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Hand placing a pound coin above new-build homes, illustrating Right to Buy reforms and social housing investment.

Better to build new homes than subsidise BTL landlords claims Housing Secretary

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th July 2026, 1 week ago | 24

The government claims it’s better “to spend taxpayer’s cash building new homes than subsidising buy to let landlords”. In a...

Labour Right to Buy controversy with council house sale sign, cash and chained Labour box symbolising policy debate

Labour slammed as another minister cashes in on Right to Buy scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th June 2026, 2 weeks ago | 7

Another Labour minister has been accused of applying “one rule for them and another for everyone else” after making a...

Social housing waiting list reaches 119 years as demand far outpaces new home construction in England

Social housing backlog would take 119 years to clear

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th June 2026, 1 month ago | 5

Shelter says more than 1.3 million households are waiting for a social housing, while just 12,198 were built across England...

Unveiling of the Social Housing Bill with Parliament in the background, symbolising housing reform and tenant protections

Government unveils Social Housing Bill with new domestic abuse eviction powers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd June 2026, 1 month ago | 0

The government has announced that social housing landlords will gain new powers to evict domestic abusers alongside reforms to the...

Social Housing Bill presented in Parliament with housing developments and families symbolising affordable housing reform

Social Housing Bill aims to boost supply but Shelter warns government must go further

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th May 2026, 2 months ago | 0

The government has unveiled the Social Housing Bill to Parliament, but one charity claims it does not go far enough....

Exchange of cash for a model house symbolising Right to Buy housing reforms

Government sets out reforms to Right to Buy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2026, 2 months ago | 6

The government has announced new reforms to Right to Buy as part of efforts to overhaul and support councils. The...

Gauge on a house shows rent control claimed to work, illustrating the debate over UK rent caps.

Rent controls do work claims Green Party

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2026, 4 months ago | 11

The Green Party claims that “rent controls can work,” despite evidence suggesting otherwise. Speaking at the New Economics Foundation, Green...

Hand selecting a wooden house marked “Sold” to illustrate council buyback costs

Council faces backlash after Right-to-Buy loophole costs millions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2025, 8 months ago | 5

A council with the biggest social housing waiting list in England has come under fire for buying back ex-council homes...

House keys being handed over symbolising home sale and property ownership issues

Right-to-Buy has worsened housing crisis claims think tank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th August 2025, 11 months ago | 3

A think tank claims that Right-to-Buy has become “England’s biggest housing disaster”, costing taxpayers £200 billion. A report by the...

Tenants lose fight as council can evict families to house homeless

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th June 2025, 1 year ago | 64

Tenants have lost a legal challenge against a Labour-run council after they were served eviction notices to make way for...

Right-to-Buy sales set to reach highest level in 20 years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st May 2025, 1 year ago | 5

The number of council homes being sold under the Right-to-Buy scheme is set to hit its highest level in two...

Contrast between traditional terraced houses and a large modern social housing block in an English city

Private providers lead social housing growth but challenges remain

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th November 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Despite an increase in affordable housing, only 700 social homes were built in England last year, according to the Regulator...

Labour's Angela Rayner promises rental reform and the abolition of Section 21 'no-fault' evictions at the party conference.

Angela Rayner considers abolishing Right to Buy – despite personal gain

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th September 2024, 2 years ago | 17

Angela Rayner is reportedly considering abolishing the controversial Right to Buy scheme, just months after it was revealed she personally...

Is it time for landlords to take action?

Author: Readers Question

19th August 2024, 2 years ago | 26

The last so-called Conservative government enacted some terrible policies on the PRS. After our initial shock, many of us flexed...

Frustrated woman with steam coming out of her ears, symbolizing anger and stress.

RTB denied for spurious reasons?

Author: Readers Question

9th August 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Hi, almost a year after my sheltered building was decommissioned (by a council cabinet decision), I applied to buy my...

Housing: The Key Battleground in the Upcoming Election

Author: Adam Lawrence

24th June 2024, 2 years ago | 35

As we edge closer to the next general election, housing has become a pivotal issue in the political arena –...

Estate agent boards outside rental properties in London highlighting demand in the private rental sector

41% of Right to Buy homes are now private rentals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th May 2024, 2 years ago | 31

Research reveals that 41% of properties sold under Right to Buy are now privately rented – that’s around 820,000 homes....

Angela Rayner: The hypocrite who needs to come clean

Author: Landlord Crusader

1st March 2024, 2 years ago | 19

Well, well, well, if it isn’t my old friend, the Ashton-under-Lyne foghorn Angela Rayner making headlines this week and turning...

Rayner hits back at ‘hypocrisy’ claims over Right-to-Buy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th February 2024, 2 years ago | 17

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has dismissed Tory accusations of hypocrisy over her use of the Right-to-Buy scheme, saying she...

Councils demand Right to Buy reform to tackle the housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th February 2024, 2 years ago | 20

The Local Government Association (LGA) is urging the government to overhaul the Right to Buy (RTB) scheme which allows council...

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