How the Homeless Reduction Bill Aims to Help Landlords
The Homeless Reduction Bill has now been agreed by both houses. and is awaiting Royal Assent when it will become an Act. No date has been set for the Royal Assent. Update: The Bill has now received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017 and so this is now the Homeless...
12 Considerations for Rent to Rent
Introduction In this article we take a detailed look at the things to look out for when considering a rent to rent. Some of the outline topics covered included: what is rent to rent? conflict of interest of agents and their fiduciary duty to landlord clients...Section 21 Notices – Local Authorities homelessness decisions
Note: there are scheduled changes whereby the guidance referred to in this article is to be put into legislation under the Homeless Reduction Bill. Please see this article for full details and we will update this article when it becomes law. An extremely common...
How to Serve Section 21 After Deposit Unprotected by Insurance Scheme
Here we look at the situation where the deposit was originally protected perfectly within 30 days with an insured scheme but was then un-protected by the scheme after the end of the term due to a failure by the landlord (or agent) to respond to a request for...
How To Understand Retaliatory Evictions
Retaliatory Evictions From 1 October 2015 1, sections 33 and 34 of the Deregulation Act 2015 will come into force in England. These sections bring into force provisions titled “preventing retaliatory eviction”. In summary the new rules prevent a section 21 (no fault...
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