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Mandatory Electrical Safety Checks
Mandatory electrical safety checks are to be introduced. It has been tossed into the ether many times over the years, but it has taken the…
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Right to Rent going to Judicial Review
It has been announced that the Right to Rent legislation is to go to Judicial Review at the High Court, as the worth of the…
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Minimum Room Sizes for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)
Minimum room sizes are to be introduced for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) from October, to ensure that rooms are suitable for adult habitation. Houses…
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Universal Credit is Not Good Value for Money
It is finally official. Universal Credit is not good value for money and probably never will be. It has taken a good few years, but…
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Tenant Fee Charges Abolished in Wales
It seems a very long time since I was warning that Shelter had adopted the issue of the tenant fee charges tenants had to pay…
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First sitting of the Tenants Fees Bill Legislation
June 5th saw the first sitting of the Tenants Fees Bill. Despite there having been legislation required for Agents for over 2 years around transparency of…
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Tenant Training at Last
It seems that the charity Crisis has finally seen the benefit of tenant training to help vulnerable people to secure a home to live in….
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Properties to be Confiscated from Rogue Landlords
Perhaps it is the time of year, but ‘rogue landlords’ have reared their ugly head in Parliament. Maybe it is eagerness to address the issue…
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A letter to Andy Burnham
I am sure I cannot be the only one who believes that when a politician such as Andy Burnham wants to make a stand, wants…
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Ensure You Are GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) Compliant
Landlords should be aware by now that from 25th May this year, General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will be introduced which will replace the Data…
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Council Tax Liability – Be Clear Who Pays
The gradual introduction of Universal Credit from 2013 has brought many issues for both landlords and tenants, not least Council Tax liability. Landlords, social as…
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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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The Labour Party Wants Dogs in Tenancies
That is perhaps a little unfair, in that the Labour party is not recommending that all tenants should own dogs, but they certainly want to…
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Right to Rent Legislation Challenged….Finally
Since the Right to Rent legislation was introduced nationwide from 1st February 2016, the responsibility for checking the immigration status of prospective tenants and their…
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Some Private Landlords need a Gordon Ramsey
I am not for one moment suggesting that private landlords require Gordon Ramsey cooking skills – it is not generally a condition of the tenancy…
