Tag: PRS

Scottish rents soar despite rent cap law

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2024, 2 years ago | 2

The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022, which aimed to protect tenants from excessive rent increases, has failed...

Private landlords can help end homelessness in Wales – Propertymark

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th January 2024, 2 years ago | 8

Propertymark has responded to a Welsh Government White Paper on Ending Homelessness which outlines its plans to reform the legislation...

NRLA chief meets minister to discuss Renters (Reform) Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2024, 2 years ago | 4

Ben Beadle, the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), has met with the minister for the private...

Lack of EPC enforcement in Scotland puts tenants at risk

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st December 2023, 2 years ago | 8

A lack of Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) enforcement in Scotland is putting tenants at risk of high energy costs or...

Tenant bidding wars – Why are landlords being blamed?

Author: Landlord Crusader

8th December 2023, 2 years ago | 43

Are you sitting comfortably? I’m about to be critical of politicians, the media and tenants. Because it has been another...

Londoners face homelessness crisis due to housing benefit freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th November 2023, 2 years ago | 9

Up to 60,000 Londoners who rent privately are at risk of becoming homeless in the next six years unless the...

Britain’s housing market, the PRS – and Shelter’s contribution?

Author: Readers Question

31st October 2023, 2 years ago | 11

Hi, I’m sure a lot of us landlords watched the BBC programme about the housing market, which disappointingly stopped short...

The Renters (Reform) Bill is ‘like a half-baked cake’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2023, 2 years ago | 10

The Government’s plans for the private rented sector (PRS) have been criticised by a leading industry figure as confusing and...

MPs urged to bring confidence to landlords with Renters (Reform) Bill’s second reading

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th October 2023, 3 years ago | 17

The slow progress of the Renters (Reform) Bill has created confusion and made landlords worry about the prospects of the...

Armageddon out of the PRS!

Author: Readers Question

19th October 2023, 3 years ago | 12

Hello, Landlords are beset with so many problems now that the question must be asked – is it worth it?...

Charities urge PM to deliver Renters (Reform) Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th October 2023, 3 years ago | 7

A coalition of 30 charities and non-profit organisations has called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to deliver the Renters (Reform)...

A future Labour government = rocketing rent rises and landlord misery

Author: Landlord Crusader

13th October 2023, 3 years ago | 23

And so, to the Labour Party conference where the sparkling wit and wisdom of Angela Rayner on the opening day...

Tenant deposit values and disputes on the rise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th October 2023, 3 years ago | 3

The UK’s private rented sector (PRS) has seen a significant increase in both the number and value of deposits protected...

Rental market crisis: NRLA urges Government to act

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th October 2023, 3 years ago | 8

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has called on the Government to take urgent action to address the supply crisis...

The Conservatives hate landlords – Pass it on

Author: Landlord Crusader

6th October 2023, 3 years ago | 18

The Conservative Party used to be the party of property ownership and free enterprise, but its recent policies on housing...

Scottish government rent control proposals slammed by expert

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th October 2023, 3 years ago | 4

The Scottish government’s recently launched consultation on a range of issues affecting the private rented sector (PRS), including rent controls...

A political party manifesto for the PRS: What landlords DON’T want from politicians

Author: Landlord Crusader

29th September 2023, 3 years ago | 11

So, we are into the party political conference season and it is apparent that the private rented sector (PRS) is...

Lib Dems want to introduce landlord licensing and rent controls

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th September 2023, 3 years ago | 38

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to give private rented sector (PRS) tenants and landlords a ‘fair deal’ in their newly...

Council reveals its housing crisis as private landlords sell up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th September 2023, 3 years ago | 15

West Lothian Council is facing a housing crisis as the cost-of-living crisis has forced many private landlords to sell off...

Sunak’s betrayal: How the PM stabbed landlords in the back with his EPC U-turn

Author: Landlord Crusader

22nd September 2023, 3 years ago | 74

Rishi Sunak has once again shown his true colours as a Prime Minister who does not care about the interests...