Landlord Articles
Council Tax Liability – Be Clear Who Pays
The gradual introduction of Universal Credit from 2013 has brought many issues for both landlords and tenants, not least Council Tax liability. Landlords, social as…
The gradual introduction of Universal Credit from 2013 has brought many issues for both landlords and tenants, not least Council Tax liability. Landlords, social as…
After five long years a guide has finally been issued by the government for those seeking to claim Universal credit for their housing and living…
By Justin Moss, Partner at MHA MacIntyre Hudson New minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) regulations were introduced on 1 April 2018, making it illegal for…
The private rented sector is usually associated with older properties and certainly, if media are to be believed, these are the older, worse condition properties….
That is perhaps a little unfair, in that the Labour party is not recommending that all tenants should own dogs, but they certainly want to…
Since the Right to Rent legislation was introduced nationwide from 1st February 2016, the responsibility for checking the immigration status of prospective tenants and their…
The TV screens have been full of the Winter Olympics, the sports being televised seeming more death-defying than in the Summer Olympics, which will follow…
Leaving aside the outrageous sums which commentators confidently state it costs parents to raise a child in the modern world, it now appears that many…
I am not for one moment suggesting that private landlords require Gordon Ramsey cooking skills – it is not generally a condition of the tenancy…
6th April – as well as the beginning of a new tax year, is always a popular date for the government to introduce new legislation…
Karen Buck, MP, introduced the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation and Liability for Housing Standards) Bill as a private members’ bill in July 2017; it…
I must be honest – I hadn’t. But then, I was not aware of Alok Sharma, either. To clarify, Dominic Raab will be the 16th…
The above was a recent headline in ‘Inside Housing’. Landlords forced to fix safety issues? Which landlords are those? No good landlord need be forced…
Well, that’s Xmas over for another year. The festive lights will gradually go out, Xmas cards will be taken down. Many will wonder why it…
A recent story in the news entertained me, but also made me think. The story concerned a light-hearted article by a Doctor, blaming episodes of…