The new Labour government plans to introduce ‘hardship tests’ in an effort to make evictions more difficult for tenants facing financial difficulties, reports The Telegraph….
The UK government has published its Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, which includes measures to give landlords more powers to evict tenants who engage in disruptive…
Landlord Three Conditions Social Housing has been found guilty of ‘severe maladministration’ by the Housing Ombudsman. The cause of complain was 3CHA’s handling of an…
Use of the ‘section 21’ route to eviction has plummeted over the last two years, the National Residential Landlords Association has reported. The ‘no blame’…
Following up on a June 2021 commitment, the Scottish Government has put £10m into a grant fund designed to support private and social rented tenants…
Extension of the ban in England on repossessions will do nothing to help landlords and tenants hit financially by the Coronavirus pandemic, the National Residential…
A Barnsley landlord has been ordered to undertake 200 hours of unpaid community work, to participate in 15 days of ‘rehabilitation’ training, and to pay…
Scottish landlords have seen a change in tenant security and protection become a working reality with the granting of the first Wrongful Termination Order and…
Business owners affected by the Coronavirus pandemic will be protected from eviction from their rented properties until the end of March 2021, Communities Secretary Robert…
A Welsh Government decision to extend the notice period required before possession proceedings can commence, has been roundly criticised as made in haste, without consultation,…
A two month extension to the ban on tenant evictions has been announced by the Government. The ban now runs until 23 August, five months…
That the government plans to scrap Section 21 will be no surprise to any private sector landlord who keeps in touch with what is happening…
The consultation as to whether a Housing Court would be helpful to landlords, or tenants, or both is still ongoing, but statistics provided by the…
Autumn is the season of the political party conference, and rarely is there anything to be jolly about. The Conservatives are in disarray with contenders…
Though not a regular viewer of day-time television, an episode of Judge Rinder did spark my interest, as it showed how the law around eviction…
