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Landlords across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges. In the 2000s, developers started selling homes on a leasehold rather than freehold basis – often without the buyer fully understanding the contracts they were... View Article

In the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) a Landlord, Mr Tan Sandhu, appealed against a financial penalty fine of £24,649 (initially £31,499) imposed by Coventry City Council for breaches of the Housing Act 2004. Reviewing the Tribunal’s decision, Phil Turtle,... View Article

The Chartered institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has welcomed the commitments in the Labour Party Manifesto to improving energy efficiency in the housing sector and to nationwide licensing. CIEH has campaigned strongly this year on the need for a mandatory... View Article

Jonathan Carr-West, Chief Executive, LGiU said: “While we welcome the promises of further devolution to local government and a long awaited social care white paper in today’s Queen’s Speech, we will unfortunately have to add them to the long list... View Article

Patrick Mooney, News Editor for Housing Management & Maintenance looks at whether rent control is going to dominate the private rental sector A barrage of new rules and tougher regulation has rained down on the private rented sector in the... View Article

Commenting on the Liberal Democrats motion for the abolishment of ‘no-fault’ evictions (S21), Tamara Hooper, RICS Policy Manager at RICS said: “RICS is disappointed by the policy motion passed today by the Liberal Democrats around the removal of s21 ‘no-fault’... View Article

Patrick Mooney asks whether the new housing ministers will overhaul the legal system for the rental sector The change of Government ministers responsible for housing policies is likely to see some significant changes in the relationship between Whitehall and landlords... View Article

Patrick Mooney looks at data that suggests significant changes in private renters are taking place It’s a commonly held view that one of the main drivers for growth in the private rental market over the past decade has been a... View Article

Responding to the Government’s review and updating of the Housing, Health and Safety Rating System, the Local Government Association’s Housing spokesman, Cllr Martin Tett, said: “We are pleased the Government has listened to the concerns of councils and is to... View Article

Responding to a report from the Local Government Homelessness Commission, launched by the Local Government Information Unit, calling on the Government to adopt a national housing and homelessness strategy with sustainable funding for local authorities, the Local Government Association’s Housing... View Article

Lesley McLeod, CEO, The Association for Project Safety commented on the Government’s announcement of a £200m fund to replace unsafe Grenfell Tower-style cladding on private high-rise residential buildings:  “Safety needs to be built in so, while the government’s commitment to... View Article