Tag: Ministry of Housing
£3m government-backed pilot mediation service for evictions begins
The government has launched its much-anticipated Housing Possession Mediation Scheme for landlords and tenants, provided by The Society of Mediators (SoM) at...
BREAKING: People can move home within North West lockdown, government...
The government has updated its guidance on the regional lockdown in the North West today to clarify that people can continue to...
Electrical safety: landlords now have a month to comply of face...
The new Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) came into force today giving landlords until July 1st to...
Ministers urge councils to ‘cut landlords some slack’ with selective licensing
Guidance just out from the Ministry of Housing says councils in particular should take the crisis into account when chasing select...
Liverpool says landlords won’t be off the hook after selective licensing...
City's council says it will carry on prosecutions already under way and intends to re-apply for a city-wide selective licensing scheme...
Landlords should get same crisis deal as self-employed
Leading property firm says landlords have fallen between the cracks as the government has moved to protect both employed and self-employed workers.
Don’t panic! Most tenants will pay rent during crisis, say ministers
The Ministry of Housing has published new guidance to landlords and tenants contradicting lurid claims last week by lobbying groups that 'millions'...
FREEZE: Government says rental and sales home moves should stop
Government has strongly advised that home movers in both sectors should stay put unless for contractual reasons a property rental or sale...