Regulation & Law
News articles looking at national legislation and local regulation and the application of law to the residential property industry.
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Estate agents demand urgent help for landlords’ boiler upgrades
Propertymark is warning that a housing crisis looms unless the Government expands its financial support for energy efficiency improvements.
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Big northern council takes ‘urgent action’ to prevent HMO oversupply
Bolton is the latest to introduce planning permission requirement for all shared house conversions - nearly two years after first mooting the policy.
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‘Pause the Scottish tax hike for landlords buying rental properties’
Landlord body, the Scottish Landlords Authority, calls for a tax pause to boost investment confidence and help tackle the housing crisis.
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‘Abusive and aggressive’ landlord given suspended prison sentence
Judge tells rogue London landlord who left tenant homeless after unlawful eviction he is 'lucky the prisons were full.'
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Be careful when making ‘puffy’ claims in property listings, warns lawyer
David Smith says new material information rules for agents mean it's more important than ever that promotional material is both accurate and true.
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London Mayor under pressure to cap leasehold service charges
Members of the London Assembly want Sadiq Khan to find ways to limit the fees faced by leaseholders in the Capital.
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Scottish landlords demand clarity on damp and mould rules
Housing industry calls for clearer definitions as new reporting rules threaten hefty fines for landlords north of the border.
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New date set for latest stage of controversial Renters’ Rights Bill
Despite its latest 'report stage' set to take place next month, the Government has yet to name a date when letting agents and landlords must face its huge changes to the private rented sector.
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Pressure group slams Spending Review’s affordable homes plan
Generation Rent says Government's £39bn investment in housing not enough and demands immediate rent controls to compensate.
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Council cracking down on landlord faces 12,000 damp home complaints
Stoke City Council claims homes should be ‘a place of comfort’ even though thousands of its tenants are lodging complaints including damp and mould.
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