More than half (51%) of landlords and homeowners who rent out properties and furnished rooms are hiking up their prices for the London Olympics, according to a poll by SpareRoom.co.uk.
The Welsh Government’s new housing White Paper includes plans to introduce a mandatory registration and accreditation scheme for private landlords, letting agents and management agents. The scheme aims to improve the quality and management of privately-rented homes, which will benefit those who rent from private landlords, including some of our most vulnerable people.
The latest research from BDRC Continental’s independent Landlords Panel survey reveals that more than one in four private landlords don’t owe anything on their rental properties.
ALL 257 private rented properties in a key Newham ward have now been licensed. Newham Council achieved the milestone earlier this month (May) in Little Ilford. That ward – which has been officially declared a Neighbourhood Improvement Zone (NIZ) – is seen as just the start by the council. It wants to extend the scheme to cover the whole of Newham. It would become the first borough in the country to license all private landlords. Consultation is currently underway.
Leading housing groups have warned today that the Government is failing to tackle the country’s growing housing crisis. In their second Housing Report, the National Housing Federation, Shelter and The Chartered Institute of Housing warn the Government is failing to deliver on five out of ten key housing indicators:
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