Nov 19, 2021 | Other News
19 Nov 2021 Shelter – so often critical of the private rental sector – has instead turned its fire on the government over what the charity claims is inadequate social housing construction levels. It claims that government statistics for March 2020...
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...
Apr 23, 2021 | Other News
23 Apr 2021 Another lettings agency has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a tenant receiving benefits. Worthing County Court declared that Michael Jones & Company unlawfully refused to show Hayley Pearce a potential rental property...
Jan 19, 2021 | Eviction, Licensing, Rent Repayment Order
19 Jan 2021 Landlords need to be in no doubt that tenants are being educed by councils, shelter, a wide range of no-win, no-fee ambulance chasers- and now tenants unions too – into not only the ‘tricks and hacks’ they can use to stop you being able to gain...
Jan 8, 2021 | Eviction, Other News
08 Jan 2020 Letting agents have joined forces with other players in the rental industry to demand the government finally get a grip on rental debt. ARLA Propertymark has signed an open letter with the National Residential Landlords Association, The Big Issue and Ride...
Nov 11, 2020 | Eviction, Legislation & Regulations, Other News
11 Nov 2020 A new report makes searing claims about the performance and quality of landlords and their homes in the private rental sector. Almost inevitably it comes from campaigning charity Shelter, which has co-authored the study called Time For Change –...
