

If landlords don’t have an EPC rating of C or above by 2030 then will tenants be legally required to...

Portfolio Landlords Action Network open letter to Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook – Fairness for Landlords and Tenants

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5th September 2024, 2 years ago | 21

Landlords are calling on the housing minister “to level the playing field for landlords and tenants”. In an open letter...

Matthew Pennycook appointed as Labour’s Housing Minister

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8th July 2024, 2 years ago | 22

Matthew Pennycook is Labour’s new housing minister, following Angela Rayner’s appointment as Housing Secretary and deputy leader. He is the...

Jacob Young MP addresses NRLA members on Renters (Reform) Bill

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29th April 2024, 2 years ago | 24

The Housing Minister tells NRLA that ‘stay put’ instructions by local authorities until bailiffs arrive, is completely unacceptable. Jacob Young...

Housing crisis emerges as top priority in new poll

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4th April 2024, 2 years ago | 6

The housing crisis takes the lead as the most crucial issue for Generation Rent, according to a new poll. A...

Housing Minister merry-go-round: Meet the 7th housing minister in just two years!

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14th November 2023, 2 years ago | 10

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle has seen Rachel Maclean sacked after just nine months in the job and replaced...

Scottish housing minister denies rent cap is causing housing crisis

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7th November 2023, 2 years ago | 37

The SNP’s housing minister has refuted claims that the government’s rent cap policy is exacerbating Scotland’s housing crisis. Paul McLennan...

Housing minister backs rent-to-buy lease options web site

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4th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Housing minister Grant Shapps has publically backed a web site advertising rent-to-buy homes. The scheme seems to promote lease option...

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Housing supremos pledge support for first time buyers

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16th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Housing Minister Grant Shapps wants key players in the housing sector to join together to help first time buyers find...

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BBC has a cheap bash at landlords yet again!

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7th February 2011, 15 years ago | 0

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

Conflicting statements from Housing Minister! Stability or boom and bust?

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5th January 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Grant Shapps recently revealed the government is looking at ways to take the heat out of the property market by...