Tag: Shelter

Letting agents who ban children are breaking equality rules – ombudsman

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd March 2023, 3 years ago | 27

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a blanket ban on letting a property to a family with children is discriminatory...

Homeless charity joins with home furnishing company

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th March 2023, 3 years ago | 8

IKEA has teamed up with Shelter to reveal the ‘realities’ of the UK’s ‘housing emergency’. The furniture giant and the...

Shelter attacks large rise in Section 21 evictions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2023, 3 years ago | 31

Shelter has attacked Section 21 evictions as the leading cause of homelessness.  Chief Executive, Polly Neate, has highlighted the 143%...

Where is the landlords’ voice?

Author: Readers Question

20th January 2023, 3 years ago | 14

Hi all, I have been listening to many reports on the news and most recently a representative of Shelter on...

Shelter says 271,000 people were homeless in 2022

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th January 2023, 3 years ago | 14

The homeless charity Shelter says there were ‘at least’ 271,000 people who were homeless on any given night last year...

Why should landlords deal with lies and damned statistics?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2022, 3 years ago | 14

It has been another interesting week in the life of a landlord in the UK – and none of it...

Shelter staff start ‘unprecedented’ two-week strike

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th December 2022, 3 years ago | 14

A bitter pay dispute has seen more than 600 workers at Shelter start two weeks of strike action. A union...

Shelters warns 941,000 tenants are facing eviction

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st December 2022, 3 years ago | 12

The homeless charity Shelter is warning that one in 12 private renters in England is threatened with eviction. The charity...

Landlords! We have lost the moral high ground and it’s not coming back

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th November 2022, 3 years ago | 22

While landlords have never been flavour of the month, we have lost the moral high ground over standards in private...

Shelter staff announce strike – workers ‘unable to pay rent’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2022, 3 years ago | 14

More than 500 workers at the housing charity Shelter will stage a two week strike next month, in response to...

FAO Shelter – This is not a love note from The Landlord Crusader

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th November 2022, 3 years ago | 56

It’s a good job I was sitting down when I read a striking story on Property118 this week because it...

Help regarding being a victim of subletting

Author: Readers Question

31st October 2013, 12 years ago | 13

A well known national letting agency franchise office based in Ealing advertised flatshare, I viewed the property and agreed to...

Fit and Proper Landlords and Tenants – Consequences?

Author: Mark Alexander

17th September 2013, 13 years ago | 15

I have heard the words “Fit and Proper” mentioned a lot of late in terms of regulation of landlords and...

Deed of Assurance Document Template Download

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd September 2013, 13 years ago | 0

If you have the right type of properties to attract long term, good quality tenants, don’t stitch yourself or your...

The practicalities of a deeds of trust and using a Ltd company in England

Author: Readers Question

27th August 2013, 13 years ago | 13

I am a higher rate tax payer and I want to expand my property portfolio further. I want to shelter...

Alternatives to Landlord Licencing Schemes

Author: Mark Alexander

12th August 2013, 13 years ago | 42

The alternatives to Landlord Licensing Schemes require joined up thinking, changes to data sharing protocols within local authorities and revised...

Stung by the £500pw Benefit Cap, no rent being paid – Help!

Author: Mick Roberts

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 113

This week I have been stung by my first experience of the benefits cap.  One of my tenants Housing Benefit...

The evolution of the Private Rented Sector – Deed of Assurance

Author: Mark Alexander

27th June 2013, 13 years ago | 116

Why on earth would The Mortgage Works “TMW” agree to three year AST’s? More to the point, why would landlords...

Be wary of sub-letting scams!

Author: Vanessa Warwick

19th June 2013, 13 years ago | 4

I just wanted to share with landlords that sub-letting scams are on the rise! It is my belief that these...

Bad Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

6th June 2013, 13 years ago | 23

Why on earth would anybody want to search Google for “Bad Landlords”? My stepson (Ilya) bought something to my attention...