The Residential Landlords Association is making requests under the Freedom of Information Act to discover exactly how much Liverpool council intends to spend to implement its hugely-controversial landlord licensing scheme. As a possible test-case...
The National Landlords Association has argued against compulsory licensing of landlords. Arguing that landlords provide a vital lifeline to councils struggling to meet housing demands in their area, the NLA warns against additional bureaucracy....
Evidence is growing that more councils are seeking to introduce licensing schemes for private sector landlords despite the proponents of similar schemes running into legal difficulties. Oldham MBC last week launched a consultation into...
Generation Rent has released a renter’s manifesto – and is now asking for people’s views and additional proposals as well as suggestions for other solutions.
Buy to let landlords are being “persecuted” by local authorities. This is according to a new investigation by the Telegraph, which spoke to landlords and trade bodies about what the Residential Landlords Association described...
A social media campaign against the introduction of Selective Licensing in certain parts of England has been launched by the National Landlords Association. The NLA said more councils were bringing forward Selective Licensing schemes...
Looking back on the newsletter that I wrote this time last year, many of the topics are still being discussed such as regulation of the industry. Predictions of rents rising and increased demand have...
It is good news that the UK government is going ahead with its Tenants Charter that will better protect renters from the worst excesses of rogue landlords and lettings agents and it is much...
Plans include forcing letting agents to join a redress scheme allowing complaints about poor service or hidden fees to be independently examined. The government is preparing to announce rules to better regulate the private...
A former Labour housing minister has attacked the tenants’ charter proposed by Eric Pickles. John Healey says that it will not stop the “scandal” of “rip-off fees” charged to tenants, and will continue to...
