May 12, 2022 | Eviction, HHSRS
12 May 2022 Renters will no longer live in “damp, unsafe and cold homes” under new legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech, Michael Gove has declared. Tuesday’s timetable for new laws included the Renters Reform Bill, which the Housing...
Apr 26, 2022 | Eviction, Serviced Accommodation
26 Apr 2022 Website says it’s ready to implement tourist taxes where local councils want to use them Airbnb has called for the Government to ban “no fault” evictions to stop landlords kicking tenants out of properties so they can be turned into...
Mar 21, 2022 | Eviction, HHSRS, Other News
21 Mar 2022 The Mirror newspaper has launched a campaign to “make rented homes safer”. It says its campaign – called Safe As Houses – demands a national landlord register where those who let out properties would be forced to prove they met essential safety...
Feb 17, 2022 | Eviction, Legislation & Regulations, Other News, Right-to-Rent
17 Feb 2022 A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative changes over the rest of this decade. Paul Offley, compliance officer at The Guild of Property Professionals, says the changes...
Jan 27, 2022 | Eviction, Legislation & Regulations
27 Jan 2022 A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting agents. The Northwood Solihull v Fearn/Cooke/Ors case came about as a result of the Solihull branch of lettings agency Northwood using a...
Jan 18, 2022 | Legislation & Regulations, Other News
18 Jan 2022 A national awareness campaign has been launched to prepare landlords for the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 on Friday July 15. Described by the Welsh Government as the biggest change to the private rental sector landscape in that...
Oct 7, 2021 | Legislation & Regulations, Other News
07 Oct 2021 The White Paper on rental reform may still be some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and colleagues “are still in the middle of meetings and consultations”. “We want to get this right. For example if we start...
Oct 4, 2021 | Eviction, Other News
04 Oct 2021 The chief executive of Shelter says the experience of Scotland shows that the scrapping of S21 eviction powers produces benefits that far outweigh disadvantages. Polly Neate, speaking on BBC Radio 4, says that Scotland effectively scrapped its equivalent...
Sep 20, 2021 | Eviction, Rogue Tenant
20 Sep 2021 The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when it comes to rogue tenants and the time and cost required to evict them. The research found that, with long court delays and...
Sep 10, 2021 | Eviction, Legislation & Regulations
10 Sep 2021 The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from October 1. Therefore landlords giving notice to evict via either a Section 21 or Section 8 notice will need to give...
