Renters’ Rights Bill
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Regulation & Law
Labour MP launches broadside against bad landlords
Labour MP Tom Hayes says the rental market is ‘broken’ and Renters’ Rights Bill will fix it by rooting out 'rogue landlords' despite industry claims to the contrary.
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Regulation & Law
Environmental Health inspectors push for more property licensing
Trade body the CIEH wants licensing schemes to enable councils to force improvements through and longer terms for selective licensing.
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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
Industry heavyweights gather to tackle impact of Renters’ Rights Bill
The ‘seismic legislation’ making its way through Parliament has brought the property industry together to discuss their hopes and fears.
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Regulation & Law
Renters’ Rights Bill to become law by March, claims expert
The Bill that will scrap Section 21 evictions and limit rent in advance, is progressing through Parliament apace.
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Regulation & Law
Industry leaders write joint letter expressing serious concerns about RRB
They warn the Government that proposed changes risk making access to rented housing harder for the very people it is trying to support.
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Regulation & Law
Legal expert raises fresh concerns over amendments to Renters’ Rights Bill
A proposed ban on paying rent in advance is one of several amendments worrying landlords, according to Excello’s leading property disputes lawyer Sarah Taylor.
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Regulation & Law
Bill to reform PRS faces latest Commons hurdle
The Renters' Rights Bill introduced by Housing Secretary Angela Rayner is to be debated by MPs again tomorrow with a series of amendments, including a limit on rent in advance to one month.
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Regulation & Law
WARNING: Overstretched councils will be broken by renting reforms
In written evidence to the House of Commons the CIEH has expressed concern that in order to enforce the new Renters’ Rights Bill local authorities will need more money.
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Guest Blogs
BLOG: ‘Don’t throw the renting baby out with the bathwater, Angela!’
Glentree Estates CEO warns Labour that its Draconian measures for the private renting sector may benefit tenants, but not the landlords who provide the accommodation.
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