The Latest Private Rented Sector News
Home Office faces legal challenge over landlord immigration checks.
Research suggests scheme encourages discrimination and foreigners and ethnic minorities. The Government is facing a legal challenge over its policy
Landlords spend £3,632 a year on each property
But the amount they pump into the economy is set to be slashed as they cut spending to offset tax
Buy-to-let landlords contribute £15.9bn a year to UK economy, study finds
Buy-to-let landlords currently contribute £15.9bn per year to the British economy through pre-tax spending on running their portfolios, which is
Outspoken critic of Shelter says charity should change its name and stop hounding landlords
A landlord who has previously criticised Shelter says she appears to have been banned from its Facebook page. Dr Rosalind
6,000 private rental complaints – only one prosecution
A prominent campaigning letting agent has discovered that more than 6,000 tenants in one region alone have complained to local
UK’s most prosecuted landlord unveiled
A charity that receives thousands of pounds in housing benefit to accommodate vulnerable people, including the homeless with addiction problems,
Call for rental sector reform to ‘protect landlords’ rights’ when evicting tenants
The private rental sector is in urgent need of reform to make it easier and less costly for buy-to-let landlords
What your rights are as a tenant and when a landlord can take action against you
The vast majority of tenant/landlord relationships run smoothly but when things do go wrong, how far wrong do they have
BTL lenders fuelling discrimination against tenants on housing benefit
A significant number of landlords are being prevented from renting to tenants receiving housing benefit by discriminating buy-to-let lenders, fresh
Buy To Let Bubble May Have Burst At Last, Say Lenders
The bubble seems to have finally burst for buy to let as banks and building societies blame tax changes for