Naming and shaming failing landlords

The Department will highlight poor practice by landlords including on its social media platforms. This [...]

Improved access to Housing Ombudsman from October

Changes to the Ombudsman’s service are set to take effect from 1 October 2022, making [...]

A fairer private rented sector

This white paper sets out our plans to fundamentally reform the private rented sector and [...]

Unscrupulous landlords who exploit vulnerable residents to be driven out of supported housing sector

Supported Housing Improvement Programme will help councils in worst-affected areas tackle bad quality and poor [...]

Tenancy deposit schemes

This briefing paper explains the duty on private landlords to protect tenants’ deposits. It discusses [...]

New expert panel launched to help social housing landlords tackle anti-social behaviour

Eddie Hughes announces new panel of experts to advise on the best approach for dealing [...]

Disabled adaptations in leasehold flats and common parts

This paper covers how leaseholders in flats can gain consent to home adaptations. It covers [...]

Can private landlords refuse to let to Housing Benefit claimants?

The Government intends to make landlords’ blanket bans on letting to people in receipt of [...]

Experiences of the Homelessness Reduction Act, 2018-2021

Between 2018-2021, Crisis carried out a piece of longitudinal research, funded by Oak Foundation, exploring [...]

Tackling tenancy insecurity in the private rented sector to prevent homelessness – what works?

(CRESR) highlights that more could be done within the Private Rented Sector (PRS) to prevent [...]