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Regulation & Law
Unusual rental ad sparks outrage among tenant campaigners
Acorn launches broadside against advert for unwaged live-in ‘Airbnb manager’ who must pay £750pcm to sleep in living room.
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London room rents at 7-year low
The cost of renting a room in London is the lowest it's been since 2014, new data from SpareRoom reveals.
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Tenant fees ban has had no effect claims SpareRoom
Company says rents for the 300,000 properties advertised on its site have barely increased since the fees ban was introduced.
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Property portals heavily criticised for allowing ‘No DSS’ rental listings
Read how Zoopla and the other UK key portals have been heavily criticised for allowing letting agents to upload ads that prevent benefit claimants applying.
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All we hear is Radio HaHa
Inspired by ‘Slow Radio’, SpareRoom has launched Radio Haha: a six-hour podcast featuring nothing but the sounds of people laughing. • Radio Haha is designed to highlight the importance of laughter in a happy flatshare • 85% of housemates believe laughter is important for a happy flatshare • 87% of SpareRoom ads that mention laughter have a living room, demonstrating the importance of communal spaces in creating happy houses • Laughter has real health benefits, helping alleviate stressful emotions and drawing people closer together • Radio Haha is available to stream and download, click here It’s said that laughter is the best medicine and that’s especially true when it comes to flatshares. In fact, the overwhelming majority of housemates , 85% (1) believe that laughter is important for a happy flatshare. What’s more, science has shown that laughter can create a positive emotional climate in groups of people. (2) Today, to highlight the importance of laughter in the making of happy house shares, SpareRoom has taken inspiration from the worlds of slow radio and ASMR* by launching Radio Haha: an epic six-hour podcast that consists of nothing but the sounds of people laughing. …when it comes to a house share,…
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Hammond reveals rethink on rent-a-room scheme after Airbnb growth
A review of the rent-a-room scheme hidden in last week’s Budget announcement may have big consequences for the growing number of online short-term letting companies such as Airbnb and SpareRoom. The announcement, which was hidden in the budget text and not referred to during the Chancellor during his speeach in Parliament on Wednesday reveals that the government is to review the ‘rent-a-room’ tax relief given to home owners who let single room within their properties. Tax experts believe the government is likely to set a minimum number of days that a tenant must stay in the property to attract the zero rate of tax on any income. Introduced in 1992 rent-a-room relief enables home owners to earn up to £7,500 a year tax free from letting out a spare room in their home, which was raised last year from £4,250. Rent-a-room scheme But the scheme has helped prompt the rapid rise of short-term online room rental sites, in particular Airbnb – which now offers over 25,000 private rooms to rent in London, data from consultancy Airdna shows. The Budget announcement reveals that the government believes the relief, which was designed to enable struggling home owners to earn tax-free income and…
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