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Evictions firm to offer landlords and agents £100 mediation service to avoid court
Landlord Action and the Property Redress Scheme have joined forces to stop disputes over unpaid rent ending up in court, where they could wait 18 months to be resolved it is claimed.
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Landlords welcome ‘balanced’ re-start of evictions as tenants talk of betrayal
The NRLA says both sides need more financial help, but Generation Rent claims 55,000 face losing their homes as possession hearings restart, albeit in a limited way.
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Treatment of landlords during Covid is ‘not what you’d expect from Tories’
Leading Conservative peer says she applauds the way the blanket Covid evictions ban has protected tenants, but says landlords are being treated unfairly.
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‘Don’t U-turn on possession hearings again’, letting agents tell government
Trade association has written to the housing minister to make the case for possession hearing re-starting on Monday.
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EVICTIONS: Letting agents must now give six months’ notice of evictions until 30th March 2021 in Wales
Housing minister says tenants can be given shorter notice periods but only if they are involved in anti-social behaviour or domestic violence.
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EVICTIONS: Letting agents to wait up to 14 months to eject tenants, warns expert
Both Landlord Action and The Guild of Property Professionals have warned that landlords face a long wait to regain possession after Friday's government announcements.
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Leading law firm warns agents over eviction process problems after ban ends
Irwin Mitchell says a lack of guidance means agents and landlords can’t be certain about what judges will do if a notice confirms that a tenant has been affected by COVID-19.
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Claimed evictions cliff edge this month ‘unlikely’ say letting agents
Research by Safeagent among its member agents fails to find evidence of a looming evictions surge once possession hearings restart on August 23rd.
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Minister rejects evictions ban extension and heralds new ‘pre-action’ rules
Housing minister says new requirements for landlords prior to a possession starting will protect tenants from unwarranted eviction, despite Labour opposition to scheme.
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Features
Legal analysis – is the eviction ban’s remit too wide to be workable?
UK COVID-19: Residential possession proceedings during lockdown: is the new practice direction too wide to work? Tim Reid, Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells, comments.
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