Search Results for: renters' rights bill
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Regulation & Law
‘Renting reforms will fail without proper enforcement’
Without a proper plan to improve enforcement against rogue and criminal landlords Labour's renting reforms will not work, says Ben Beadle of the NRLA.
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Regulation & Law
Letting agents to face Awaab’s Law before social housing providers
Shelter has criticised minister after he said new damp and mould rules for social housing providers would now go live in October.
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Regulation & Law
‘Rent in advance is widespread and needs to be banned’
The comments have been made by tenants' rights campaigner Tom Darling in a national newspaper article about rent in advance ban.
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Guest Blogs
OPINION: Will the real Rachel Reeves please step forward?
Glentree International founder points out the contradictions in the Chancellor's recent change in attitudes to business, but applauds her plans to overhaul planning.
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Nigel Lewis
COMMENT: Banning ‘rent in advance’ sounds noble, but risks chaos for agents
Labour's recent amendments are designed to protect financially vulnerable people from 'exploitation' but how, asks The Neg's Nigel Lewis, will agents and landlords manage tenancy risk in the future?
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Lettings organisation warns Government not to ban ‘rent in advance’
Safeagent warns that new clauses 13 and 14 of the Renters' Right Bill will harm the very people they purport to protect.
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Housing Market
Redundancies ‘on the rise in the property industry’
Government policy has ramped up the economic pressure on the sector and has led to job losses says leading recruiter.
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Rental market
Huge wave of tenant moves ‘to hit PRS this year’
Nearly 60% of renters say they want to find another home in 2025, and the most common reason is problems with their current tenancy, according to new research.
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Regulation & Law
It’s in the post! Landlord wins key eviction case over docs delivery
Landlords and letting agents will be able to continue serving papers to tenants by post after a test case victory in the Court of Appeal.
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Regulation & Law
‘RRB hasn’t gone far enough’ – Generation Rent
The pressure group has welcomed the passing of RRB through the House of Commons on Tuesday but says it is still ‘disappointed’.
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