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Wooden figure, a wooden house and 100 waiting list text on a green background

Shelter demands action as social housing waiting lists hit 100 years in London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd April 2025, 1 year ago | 19

Families could face a 100-year wait for social housing in London, new research warns. Data from the National Housing Federation...

Angela Rayner announces Labour’s plan to cut benefit payments to criminal landlords

Criminal landlords will lose benefit payments under Labour plan

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2025, 1 year ago | 25

England’s criminal landlords will face restrictions on benefit payments they receive for running substandard properties in supported housing, the government...

Family in temporary shelter seeking housing support during crisis

Councils appeal to private landlords to help with housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st January 2025, 1 year ago | 31

Two councils are urging private landlords to collaborate on initiatives to help find homes for homeless people and families in...

Homeless man sitting on a London street holding a cup, highlighting homelessness crisis

Homelessness bill is pushing London’s councils ‘to the brink’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2025, 1 year ago | 5

London Councils is warning that rocketing homelessness in the capital is ‘pushing boroughs to the brink’, with unsustainable pressure on...

Keys being handed over in front of a house, symbolizing loss of rental homes for temporary housing.

Council loses 156 landlord properties for homeless housing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2025, 1 year ago | 33

A London council says it lost 156 private sector homes being used for temporary accommodation last year due to landlords...

Father and children in winter coats with eviction notice symbol and £1 billion headline

Angela Rayner launches £1 billion scheme to tackle evictions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th December 2024, 1 year ago | 65

Angela Rayner has announced a £1 billion plan to prevent evictions and tackle homelessness. In the largest-ever investment in homelessness...

Cardboard house model with blurred homeless person in background, highlighting housing crisis in Edinburgh

Shelter Scotland slams council for stripping homeless households of ‘human rights’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th December 2024, 1 year ago | 2

In an unprecedented move, Shelter Scotland has urged Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Housing Regulator to intervene and remove the...

Hand drawing family and house with chalk to highlight housing support

Councils tackle rising temporary accommodation costs with new solution

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th December 2024, 1 year ago | 4

Councils are spending thousands of pounds on temporary accommodation but a new solution could cut the cost and help tenants...

Construction site of new homes highlighting Labour’s social housing plans

Labour must build ten times more social homes to meet housing targets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2024, 1 year ago | 0

The Labour government can only meet its housing targets by building ten times more social homes each year by 2027/28,...

Families in temporary accommodation supported by London Councils during the homelessness crisis

London councils face £4 million cost for temporary accommodation amid homelessness crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th October 2024, 1 year ago | 0

London councils are spending £4 million EVERY DAY on housing people in temporary accommodation. A report by the London Councils...

Council leader speaking on housing reform in front of stained-glass backdrop

Council calls for ban on no-fault evictions amid housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2024, 2 years ago | 25

A council warns more people could be pushed into temporary accommodation without urgent action from the government. Colchester City Council...

Dollhouse exhibit illustrating cramped and unsafe conditions faced by children in temporary accommodation

IKEA and Shelter unveil Dollhouse highlighting realities of temporary accommodation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2024, 2 years ago | 8

IKEA and Shelter have teamed up to reveal a children’s dollhouse designed to illustrate the realities faced by children living...

Scottish flag above colourful raised hands and a house symbol highlighting Scotland’s housing emergency

12th Scottish council declares a housing emergency

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th September 2024, 2 years ago | 6

Another Scottish council has declared a ‘housing emergency’ making it the 12th local authority in Scotland to declare a housing...

Landlord blames selective licensing for city’s surge in temporary accommodation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th July 2024, 2 years ago | 12

A council admits more households than ever are being put in temporary accommodation, with a landlord blaming selective licensing for...

Sadiq Khan blames government failures for rising homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2024, 2 years ago | 28

Temporary accommodation and homelessness spending by councils has soared to £1bn in the last eight years. According to figures by...

Welsh Conservative warns: “Nightmare legislation” driving good landlords away

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th April 2024, 2 years ago | 12

A wave of “nightmare legislation” is driving many good landlords out of the rental sector in Wales, warns Welsh Conservative...

Council to buy homes with a REIT to tackle homelessness

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th March 2024, 2 years ago | 15

A London council has announced it will create a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to secure homes for housing homeless...

London councils’ temporary accommodation ‘bankruptcy risk’ as landlords quit

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th February 2024, 2 years ago | 13

New data from London Councils paints a grim picture of the capital’s homelessness crisis, revealing a shocking 40% increase in...

Liverpool city council face massive rise in homelessness costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd February 2024, 2 years ago | 12

Liverpool City Council is turning to the private rented sector to address the homelessness crisis. The city is facing huge...

Temporary accommodation residents demand better housing in open letter

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd January 2024, 2 years ago | 3

A council has been urged to improve its temporary housing for residents living in poor conditions in an open letter...

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