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Nigel Lewis
BLOG: Could Spain’s housing pain soon reign in Britain too?
Campaign groups have persuaded the left-leaning minority Spanish Government to get radical about the country's housing crisis, so would British politicians ever follow suit?
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Rental market
Landlord possession instructions soar ahead of summer deadline
Paul Shamplina, founder of Landlord Action, says landlords rushed to get their claims issued before the 31st July deadline.
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Regulation & Law
Quarter of tenants served eviction notice ahead of new rules
Shock figures reveal the extent of landlord concerns as Section 21's abolition approached, says COHO's Vann Vogstad.
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Regulation & Law
Government denies eviction spike ahead of rental reforms
Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says the Government is in ‘total denial’ about rise in tenant evictions.
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Rental market
New cash welcome but courts must improve, warns Propertymark
The trade body says funding to help households threatened with eviction is much-needed, however it must come with big changes to the court system.
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Regulation & Law
‘Hypocrisy’ furore erupts over eviction by Labour donor landlord
Lord Alli, who is a Labour donor, has been accused of double standards after tenants were evicted and a property relisted for £1,000 more a month.
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Regulation & Law
‘People tell me they’re ashamed to be landlords – but why?’
Paul Shamplina is deeply worried that the constant criticism, extra taxation and additional rules are persuading too many landlords to quit.
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Regulation & Law
Property leaders not amused by new play ‘How to Kill Your Landlord’
Edinburgh Fringe Festival play may have comedic ambitions, but its treatment of landlords is serious, says both NRLA and Propertymark.
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Housing Market
Time taken to evict rises to nearly 28 weeks, new court data shows
The official figures show that although more landlords are evicting using Section 21 ahead of the Renters' Rights Bill, court bottlenecks remain.
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Nigel Lewis
OPINION: Weak policing of bad landlords is the problem – not Section 21 evictions
Section 21 evictions have been blamed for the UK's rising homelessness problem, but in reality they are just the sympton of weak enforcement of existing rental sector laws.
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