Tag: rental reforms

Renters’ Rights Act could shut students out of university education

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2025, 4 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, 5 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, 8 months 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, 8 months 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, 9 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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...

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, 1 year 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, 1 year 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...