Tag: Tenant rights
Call for the strong enforcement of the Renters’ Rig...
One organisation says that while changes to rental law are vital, they are only the ‘first step’ in rebalancing power in...
Rent in advance ban risks excluding vulnerable tenants
The Lettings Hub chief executive, Heidi Shackell, has expressed her disappointment over the decision in Parliament to ban rent in advance,
Can communal land be sold and must I allow a bat roost su...
Hi, I have owned two flats for 19 years, with tenants, and have been paying a maintenance charge to a company who takes care of all...
Landlords could pay tenants up to two years’ rent for fai...
In an unfair loophole, purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) providers will be exempt from the Decent Homes Standard, whilst landlords...
Landlords’ Rights Bill: Let’s tell the govern...
Since this is the time for reflection on what has happened this year and thinking about New Year resolutions, I think that since no-one...
Housing Ombudsman urges action after failures in rat infe...
The Housing Ombudsman is urging the social housing sector to prepare for Awaab’s law after one housing association left a house unhabitable...
Landlords selling up is fuelling the homelessness crisis ...
The number of tenants facing homelessness due to landlords selling up has soared by a third since the end of last year, the National...