Propertymark says rental listings will need valid PRS database identifiers before they can be marketed once the scheme goes live, adding a fresh compliance step for landlords and agents.
Scottish social landlords can now ask the court to end a domestic abuser’s tenancy and transfer the home to the victim, after new regulations took effect under the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021.
Sadiq Khan has opened a £400,000 enforcement fund to help London councils and advice groups use the Renters’ Rights Act, turning a March pledge into a live bidding round.
LRG says 93 percent of landlords received no formal pet request after the 1 May rules change, even though tenant demand for pet-friendly homes remains much stronger.
Landlord Action says possession instructions jumped 28 percent year on year in July, with nearly a third linked to landlords racing to beat the 31 July court deadline for older Section 21 claims.
Matthew Pennycook says letting agents will be able to file Private Rented Sector Database entries for landlords, clarifying who can handle registration before the new system goes live later this year.
Foxtons says Renters’ Rights Act disruption wiped £3 million from lettings revenue and helped drive a 57 percent fall in first-half profit before tax, as tenancy terminations hit student and corporate income lines.
Generation Rent has launched a postcard campaign urging renters to press Housing Secretary Angela Rayner for limits on rent rises, reopening the rent-controls debate just days after ministers ruled out caps for England.
The government says it will not use Nightingale-style courts for landlord possession work, arguing there is no national backlog and that the Digital Possession Service can manage current demand.
Paragon Bank says two-thirds of HMOs in its latest research already hold EPC ratings of A to C, giving HMO landlords a clearer lead as minimum energy standards stay under review.
Handelsbanken says 59 percent of professional property investors are tightening tenant criteria after the Renters’ Rights Act, while 63 percent have already raised rents in response to higher overall costs.
Angela Rayner says ministers are not pursuing rent controls in England after the Renters’ Rights Act launch, arguing the new once-a-year market-rent system is the government’s chosen route.
Chestertons says 36 percent of London landlords raised asking rents in May after the Renters’ Rights Act banned offers above the advertised rent, pointing to a fast pricing shift after 1 May.
GOV.UK has confirmed Florence Eshalomi as an MHCLG minister, putting a recent critic of weak rental enforcement inside the department ahead of the next landlord-rule decisions.
The Treasury says landlords can still challenge eligibility and seek court permission to act during a tenant Breathing Space moratorium, after ministers were pressed on safeguards for arrears cases.
A county court ruling says landlords can ask judges to permit forced entry for gas and electrical safety inspections after an access injunction has been ignored, giving compliance cases a clearer route.
Matthew Pennycook says ministers will review how the Renters’ Rights Act affects student HMOs, but has offered no student-specific fix as landlords head into the next academic letting cycle.
Angela Rayner has returned to the housing brief as ministers prepare the next Renters’ Rights Act rollout phase, with landlords still waiting for dates on the private rented sector database, redress scheme and council enforcement changes.
BBC Panorama has aired a new investigation into criminal gangs using fake IDs, false references and sham tenancy applications to take control of rental properties, with affected landlords describing months-long fights to recover homes turned into drug factories, brothels and illegal sublets.
Foxtons says the Renters’ Rights Act wiped £3 million from lettings revenue in May and June, with student tenancies taking the biggest hit after higher termination levels.
The government says flat landlords, leaseholders and shared owners will start seeing new service charge forms and information rights during 2027, with the first legal changes due before Parliament later this year.
Hamptons says failed sales could keep nearly 100,000 homes out of the rental market for a year under Ground 1A, after 51 percent of rental homes listed for sale last year failed to sell.
Steve Reed says more than four in 10 former Right to Buy homes are now privately rented, using a Lloyds forum speech to defend Right to Buy reform and a 2035 Decent Homes push.
The government has opened an eight-week consultation on whether some leaseholders and freeholders should be carved out of the planned £250 ground rent cap, in…
