The Dept for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities is urging households to prepare for receiving the £150 portion of their energy bill rebate designed to help with the rise in cost of energy bills from April.

46% of private rented sector tenants are unsure of the energy performance rating of the home that they live in according to a survey of 2,048 tenants carried out on behalf of the NRLA.

The Home Office has announced that the end date for the temporary adjusted right to rent check process put in place due to the pandemic...

Camden Council has secured banning orders against 4 rogue landlords operating an unlicensed and unsafe HMO in the Kilburn area of the borough.

The CIEH and the CTSI (Chartered Trading Standards Institute) have jointly written to Minister of State at DLUHC, Kemi Badenoch MP warning that a shortfall of qualified officers could critically affect frontline Local Authority regulatory services that protect the public and ensure safe housing food and products for consumers as well as providing environmental protection.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a new "Better Renting" training qualification for London's borough housing officers enabling them to supplement housing enforcement teams affected by shortages of qualified and experienced environmental health officers.

Originally set to close on 5th January then extended to 4th February, Lewisham Council's Selective Licensing consultation was restarted on 21st January and set to close in May.

The Government is asking private landlords to pledge offers of suitable accommodation to people evacuated from Afghanistan to the UK. Over 300 Local Authorities have already offered homes and private landlords are seen as being able to support those authorities with further housing offers from the private rented sector.

Coventry council is planning to institute an Article 4 direction to restrict residential property conversions that create more houses in multiple occupation.

The Government has proposed new amendments to the Building Safety Bill designed to protect leaseholders and private landlords in residential blocks above 11 meters which, if passed into law, will force property developers and cladding manufacturers/installers to pay for historic cladding problems.