Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Policy Exchange proposes 10th-percentile LHA reset
Policy Exchange proposes freezing Local Housing Allowance until spending falls in real terms, then resetting it to the 10th percentile of local rents.
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Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Independent Age says older renters face rising poverty and move risk
Independent Age says older renters are facing deeper poverty and growing insecurity, with more than one in five unable to comfortably afford rent and many worried they could be forced to move.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Propertymark warns crisis fund cannot close LHA gap
Propertymark says the proposed Crisis and Resilience Fund cannot close the gap left by frozen Local Housing Allowance rates, leaving landlords and low-income tenants exposed ahead of the 2026-27 settlement.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Housing benefit now covers just 1.9% of rentals
Only 1.9 percent of private rental listings across Britain are now affordable to households relying on housing benefit, according to new analysis led by Crisis…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Supported housing licensing plan targets rogue providers
Supported housing providers in England are set to face a national licensing regime, new standards and tighter housing benefit rules after ministers confirmed tougher oversight…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Landlords face £1,000 fines for rejecting benefit claimants from 1 May
Landlords who refuse to let properties to tenants claiming benefits or those with children will face criminal penalties from 1 May 2026, following new guidance…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Just 2% of rentals affordable at LHA rates as benefit gap widens
Just 2 percent of rental properties in England are available at Local Housing Allowance rates, leaving low-income tenants locked out of the private rental market…
Buy-to-let Property News
Labour’s freeze on local housing allowance rates will ‘hurt most vulnerable tenants’, warns NRLA
Labour’s recent announcement to freeze local housing allowance (LHA) rates until at least April 2026 has sparked concern among landlord groups, who warn that this…
Buy-to-let Property News
NRLA Calls for Urgent Reform of Housing Benefit System
The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has highlighted a critical issue affecting nearly a million private rental households in Britain that rely on Universal Credit,…
Buy-to-let Property News
Councils home in on support
Updates on housing health and safety requirements, housing benefit, Universal Credit, rent pricing and information on the White Paper A Fairer Private Rented Sector, will…
Buy-to-let Property News
Calls for housing benefit increase
Expenditure on rent payments has increased by 17 per cent in the year to August, the Nationwide’s latest Spending Report reveals. And it increased by…
Landlord Articles
Discretionary Housing Payments 2016-17
It’s that time of year again, when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) decide how to allocate the Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) for the…
Landlord Articles
Rogue Landlords – Again
To view the times article click here Am I the only one struck by the fact that despite the rich diversity of our amazing language,…
