The Welsh Government has increased its scrutiny of two social landlords amid concerns over their governance and financial viability. One of the housing associations is in the process of merging with another landlord, but the extra regulation is not expected... View Article

A Government minister has warned landlords who fail to meet standards for student accommodation that they will face justice under new regulations designed to protect all private rental tenants. Universities Minister Chris Skidmore hit out at private landlords who do... View Article

The Government has confirmed that social housing rents charged by councils and housing associations can rise by inflation plus one per cent for five years from 2020. The announcement follows a formal consultation on the new rent standard. It also... View Article

Giant social landlord L&Q has announced ambitious plans to invest £4bn to create 20,000 new homes and neighbourhoods in the North West of England through the takeover of Manchester based Trafford Housing Trust. L&Q sees THT as a gateway to... View Article

London councils paid private landlords more than £14m last year in “incentives” to persuade them to house homeless people, in addition to rents and other fees. The payouts were branded as “ludicrous” by housing campaigners and “intolerable” by councils. The... View Article

More people are being placed in temporary and emergency accommodation as councils struggle to cope with rising numbers of people facing homelessness and a lack of affordable housing for them. The findings of a Local Government Association survey coincided with... View Article

The Right to Rent scheme which required landlords to check the passports and immigration status of prospective tenants has been found to be unlawful – as it encouraged racial discrimination against anybody with a foreign-sounding name or a foreign passport.... View Article

A Labour Government will require private landlords to offer tenancies of indefinite length, similar to the German system, in a drive to give renters more security. The plan was announced by the Shadow Housing Secretary, John Healey, who said it... View Article

Only five per cent of private sector tenants who complained to councils about the condition of t heir homes are being properly protected by their local authorities. According to Generation Rent, 99 English councils received a total of 67,026 complaints... View Article

Homelessness in Wales has climbed to its highest level since new legislation designed to tackle the problem was passed in 2015, with continuing austerity and welfare reforms being blamed for the increases. Some 2,997 households became homeless from October to... View Article

The Government is understood to have dropped its proposal to introduce league tables for social housing providers, after tenants voiced their concerns it could increase their stigma and leave them trapped in poor housing. The idea was originally included in... View Article