Housing: NLA wants tenants to have choice on LHA payments
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has called for the Government to give tenants choice in how housing benefits are paid to private landlords.
Housing: Landlord faces jail for illegal evicting pregnant teenager
A landlord is facing jail after he ordered his three sons to rip the doors and windows out of the home of a heavily pregnant teenager in a dispute over rent.
Housing: Shelter asserting authority on rogue landlords
A new report from Shelter raises concerns about the state of the private rented sector. The report ‘Policy briefing: Asserting authority – calling time on rogue landlords’, assesses the scale and the nature of problems, analyses local authorities’ responses, explores the barriers to enforcement and how they can be overcome.
Housing: Shelter launches rogue landlord interactive map
Shelter is urging councils to crack down on rogue landlords, as their research reveals that they continue to cause misery for tenants across England.
Housing: Oxford to ration planning consents for HIMOs
Oxford City Council is to become the first authority in the country to enforce a controversial new planning regime which will force landlords to seek planning permission if they intend letting a small property to sharers.
Housing: Carbon monoxide trends report published
A report published by the Gas Safety Trust reveals that the risk to someone over 70 being fatally injured by Carbon Monoxide (CO) is now 5 times that of anyone younger. The shocking statistic was revealed in the Carbon Monoxide Trends Report, which provides a factual account of the trends relating to reportable CO incidents linked to natural gas usage in Great Britain between 1996 and 2010.
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