Tag: social housing

New mandatory qualifications will ‘drive up standards’ in social housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th February 2023, 4 years ago | 2

A crackdown on unqualified social housing managers will see new rules being brought in to protect residents.  The Department for...

Housing Ombudsman reveals unprecedented rise in Social housing heating complaints

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2023, 4 years ago | 1

The Housing Ombudsman has seen a massive 60% increase in heating and hot water complaints in Social housing, according to...

Welsh Government unveils a social housing rent cap

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th November 2022, 4 years ago | 0

Social housing landlords in Wales will face a rent cap of 6.5% from next year – and there’s an eviction...

The Social Housing crisis and Landlords

Author: Paul Shamplina

23rd April 2014, 13 years ago | 10

In May last year I did a TV programme called The One Show, where they filmed me serving a section...

Paying rent late will hit credit score

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th November 2013, 13 years ago | 12

Of interest, I think, to fellow landlords; Experian expects to include 600,000 rental records by year-end of tenants who pay late,...

United Nations call for Bedroom Tax to be Axed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th September 2013, 13 years ago | 34

The United Nations special investigator on housing Raquel Rolnik has said that the Bedroom Tax could constitute a violation of...

Landlord fits new front door and doesn’t give tenants the keys!

Author: Readers Question

30th August 2013, 13 years ago | 8

I have rented a property from a Landlord and let the property on a corporate let to a Charity who...

Bedroom Tax affecting private landlords?!!!

Author: Readers Question

14th August 2013, 13 years ago | 35

As everyone knows bedroom tax is not  tax, but the above is a handy way to refer to it.  Earlier...

The impact of bedroom tax and housing benefit reforms

Author: Paul Shamplina

18th June 2013, 13 years ago | 7

The impact of the bedroom tax and reforms to housing benefit – has this led to more impoverished renters? One...

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Rents rising in Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2013, 14 years ago | 0

A new era for the rental sector has been confirmed with a sharp rise in rental prices across Scotland, particularly...

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NLA concerned by cap on Local Housing Allowance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2013, 14 years ago | 2

Yesterday the House of Commons gave a second reading to the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill which caps future increases to...

Spotlight on Michelle Reid CEO of TPAS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Michelle Reid Position: CEO of TPAS (Tenant Participation Advisory Service) Michelle has kindly answered the following questions:- How would you...

Spotlight on Michael Gelling OBE CIHM Hon of T.A.R.O.E

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Michael Gelling OBE CIHM Hon Organisation: Tenants And Residents Organisations of England “T.A.R.O.E.” Status: Chairperson of the T.A.R.O.E. Board Career to date:...

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Capping rents is not the answer to housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2012, 14 years ago | 1

A Press Release issued today by  suggests that addressing the current housing crisis by capping rents will lead to poorer...

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Homelessness suitability order and PRS landlords by Ben Reeve-Lewis

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

29th October 2012, 14 years ago | 12

A bombshell was dropped recently. Admittedly an expected Bombshell, but it took all us people working in the public sector...

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Spotlight on Peter Davis of Eastern Landlords Association

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th October 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Peter Davis of Eastern Landlords Association has been in the post nearly three years as CEO of the regional membership...

Universal Credit Debate

Author: Readers Question

26th September 2012, 14 years ago | 5

The Universal Credit, due to be introduced in October 2013, is a new scheme which aims to simplify the benefits...

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Squatters Rights – what’s not changed

Author: Mark Alexander

1st September 2012, 14 years ago | 27

In this blog I intend to dispel a few urban myths which appear to be forming, both amongst landlords and squatters themselves...

Leamington Spa – A Warwickshire Property Hotspot by Kingsford Letting

Author: Property Hotspots

17th July 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Why Kingsford Letting believe Leamington Spa is a Warwickshire Property Hotspot With so many different types of property to invest in, contacting...

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Landlords ask courts to evict 65 tenants every day

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords filed nearly 6,000 claims to evict tenants in the first three months of the year, according...

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Londoners earning less than £52,000 can’t afford to rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Renters in London need to earn around £52,000 to let a buy to let home, according to figures from homeless...