Tag: rental reforms

Government rules out Nightingale-style courts for possession cases

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th July 2026, 1 month ago | 10

The government has ruled out Nightingale-style courts to tackle the court backlog, despite reforms causing concern. In a written parliamentary...

Renters’ Rights Act could shut students out of university education

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2025, 9 months ago | 3

Industry experts have warned the Renters’ Rights Act will make it harder for students to find homes. The National Residential...

Landlords offered a free Renters’ Rights Act health check

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2025, 10 months ago | 0

Landlords are being advised to get ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act, with one leading letting agency warning that the...

Student housing crisis looms with the end of fixed-term tenancies

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th August 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Student lettings experts are warning that the move away from fixed-term tenancies to periodic contracts could unravel the academic letting...

Labour MP supports Renters’ Rights Bill despite concern from local landlords and agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th August 2025, 1 year ago | 6

A Labour politician has expressed support for the Renters’ Rights Bill, despite pushback from local landlords and letting agents. Labour...

Renters’ Rights Bill won’t become law until the autumn

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2025, 1 year ago | 8

The Renters’ Rights Bill is poised to become law before the Labour Party conference in October. That’s when Deputy Prime...

Why the Renters’ Rights Bill will create a ‘perfect’ tenant crisis for Labour

Author: Landlord Crusader

27th June 2025, 1 year ago | 18

As the Renters’ Rights Bill heads back to the Lords next week, I fear there is now real potential to...

Labour warned that Renters’ Rights Bill reforms are ‘unworkable’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th June 2025, 1 year ago | 7

Several organisations have united in raising serious concerns about the Renters’ Rights Bill, branding the proposed reforms to the PRS...

Renters’ Rights Bill amendments will safeguard possession rights

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2025, 1 year ago | 2

A new amendment to the Renters’ Rights Bill clarifies that landlords can still reclaim their properties by serving notice prior...

Senior Conservatives and landlords ‘plot’ to block the Renters’ Rights Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2025, 1 year ago | 24

Senior figures within the Conservative Party have allegedly engaged in confidential discussions with landlords to derail the government’s Renters’ Rights...

Landlords on cliff-edge as Renters’ Rights Bill strains overburdened courts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th March 2025, 1 year ago | 6

Many landlords are facing a cliff-edge decision in deciding whether to sell up and many are holding on to see...

Scottish PRS reforms ‘fail to empower tenants’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th February 2025, 2 years ago | 5

Private rented sector reforms in Scotland are not effectively empowering tenants to challenge substandard landlord practices, a survey reveals. SafeDeposits...

Landlord exodus will see Section 21 claims hit record high

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th February 2025, 2 years ago | 5

Section 21 claims are set to hit unprecedented levels in 2025 as landlords race to regain possession of their properties...

Generation Rent claims renting harms a tenant’s mental health

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th October 2024, 2 years ago | 61

Renting privately in England is apparently so traumatic that it’s having a devastating impact on tenants’ mental health, Generation Rent...

Bank extends tenancy contracts to three years amid pressure from tenant group

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th May 2024, 2 years ago | 13

A bank has caved in to pressure from a renter group and agreed to extend the maximum length of tenancy...

Landlords promised faster evictions under rental reforms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd October 2023, 3 years ago | 20

The Government has promised to speed up the court process for landlords who want to evict their tenants as part...