Letting agents urged to act now following announcement that the Govt plans new laws requiring the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in all rental properties with fixed combustion appliances not just solid fuel appliances.

31st January 2022. Michael Gove MP, the Housing Secretary, to announce plans for law requiring private landlords to comply with the Decent Homes Standard and setting up a national database that all landlords must join. Rogue landlords will be expelled from the database.

Landlords renting to multiple tenants in West Bromwich will need to apply for a licence after a scheme was approved.

This will apply to areas around the high street and the centre of West Bromwich, and follows a 12-week consultation between January and April last year.

The Homelessness Prevention Grant will support households in England who are homeless or at risk of losing their home.

A £510 million funding boost targeted at fraudsters lying to the DWP about their benefit claims has been announced today (Monday 13 December).

Buy-to-let landlords have backed the National Audit Office’s (NAO) call for a strategic approach to improving the rental sector in England.

“Councils want all tenants to be able to live in safe and secure, high-quality housing and can play a key role in driving up standards in the private rented sector."

A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the way private renting is regulated is not effective in ensuring the sector is consistently fair for renters or that housing is safe and secure.

We have published the list of successful local authorities for the Sustainable Warmth competition which combines Local Authority Delivery Phase 3 (LAD3) and Home Upgrade Grant Phase 1 (HUG1).

The Government has approved a comprehensive Landlord Licensing scheme covering around 80 per cent of privately rented properties in Liverpool.

The scheme is based on poor property conditions, targeting the 16 wards in the city where at least one in five homes is owned by a private landlord.