On 12 October, I wrote a post about student lets and ground 4A.
In that post, I suggested using holding deposits where landlords want to reserve the right to use ground 4A for possession.
This is the special student ground,
Welcome to our weekly Newsround where we see no shortage of housing news this week.
Government launches consultation for Awaabs Law
The government has launched a consultation on extending Awaab’s Law in the PRS. In addition to this, the governments
The changes brought into renting property practice in England by the Renters Rights Act 2025 have been particularly hard for student landlords.
The loss of the ability to require several months’ rent in advance means that accepting students without a
Another week and another Newsround, the team has been busy this week but let’s see what has caught their eye in the housing news.
PRS Ombudsman now expected in 2028
The Housing Ombudsman has clarified that the new compulsory Private
We learned last week that the government is investing £1.4 billion in flood defences in England during 2026/27. As part of its wider preparations for winter weather.
It is a reminder that autumn is the time to check properties before
Welcome to our first Newsround for October, let’s see what has been happening this week in the news.
New right to rent rules came into force on 1 October.
Guidance on these was published in the Landlord Law News Blog
Here are all our posts for September.
Tuesday 1st September
Landlord Law Blog Roundup for August
Our round up of posts for August
Friday 4th September
Landlord Law Newsround #452
Our first Newsround for September
Monday 7th September
Why links
Another week and another Newsround, let’s see what has been in housing news this week.
Calls to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance
There are renewed calls to unfreeze LHA payments as more than 1.1million low income households find that the gap
If a local authority officer inspects your property and finds that it is not up to standard, one option available to them, if you do not rectify the issue immediately, is to serve an improvement notice.
The improvement notice will
Most landlords should be aware that when taking a deposit, it needs to be protected in a scheme. The deposit protection rules have been in force since April 2007, so there is no excuse for non-compliance.
Although many landlords do,
