Buy to let landlords are expected to benefit from a government watchdog ordering two of Britain’s biggest house builders to delete rip-off ground rents from leasehold agreements.
A landlord and letting agent must pay a massive £327,000 in fines and costs for running a cramped and squalid house shared by 18 tenants and six children.
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has launched a new government-backed mediation service that acts as a go-between for landlords with tenants in possession cases.