here will be a huge shortage of affordable private rental accommodation for tenants on housing benefit if reforms go ahead next spring as currently suggested.
The tenancy eviction specialist service Landlord Action has had a complaint about it upheld by the advertising standards watchdog.
An Early Day Motion has been tabled by Respect MP George Galloway, calling for protection for tenants of landlords who are letting out their houses unlawfully.
The housing market continues to tread water, according to the latest Nationwide house price index.
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The success of a two-year education programme for letting agents and landlords covering all aspects of deposit protection has led to the launch of the TDS Academy by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme.
A local authority is to build new homes for private rental. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea will be building on its own land, following the Government’s announcement of support for a new build-to-let sector.
Police in London are enlisting letting agents and landlords in the war against drugs.
New financial products are to be sought to help people who will be receiving the new Universal Credit.
A former housing minister under the Labour government, Keith Hill, has been appointed as independent regulator for the Association of Residential Managing Agents.
Direct payment of housing benefits to landlords rather than tenants will be allowed – but only in Northern Ireland.
Housing minister Mark Prisk has followed his party’s line by claiming that private rents have been going down.
