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REACTION: Truss confirms no-fault evictions ban will go ahead
The Prime Minister tells MPs the Government is committed to ensuring Section 21 notices will be abolished.
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Regulation & Law
Letting agency drawn into national debate over eviction reform
Welsh letting agent Sarah Evans caught in the middle between struggling landlord selling up and cash-strapped tenants needing a home.
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Axing Section 21 will have unplanned consequences, warn industry duo
Paul Shamplina and Neil Cobbold united to explain why they believe getting rid of Section 21 evictions may impact industry harder than many think.
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Levelling up White Paper confirms big changes for the private rented sector
Measures that will involve letting agents directly include a national landlord register, a 'decent homes standard' and abolishing Section 21.
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High Court ruling that could affect thousands of agents and landlords is pending
The judgement could effectively prevent Section 21 orders progressing and could expose affected letting agents to claims against them of up to three times the deposit.
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EXCLUSIVE: Covid has left no-fault evictions ‘dead in the water’, says Shamplina
The restrictions on how landlords and letting agents can evict via a Section 21 notice have made them obsolete, he claims.
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Amendments to bring in longer eviction notice periods laid before Parliament
Changes to government's Covid legislation give several concessions to agents and landlords looking to evict tenants, but still require a six-month notice period until March next year.
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Features
Hindsight is a wonderful thing
The Government has tried to help most groups of people, says Frances Burkinshaw, perhaps some things would have been dealt with differently had we previously known about this virus.
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Letting agents condemn ‘shock’ Welsh move to triple notice periods for tenants
An amendment before the Welsh assembly will give tenants at least a year from the start of a tenancy before they can be evicted via the 'no fault' process.
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Industry attacks Conservatives over Stamp Duty ‘foreigner tax’ pledge
Builders and agents point out that foreign investment is key part of many prime markets in the UK and proposed 3% extra Stamp Duty would put many investors off.
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