The Government's new right to rent code of practice comes into force from today. The code covers (amongst other things) who can occupy residential accommodation, what agreements come within the scheme and who can be liable for penalties.

Leeds City Council estimates that 200 to 300 private landlords have not yet applied for their selective licences in the city's Beeston Hill selective licence scheme which started in 2020.

The LGA has published updated guidance on support for Ukrainian nationals fleeing from the war with Russia who are or will be new arrivals in the UK.

A landlord who sought to blame his agent for allowing his property in Camden, London, to become an HMO without it being licensed such that it operated as an unlicensed HMO for 2 years has been fined £20,000.

Whilst welcoming aspects of the Chancellor's spring statement in relation to home energy costs Propertymark and Energy UK both come to the conclusion that the challenges of current market conditions mean that the Govt will need to do more...

At a council cabinet meeting on 22nd March Portsmouth Council gave approval for a public consultation to be commenced on a new city wide additional licensing scheme.

A recent report from the BRE (Building Research Establishment) estimates that the annual total cost to the NHS of treating patients suffering from the impact of their living conditions in properties within England is around £1.4 billion per year.

Evidence that just because streets were deserted during the Covid-19 pandemic "lockdown" it didn't mean all was quiet on the home front comes from the recently published CIEH annual Noise Survey for 2020/21.

Oldham Council has approved a new selective licensing scheme covering private rented single household properties across 7 wards in the town with a licence fee set at £582 per property.

Subject, due to its size, to confirmation by Secretary of State Michael Gove MP, a new selective licence scheme is due to start in the London borough of Haringey in late 2022.