Tag: impact of renters reform bill

Legislative uncertainty impacts tenant demand

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th May 2024, 2 years ago | 5

Ongoing legislative uncertainty and high rents are causing demand to decrease, according to one industry body. Propertymark’s Housing Insight report...

Declaration of Trust issue?

Author: Readers Question

9th April 2024, 2 years ago | 2

Hello, We would like to revoke a Declaration of Trust currently in my husband’s name to reflect the usual 50:50...

Renters (Reform) Bill will ‘demonise landlords and bankrupt councils’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th March 2024, 2 years ago | 50

A Conservative commentator says that the Renters (Reform) Bill can best be described as a ‘wholesale and fundamental invasion’ into...

Labour MP calls for seizing properties from criminal landlords to tackle housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2023, 3 years ago | 32

Rental properties should be seized from landlords who consistently break the rules and take advantage of tenants, says a Labour...

The Telegraph wants to speak to landlords who have used section 21

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Can you help? The Telegraph is looking to speak to landlords who have had to use section 21 to evict...

Backlog of possession cases causing chaos in courts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th September 2023, 3 years ago | 8

The NRLA is calling on the government to tackle the backlog of possession cases clogging up the courts. The association...

An eviction notice is served on older tenants EVERY 16 minutes – Shelter claims

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th September 2023, 3 years ago | 21

Shelter claims that tenants over the age of 55 are being served with a section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notice...

Landlords split on proposed PRS Ombudsman

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th August 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Landlords are not convinced about how fair the proposed mandatory Private Rented Sector (PRS) Ombudsman will be if the Renters...

Shelter has another ill-informed dig at landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th July 2023, 3 years ago | 25

The housing charity Shelter says a major contributing factor to rising homelessness is the instability of private renting – and...

Government figures show Renters (Reform) Bill will cost agents £278.7m

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th July 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Let-only agents are being urged to turn their landlord clients into fully managed clients after government figures show that the...

Tory MP argues that Renters Reform Bill will drive people out of the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th July 2023, 3 years ago | 11

A Tory MP has called on the government to withdraw the Renters Reform Bill. In a government debate, Christopher Chope...

Tenants face being unfairly evicted ‘every 15 minutes’ this summer – claim

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2023, 3 years ago | 36

A tenant activist group is making a wild claim that renters face being unfairly evicted from their homes this summer...

Michael Gove says landlords are ‘vital’ for a fair rental market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd July 2023, 3 years ago | 28

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has praised independent landlords for their ‘vital’ role in the private rented sector (PRS). He has...

Councils offering five year leases to landlords?

Author: Readers Question

23rd June 2023, 3 years ago | 21

Hello, due to the Renters Reform Bill and renting my properties becoming unworkable I am considering my options. I’ve seen...