Tenants in Scotland are being advised to know their renting rights as the emergency measures to protect them from rent hikes and evictions will end on 1 April.
The Scottish Government has launched an awareness campaign and the tenants’
While Housing Secretary Michael Gove has vowed to end Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions before the next General Election, legal experts are warning that his pledge may cause confusion and uncertainty in the housing market.
The government plan…
Using section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions to remove ‘model tenants’ in a court of law is ‘fundamentally unfair’ and will ‘get worse’.
That is the opinion of Simon Harris, the chief executive of Citizens Advic…
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged to ban Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions in England by the next general election, which is due by January 2025.
No-fault evictions allow landlords to evict tenants without giving a reason, which camp…
The government has been urged to commit to a timetable for banning section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions and reforming the court system by the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee.
Section 21 allows landlords to evict tenants wi…
The slow progress of the Renters (Reform) Bill has created confusion and made landlords worry about the prospects of the private rented sector (PRS) but MPs can bring some confidence, one organisation hopes.
The Bill was first unveiled in the Conservat…
The Conservative Party used to be the party of property ownership and free enterprise, but its recent policies on housing have betrayed its core values and its loyal supporters.
The Tories have broken their promises to reform the private rented sector…
The Government has promised to speed up the court process for landlords who want to evict their tenants as part of the proposed Renters (Reform) Bill.
The bill, which will abolish Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions, was discussed by Housing Mi…
The Scottish government looks set to extend its rent cap for another six months in the private rented sector in a bid to ‘support tenants’.
That would mean landlords will be restricted to rent rises of 3% and the moratorium on evictions co…
The number of landlords in England and Wales using a section 21 ‘no-fault’ notice is higher than ever before, according to new government figures.
The latest data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) shows that there has been a 116% increase …
A private tenant who complains to their landlord about the state of their property is more than twice as likely to be evicted than a tenant who does not complain, the homeless charity Shelter says.
The organisation has carried out research and found th…
Emergency measures that saw a rent freeze and an evictions moratorium being introduced in Scotland will now see rent rises capped at 3% in the private sector from April, the Scottish Government has revealed.
The enforcement of evictions will still be p…
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