The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling for the Right to Rent policy to be scrapped altogether, arguing that it discriminates against those unable to easily prove their identity and foreign-born nationals who have documents unfamiliar to landlords. It is calling also for urgent guidance to be issued by the government providing clear information for landlords ...

A Private Members Bill bought by Westminster North MP, Karen Buck, which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just a few days away from completing its passage through Parliament. The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill has passed its committee stage in the House of Lords and has now gone to its Third Reading in the ...

Houses in Multiple Occupation and licensed properties are now subject to new room sizes.  The minimum sleeping room floor area sizes is now 6.51m square for one person over 10 years of age and 10.22m square for two persons over 10 years and 4.64m square for one child under the age of 10 years. The minimum size for sleeping accommodation does not apply to charities providing ...