Tag: social housing

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...

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, 3 years ago | 7

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

Awaab’s Law: Government announces crackdown on unsafe social housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2024, 3 years ago | 3

The Government has unveiled new plans to crack down on unsafe social housing to protect tenants in support of its...

Social landlord slammed by Ombudsman for mould and rat infestations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th December 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Social housing landlord Sovereign has been criticised by the Housing Ombudsman for its failure to provide safe and secure housing...

Sadiq Khan’s plan to tackle London housing crisis unveiled

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th November 2023, 3 years ago | 5

The London Mayor has launched a new initiative to convert private housing into council homes. Sadiq Khan aims to build...

Labour MP calls for seizing properties from criminal landlords to tackle housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2023, 3 years ago | 32

Rental properties should be seized from landlords who consistently break the rules and take advantage of tenants, says a Labour...

£15 million blitz to tackle damp and mould in homes across Greater Manchester

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th November 2023, 3 years ago | 0

More than 12,000 social homes in Greater Manchester are to be treated for mould and damp problems following the release...

Rayner’s no-nonsense warning to landlords using Section 21

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2023, 3 years ago | 30

Angela Rayner has accused landlords of using Section 21 “as an easy get-out to turf people out of their home.”...

Councils spend £1.74 billion on temporary accommodation for the homeless

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2023, 3 years ago | 5

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that homelessness has reached record levels, with 104,000 households living in temporary accommodation...

Social housing trust overcharges tenants by £479k

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2023, 3 years ago | 2

More than 180 tenants of a social housing trust have been overcharged by nearly £500,000, the Regulator of Social Housing...

Social housing complaints soar amid poor conditions and safety issues

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th October 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The Housing Ombudsman has published a challenging picture of social housing complaints with a 323% increase in severe maladministration findings...

Homelessness spending hits record high

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th October 2023, 3 years ago | 10

Councils have spent £1.7 billion on temporary accommodation in just one year, according to new government figures. The latest figures...