Landlord Articles
Where is the Justice for the Landlord
It is a bad day when a lack of justice causes a law-abiding, tender-hearted person like me to feel prompted to quote Mr. Beadle (Charles…
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Could This Really Be the End of the Private Rental Sector?
I have worked with the private rental sector for 25 years, but I won’t be having a party. I have seen the how attitudes have…
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Health in the Private Rental Sector
I came across a story about health in The Independent from earlier this year. Research had found that people living in a privately rented home…
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Help for the Private Rented Sector
The private rented sector is usually associated with older properties and certainly, if media are to be believed, these are the older, worse condition properties….
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Private Rental Sector Booming – Unless Under 21
The last decade has seen a phenomenal growth in the private rental sector, with the numbers having risen by 20% over the last ten years….
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The Housing White Paper 2017
The Housing White Paper was finally launched on 6th February, under the ambitious (possibly optimistic?) title of ‘Fixing our Broken Housing Market’. The document is…
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The Immigration Act 2016
It was the Immigration Act 2014 which introduced the Right to Rent scheme, to try and stop illegal immigrants obtaining a privately rented property. There…
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The Human Rights Act 1998
When assisting in the completion of Court paperwork, the one question most landlords struggle with is if there are any Human Rights issues. Most landlords…
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Post election – A win for landlords
‘The party’s over, it’s time to call it a day…’ goes the old song and that certainly seems to be the case for the Liberal…
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Buy to let legislation – the story so far
Whether you are looking forward to the forthcoming General Election with joyful anticipation or sick dread at the changes that could be effected such a…
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A knotty problem for Landlord Knowledges
The spread of Japanese Knotweed and other invasive non-native species (INNS) has been subject to control for some time. The Infrastructure Act 2015 became law…
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Selective Licensing Schemes – Government approval required
Since Selective Licensing was introduced in part three of the 2004 Housing Act, coming into force on 6th April 2004, landlords have viewed it with…
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Yet another Citizens Advice campaign
Is there no end to the damage that the Citizen's Advice Bureau will do to the private sector, despite the valuable work it does in…
