Letting Agent Today

1. Toxic attitude to Private Renting may now change, hopes lettings chief

   A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may now change. David Alexander, the chief executive officer of DJ Alexander Scotland - part of Lomond - expressed the hope after news broke that the architects of Scottish rent controls...

2. Renters Reform Bill “still misses the mark” says Propertymark

   Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it left the House of Commons on its passage through Parliament.  Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, says: “The Bill has been strengthened since it was first introduced...

3. Renters Reform Bill - groups still lobbying for further changes

   A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters Reform Bill to safeguard student housing supply.  In letters to the government and the Labour Party, organisations including Universities UK, Unipol, and Nottingham Trent University warned of the detrimental impact...

4. Gove hits back at critics after Renters Reform Bill wins key vote

   Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill - in heavily amended form - was passed in the Commons yesterday evening. It retains the scrapping of Section 21 powers but now includes an indefinite timetable: the abolition...

5. Build To Rent claims it already conforms with Reform Bill ideals

   A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’ rights. The Association for Rental Living says it welcomes the passing of the amended Renters Reform Bill in the House of Commons, and its progress to the Lords.  It adds: “It...