A new Renters’ Rights Bill will ban Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions and extend Awaab’s Law to the private sector, the new Labour government has announced in the King’s Speech. Read More: - Inside Housing
The number of legal disrepair claims brought against a London council increased by more than 350% between 2018-19 and 2023-24. Read More - Inside Housing
Since 2010, the sector has been hit by cumulative cuts and contradictory reforms. But it is not too late for change, writes Kate Henderson, chief executive of the National Housing Federation Read More - Inside Housing
The private rented sector (PRS) should be covered by the same strict new standards on damp and mould being introduced for social housing landlords under ‘Awaab’s Law’, a charity has said. Read More - Inside Housing
Residents on the estate in Rochdale where two-year-old Awaab Ishak contracted a fatal respiratory condition due to damp and mould, are still suffering with similar issues more than two years after his death. Read more: Inside Housing
An ill grandmother has been ordered by her doctor to move out of her home due to its potential impact on her health after her landlord failed to make a series of repairs, it is claimed. Read more: INews