Council house renters save £1m thanks to taxpayer support
“Trying to channel all of the energies of the state into building more social homes is deeply misguided when we...
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‘Concrete hell’ regeneration prices workers out with £3,100 rents for one-bed flats
Built as part of a £1.5bn regeneration, the Elephant Quarter consists of several tower blocks. Its website describes the flats...
‘I pay £680 a month to rent in London – but my neighbours are prisoners’
Young Londoners not only see a generational gap in wealth, but a regional one among their own peers.At first, friends...
How landlords can avoid the new Renters’ Rights rules when selling a property
This may be more important for certain types of landlords. Sim Sekhon, the group chief executive of Propoly and Legal...
Labour is trying to kill the private landlord – I’m not giving up without a fight
I remain steadfast in my belief that a functioning private rental market is essential to supporting social mobility and, in...
Landlords sell 700 properties a day as Labour’s reforms bite
Mustafa Sidki, a partner at Thackray Williams, said that his firm had seen four times the number of instructions for...
Labour-led council forced to water down landlord licensing scheme
Are you a landlord affected by the Renters’ Rights Act? Sign up to Buy-to-let Masterclass, The Telegraph’s new five-part newsletter, for...
Sir James Cleverly ‘forced from home’ ahead of Labour’s landlord crackdown
Sir James, who has been a vocal critic of the reforms, warned in November that the act would trigger “a...
Secret Landlord: I broke housing law by accident – but this is what councils want
This is scary stuff. If, for example, a tenant tripped, fell and injured themselves and said you were liable, the...
Landlords to be banned from selling to highest bidder under SNP plans
Landlords could be banned from selling their properties to the highest bidder under plans unveiled by the Scottish National Party...
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