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04/03/2021

Agreements with tenants

Record numbers of tenants have fallen into rent arrears during the Coronavirus pandemic. Many have no record of arrears but they have had to survive…

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25/02/2021

Barnsley landlord admitted tenant unlawfully evicted

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…

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01/02/2021

Minister stonewalls on landlord support

A Government minister has batted back a question about landlord support during the Coronavirus pandemic with what appear to be out of date statistics. When…

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15/01/2021

‘Sticking plaster ban’ extended six weeks

The current ban on bailiff evictions for all but the worst cases of tenant abuse has been extended for ‘at least 6 weeks’, communities secretary…

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11/12/2020

Scotland’s hardship fund opens for business

Scotland’s £10m Tenant Hardship Loan Fund offering interest-free loans to tenants struggling with Covid-induced rent arrears has opened for applications, the Scottish Government has announced….

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10/09/2020

House price surge ‘unlikely’ to continue

House prices continued to beat expectations in August, Halifax has reported. Its latest house price index put the month-on-month rate of increase at 1.6 per…

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19/08/2020

Most tenants meeting rental commitments

A new survey has confirmed previous findings that relatively few private rental tenants have been unable to meet their rental commitments during the Coronavirus crisis….