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Repairs crisis strengthens case for private landlords
A stark warning from the Housing Ombudsman has put England’s social landlords on notice: tenant complaints about living conditions jumped 474 per cent between 2019/20…
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Landlords who ignore regulator should repay rent, says Ombudsman chief
At a parliamentary evidence session yesterday, Richard Blakeway, chief of the Housing Ombudsman Service, proposed that landlords who disregard the regulator’s decisions should be compelled…
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Unified Private Rental Ombudsman Essential for Landlords and Tenants, Says Housing Chief
In an article penned for the Conservative Home website, the current Housing Ombudsman, Richard Blakeway, has stated that private landlords have no reason to dread…
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Social landlord criticised over eviction
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…
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Gove urges social renters to ‘Make Things Right’
Social housing tenants living in substandard housing are being encouraged to complain to their landlords and if necessary to the Housing Ombudsman. Housing Secretary Michael…
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More social landlords raise minister’s ire
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has continued his drive against rented housing failures by ‘naming and shaming’ another three social housing landlords – adding Orbit Housing,…
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Setting a bad example
Of course there are examples of poor quality rentals in both the social housing and private rented sectors. But tenants have protections and one example…
