ARLA is lobbying Michael Gove, the Justice Secretary, in a bid persuade him to consider moves which would speed up the eviction process, reducing hardship and lost income for landlords and agents while proceedings are...
According to figures published by the Ministry of Justice in August 2015, 0ver 43,000 households in rented housing in England and Wales were evicted by county court bailiffs in the 12 months to June, representing...
Highlighting delays in obtaining a County Court bailiff appointment once a possession order has been granted, Landlord Action is campaigning to enable more eviction cases to be transferred up to the High Court. The...
The government has announced a series of measures to tackle illegal immigration. They will be included in the forthcoming Immigration Bill that will require landlords to check the immigration status of prospective tenants. Landlords...
In the first quarter of the year tenant evictions reached a record high of 11,307 according to government figures. The report from the Ministry of Justice however showed that the majority of these evictions...
The UK Government is currently running a 90 day amnesty for landlords who have yet to put their tenants’ deposits into an official scheme. It is thought that up to a third of landlords...
The new deregulation act will have major impacts on landlords, agents and tenants. From October tenants will be able to protect themselves from eviction by making a complaint about a property’s state of repair....
Under proposals recently announced by the Scottish government private tenancy laws will be reformed to protect renters from short-notice evictions. The consultation process will include a review of the controversial ‘no-fault’ repossession clause. This...
With four working weeks in February this year, it didn’t seem as short a month as usual and with communication being a recurring theme through many stories in the property industry press this month,...
Amendments aimed at combatting so-called retaliatory evictions have been passed in the House of Lords’ meaning they are almost certain to become law in the spring. The news has been met with consternation by...
