Tag: housing regulations
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Outcry over landlords banning working from home
Generation Rent and Shelter are slamming landlords for “draconian rules” that ban tenants from working from home (WFH).
An investigation...
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BRP cards to be scrapped?
I have just been sent an email from the Home Office. Looks like those plastic Biometric Residence Permits (BRP) cards are now being...
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Room sizes and LHA rates?
Hi, I have a flat with 2 bedrooms but the lounge is huge. Lounge is irregular shaped 16.38 sqm, Bed 1 is 16.01 sqm, Bed 2 10.34 sqm...
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Rent increase paperwork dilemma?
Hi, I want to make a 5% rent increase for tenants who are on assured shorthold periodic tenancies.
I have never increased rent but...
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Is legislation forcing people to live on the streets?
I am exasperated by my situation and navigating the never ending legislation forcing landlords to evict, sell or face a criminal conviction.
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Help with HMO selective licence
Hello, I own an ex LA flat which I have rented to a group of 3 students since 2016. I have recently applied for a selective HMO licence.
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Government enforces hefty fines for landlords breaking ri...
Landlords and letting agents who break right-to-rent rules could be hit with huge financial penalties.
In August last year, the UK...