The Government forecasts England’s private rented sector will grow from 4.83 million households to 5.38 million by 2035, according to the impact assessment for extending Awaab’s Law to private tenancies.
Government consultation could extend Awaab’s Law to private rentals, with responses due by 18 December 2026.
Andy Burnham has pledged a council acquisition route for the worst-quality rented homes after landlords ignore improvement warnings, but no Bill or start date has been published.
Accord Mortgages finds 72% of tenants value renting flexibility, while its 4,000-adult survey also records concern that landlords are reducing rental supply.
Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities has opened a 12-week Warm Healthy Homes Fund consultation, with support for low-income private rented households included in the scheme design.
City-centre landlords may feel the first big operational strain from the Renters’ Rights Act after new postcode analysis showed just how concentrated the private rented…
Scotland’s landlords are calling on the next Scottish Government to adopt a dedicated strategy for the private rented sector, arguing that years of policy uncertainty…
A Scottish tenant union has used the launch of its Holyrood election manifesto to call for the private rented sector to shrink over the next…
Almost half of landlords in Wales believe the Renting Homes (Wales) Act has been detrimental to the private rented sector, new data from the National…
The Renters’ Rights Act has officially received Royal Assent, setting in motion the most sweeping changes to England’s private rented sector in nearly forty years….