Tag: social housing

Landlord’s message to Angela Rayner and Generation Rent: “Banning Section 21 will leave tenants unhappy”

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st June 2024, 2 years ago | 30

In a direct video addressed to Generation Rent’s Ben Twomey and Angela Rayner, Nottingham landlord Mick Roberts argues abolishing Section...

Scottish Labour pushes for stricter tenant protections

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th June 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Scottish Labour will improve tenants’ rights by protecting them from unaffordable rent increases and unscrupulous landlords. In its manifesto dubbed...

SNP blasts Westminster for Scotland’s housing emergency

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th June 2024, 2 years ago | 0

The SNP blames Brexit and Westminster underinvestment for Scotland’s housing crisis.    In the SNP’s manifesto dubbed ‘A Future Made...

Liberal Democrats unveil housing policy: Abolish Section 21 and reinstate EPC targets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th June 2024, 2 years ago | 22

The Liberal Democrats have promised “to deliver a fair deal for renters” by abolishing Section 21 immediately and reintroducing EPC...

Shelter reveals that social rents are 60% cheaper than in the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd June 2024, 2 years ago | 23

Social housing tenants enjoy rents that are 60% cheaper than private rented sector (PRS) tenants are paying, Shelter says. The...

Propertymark questions Labour’s controversial PRS review

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd May 2024, 2 years ago | 1

Propertymark is calling for more information from the Labour Party on its recent review of the private rented sector (PRS),...

Tenancy fraud and council apathy!

Author: Readers Question

20th May 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Hi, just read an interesting article on Inside Housing about tenancy fraud see below: English regulator is ‘turning a wilful...

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....

Social housing landlord slammed for mushrooms growing in a mouldy bedroom

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th March 2024, 2 years ago | 3

The Housing Ombudsman has severely criticised social landlord Guinness Partnership for failing to fix problems in tenants’ homes – including...

Council tenants awarded £40,000 for damp and mould issues

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Three council tenants have been awarded a total of £40,000 by the Housing Ombudsman after enduring unacceptable living conditions caused...

Housing Ombudsman prepares for a surge in social housing tenant complaints

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th March 2024, 2 years ago | 0

The Housing Ombudsman has launched a consultation on its business plan following a record year of complaints. Compared to the...

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

Author: Readers Question

11th March 2024, 2 years ago | 7

I was going to buy x 2 houses and turn them into HMO’s to put on long-term leases to SERCO...

Lending giant urges support for landlords in the Budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th March 2024, 2 years ago | 8

One of the UK’s largest buy to let lenders, The Mortgage Works (TMW), has called on the government to use...

New standards for social housing landlords unveiled

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st March 2024, 2 years ago | 2

Social housing landlords will have to follow new standards from April, the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has announced. The...

Shelter warns of worsening crisis as rough sleeping figures reach alarming levels

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st March 2024, 2 years ago | 6

The number of people sleeping rough in England has more than doubled since 2010, according to new research. Data from...

Building 90,000 social homes could add £51.2bn to the economy – report

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th February 2024, 2 years ago | 3

New research suggests that building 90,000 social homes every year could significantly benefit the UK economy – by up to...

Scottish government under fire as housing crisis deepens

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th February 2024, 2 years ago | 9

A housing charity has accused the Scottish government of “gaslighting” the Scottish public on social housing. Shelter Scotland has claimed...

Thousands face removal from social housing lists in Leeds

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th February 2024, 2 years ago | 5

 New plans could see 18,000 people removed from social housing waiting lists in Leeds. Leeds City Council says the demand...

Social housing tenant complaints could exceed 1 million

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th February 2024, 2 years ago | 0

The number of complaints being made by social housing tenants could be much higher than the official figures suggest, a...

“Three strikes and you’re out” rules to crackdown on anti-social tenants in social housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st January 2024, 2 years ago | 7

Tenants engaging in anti-social behaviour could face being disqualified from social housing. The proposals by the government in a bid...