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Plans to renew a citywide selective licensing scheme for the private rented sector in Liverpool have been controversially rejected by the Government following campaigning by a major landlords’ organisation. Liverpool City Council had proposed renewing its licensing scheme for another... View Article

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has called on landlords to make it easier for responsible tenants to keep well-behaved pets in their homes as he announced an overhaul of the model tenancy contracts. It is understood that only around seven per... View Article

Increased expenditure on repairs and maintenance by housing associations, driven by a sharper focus on health and safety after the Grenfell Tower fire has been revealed in the sector’s global accounts for 2018/19. The global accounts published by England’s Regulator... View Article

Councils are failing vulnerable people and families, putting them at risk of rent arrears and eviction through mistakes in how they process housing benefit claims according to the Local Government Ombudsman. The Ombudsman upheld over three-quarters (78 per cent) of... View Article

The Government has announced plans to introduce a Renters’ Reform Bill, which it says will introduce a package of reforms to deliver a fairer and more effective rental market in the private sector. However, landlords have warned of a possible... View Article

Around 900,000 people across the UK could see their Housing Benefit payments rise from April, after the Government confirmed its decision to lift the freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates. The freeze has been in place since 2016 but the... View Article