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Private landlords should have duty to deal with mould
Citizens Advice is calling on the Government to require private landlords to deal with complaints of serious issues such as damp and mould in their…
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NRLA calls for rental sector ‘reset’
A quarter of private landlords plan to cut the number of properties they let in the next 12 months. The assertion comes from the National…
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Landlords targeting smaller towns
Private landlords are increasingly targeting smaller, secondary towns and cities, analysis from Paragon Bank has suggested. Its own lending activity has revealed a strong increase…
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Many landlords ‘left between a rock and a hard place’
Most of private landlords who helped tenants during the pandemic by cutting their rents, absorbed the losses by dipping into savings according, research initiated by…
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Tenant Evictions Hit Record High
Behind this bald statement lies a story of untold misery, homelessness and hopelessness. Figures provided by the Ministry of Justice show a record number of…
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Social Tenants Must ‘Pay to Stay’
Whilst concerns have been raised about the impact of government reforms on the private rented sector, they are not the only ones who will have…
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Universal Credit Revisited
The Department of Work and Pensions have released statistics that show that 112,180 people were claiming Universal Credit on 13th August. This was later…
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Universal Credit – starting near you soon
When we are children, it feels like Christmas never comes. Then when it arrives, we hope our joyful expectation is rewarded with presents, chocolates, good…
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West Midlands announced as first landlord 'right to rent' check area
New legislation which will see landlords face fines if they rent homes to illegal immigrants without checking their ‘right to rent’ will be introduced first…
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A challenge to Shelter
The English Housing Survey and Professor Michael Ball of Reading University, (shortly to publish a report on regulation in the private sector) are the brave…
