Tag: renters rights bill

Renters’ Rights Bill to return to Parliament in January

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th December 2024, 1 year ago | 6

The Renters’ Rights Bill will return to the House of Commons on January 14, 2025. The government has confirmed that...

Tenants and landlords push for longer tenancies amid plans to abolish fixed-term tenancies

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th December 2024, 1 year ago | 5

Tenants and landlords want longer tenancies despite the Labour government planning to abolish fixed-term tenancies. According to a survey Leaders...

Corporate landlords replacing private buy to let landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th December 2024, 1 year ago | 9

More corporate landlords will enter the private rented sector in 2025, as they are less impacted by new rules and...

NRLA slams Prime Minister for criticising landlords amid housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th December 2024, 1 year ago | 20

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has hit back at the Prime Minister for blaming landlords for rising rents. The...

Landlords could pay tenants up to two years’ rent for failing Decent Homes Standard as PBSA is exempt

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd December 2024, 1 year ago | 25

In an unfair loophole, purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) providers will be exempt from the Decent Homes Standard, whilst landlords will...

Landlords’ Rights Bill: Let’s tell the government what we want

Author: Landlord Crusader

20th December 2024, 1 year ago | 14

Since this is the time for reflection on what has happened this year and thinking about New Year resolutions, I...

Letting agents will help landlords stay on top of new regulations in 2025

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

Letting agents will offer more services to landlords in the New Year as the Renters’ Rights Bill looks set to...

Landlords selling up is fuelling the homelessness crisis – NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2024, 1 year ago | 13

The number of tenants facing homelessness due to landlords selling up has soared by a third since the end of...

Landlord exodus grows due to Renters’ Rights Bill and EPC C targets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th December 2024, 1 year ago | 9

Despite the Labour government claiming there is no evidence of a landlord exodus, the English Private Landlord Survey shows a...

Landlord rent rises spark calls for government intervention

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2024, 1 year ago | 26

News that more than half of landlords in England put up the rent for a new tenancy this year has...

Landlords encouraged to accept pets as they cause less damage

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2024, 1 year ago | 38

Pets cause less financial damage than tenants, according to new research. A report by the University of Huddersfield reveals that...

Renters staying longer in homes despite insecurity concerns

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th December 2024, 1 year ago | 8

Despite the Labour government’s view that tenants face insecurity due to no-fault evictions, the English Housing survey reveals that renters...

Government admits Renters’ Rights Bill could drive rent increases

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd December 2024, 1 year ago | 21

The government finally admits the Renters’ Rights Bill could force landlords to raise rents to cover costs of additional regulation....

Renters’ Rights Bill will cost letting agents £400m

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th November 2024, 1 year ago | 3

Letting agents in the UK are facing a huge financial blow, with government figures revealing potential losses of nearly £400...

Renters’ Rights Bill could prohibit advance rent payments

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th November 2024, 1 year ago | 25

The Labour government is considering banning landlords from accepting advance rent payments from tenants. During a question to Housing Minister...

NRLA warns landlord database will fail tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th November 2024, 1 year ago | 14

The NRLA has criticised the government’s plan for a landlord database as “bureaucratic”. Under the Renters’ Rights Bill, a private...

Lawyer criticises Renters’ Rights Bill impact assessment for underestimating costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th November 2024, 1 year ago | 4

A lawyer has slammed the Renters’ Rights Bill impact assessment, calling it “unreliable.” David Smith, head of dispute resolution at...

Landlords and agents set to bear brunt of £33M cost of Renters’ Rights Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th November 2024, 1 year ago | 33

The impact of the Renters’ Rights Bill is expected to cost £33 million a year, but the government insists it...

Rising rents and slow house price growth amid economic uncertainty

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th November 2024, 1 year ago | 0

Growing uncertainty around the Renters’ Rights Bill has led to more landlords leaving the market and rents to rise, according...

Councils fail to prosecute criminal landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th November 2024, 1 year ago | 1

Councils across England and Wales received nearly half a million complaints about landlord misconduct in five years, but they took...