A legal expert warns housing disrepair claims have become a vehicle for inflated solicitor fees, with tenants left waiting for repairs while costs spiral.
Landlords can now volunteer to test the government’s new private rented sector database before it becomes mandatory under the Renters’ Rights Act later this year.
Shelter’s new chief executive Sarah Elliott has signalled willingness to work with private landlords, marking a shift from the charity’s previously hostile stance under predecessor Polly Neate.
Landlords face a near-£20 billion refurbishment challenge after new analysis found more than half of private rented homes still fall below the government’s minimum EPC…
Landlords will be required to meet a modernised Decent Homes Standard by 2035 after the government confirmed the rules will apply across both private and…
Landlords facing rising costs and major regulatory change are being offered a new short-term finance option as specialist lender Somo launches its Landlord’s Breathing Space…
Millions of UK leaseholders – including a large cohort of buy-to-let landlords – will see ground rents capped at £250 a year under sweeping reforms…
Rental stock across England rose sharply at the end of 2025, defying predictions of a landlord sell-off ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act. New data…
The government has put private landlords firmly in the frame with the launch of its Warm Homes Plan, signalling tighter expectations around energy efficiency in…
Landlords have been given their clearest indication yet of how tenancy agreements must change under the Renters’ Rights Act, following the publication of draft secondary…
UK landlords are being warned that already stretched courts may struggle further when the Renters’ Rights Act comes into force later this year. With possession…
A tenant has been evicted from a council-managed property in Caerphilly after months of serious anti-social behaviour, underlining how far landlords may need to go…
UK landlords will face a fresh layer of compliance oversight from May 2026 as councils gain new powers to penalise unenforceable tenancy clauses under the…
Landlord groups are urging ministers to tighten and clarify new guidance under the Renters’ Rights Act, warning that vague rules on rental discrimination could leave…
A government plan to widen Rent Repayment Orders (RROs) to 41 English councils will allow local authorities to reclaim up to 24 months of rent…
