A Burnley landlord has pleaded guilty to 4 counts of being "a person managing a house .... required to be licensed under Part 3 of the Housing Act 2004, but which was not so licensed".

Govt guidance on how people can complain about the service they have received from the DWP directly or an organisation that provides public services on behalf of the DWP.

Research carried out on behalf of the NRLA project that London will need 83,000 new private rented homes to meet current Govt targets and satisfy growing demand from renters.

That almost all Local Authority selective licensing schemes run over budget is a fact that has been confirmed by the MHCLG (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government...

Although the Green Homes Grant Scheme has closed (to new applicants) there are still home owners or landlords who will need to redeem grant vouchers so that contractors who, under the grant scheme, installed energy efficiency upgrades in a dwelling can be paid.

The Home Office has published the latest versions of its right to rent Codes of Practice for landlords, agents and homeowners.

Pointing out that the UK has the oldest housing stock in Europe (for example, 22% built pre-1919 and 11% built interwar between 1919 and 1944) the CIH (Chartered Institute of Housing) says that it's 2022 Housing Review (30th edition, to be published on 28th March 2022) will point out that faster progress is needed if the Govt wishes to meet either its short or long term energy efficiency and decarbonisation targets.

The estate and letting agent professional body Propertymark has marked the start of National Empty Homes Week (28th February to 6th March) by writing to the Levelling Up Secretary, Michael Gove MP, calling on him to provide incentives to owners and landlords of vacant dwellings for bring the empty homes back into use.

Research carried out for Direct Line business insurance appears to show that 24% of private rented sector landlords don't feel on top of and suffer stress brought on by the pace of regulatory change in the sector.

A private sector landlord in Ilford has been fined $45,000 and ordered to pay council costs of almost £14,500 with the District Judge at Stratford Magistrates Court stating that the landlord had caused a "significant degree of harm" to his tenants.