News Articles - UK Right2Rent

Awaab’s Law update: Strict time limits proposed for social landlords to make good on property repairs

Fake CO alarms sold online are putting tenant lives at risk – Warns cross-party think tank

Private landlords are evicting tenants to avoid making good reported repairs ... says Citizen Advice

Government Plans For Rogue Landlords

The government has outlined how a new portal will carry the rogue landlord database and be available to the general public.

Will landlords pass on energy bill discount?

Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organization Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill discount is passed on to all private tenants.

Rogue Landlords Fined Thousands!

Two landlords have been fined £3,000 and ordered to pay more than £6,000 in costs for failing to provide documents to a local council.

Tenants take landlord to court - wins 000's

The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to court - and won!

Generation Rent: Demands More For Tenants

Activists in the Generation Rent group have made seven demands on the government including a rent freeze, the clearing of tenants’ arrears with public cash, and yet another ban on evictions.

Owner ordered to remove no permission build

A huge new home built without required permission has caused distress in the Willenhall community

Activists pays £100K in damages to landlord

Local media in Sheffield are reporting that the activist group Acorn must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to a landlord, to settle a legal case for harassment, defamation and breach of data rights.

Rogue landlord couple fined 27K

Husband and wife landlords whose tenants had to live with no heating, broken fire safety equipment, and raw sewage outside their Northwood property have been ordered to pay £27,000.

Generation Rent attack on AirBnb landlords

The Generation Rent activist group has launched a lobbying campaign, giving a template letter for people to send to MPs ahead of the Budget later this month.

Lower EPC rated property sales up - Why?

New research suggests that some landlords are now deliberately choosing to buy properties with weak EPCs in order to upgrade and benefit from capital appreciation.

Gove:“lazy and false” view of UK landlords

The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property tycoons. Such an assumption is lazy and false according to the National Residential Landlords Association.

Landlords rent controls fuels move to Airbnb

A prominent property website, which monitors the lettings market, suggests that rent controls would drive a proportion of rental stock to short let platforms such as Airbnb.