Landlord Articles
Bill to Force Landlords to Fix Safety Issues
The above was a recent headline in ‘Inside Housing’. Landlords forced to fix safety issues? Which landlords are those? No good landlord need be forced…
The above was a recent headline in ‘Inside Housing’. Landlords forced to fix safety issues? Which landlords are those? No good landlord need be forced…
Well, that’s Xmas over for another year. The festive lights will gradually go out, Xmas cards will be taken down. Many will wonder why it…
A recent story in the news entertained me, but also made me think. The story concerned a light-hearted article by a Doctor, blaming episodes of…
The Chancellor announced in the Autumn Budget that Councils would be allowed to charge the landlord of an empty property 100 per cent of the…
A recent article in ‘Inside Housing’ indicates that, though efficient insulation has been demanded, and expected, for many years in the private sector, some social…
Television has always played a role in influencing its’ viewers opinions; it has been held responsible for lower concentration levels in the young, for making…
During the party conference season, the subject of longer tenancies in the private sector again reared its ugly head. We have to accept, that Shelter…
Well that’s it then – Summer time has ended before the Summer really arrived! Whether we feel ready for Winter or not, the days will…
In my time working with landlords, I have many times heard how unfair the eviction process is for them. They feel the tenants are always…
Long experience of working with the vulnerable has proved that providing a cash deposit is often a major headache for prospective tenants. It is easy…
With the roll-out of Universal Credit accelerating from October 2017, the role of ‘trusted landlords’ is now being discussed. The pilot scheme, started in 2013,…
As students prepare to start or return to university, research by StudentTenant.com recently found that 38 per cent of students suffered discrimination by the landlord…
Hopes that the planned changes to EPC legislation would be delayed and not implemented in April 2018 have been dashed, by announcements that it will…
The country is still reeling from the shock of the appliance caused Grenfell Tower fire with the loss of at least 80 lives in the tragedy,…
As was to be expected, the deaths of around 80 in the horrendous fire at Grenfell Tower has meant that social landlords all over the…