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Decline in home ownership and rise of renting needs a big change in government thinking says new report
I have recently come across an interesting report, published by the Smith Institute called ‘The end of the affair – implications of declining home ownership’, written by Andrew Heywood. The report considers what seems to be a permanent trend – the decline in home ownership in this country. Together with the worrying fact that this…
When is an AST not an AST?
I am currently editing my section 21 ebook, which I hope to be able to launch in its final form in a week or so. There is one point which one of the purchasers of the beta version made which is quite interesting and I would be interested to hear your comments. It is about…
Why you should never allow your tenant to pay the deposit by installments
What do you do if your tenant only pays part of his deposit? This is a question I have been asked several times. Often tenants cannot afford to pay the whole sum in one go and ask their landlord if they can pay by installments. Sometimes landlords, wanting to be reasonable, will agree to this….
Housing Benefit – the government answers questions
The housing law bulletin issued by Garden Court Chambers every week had some interesting links to housing benefit related items this week. Most interesting of all perhaps was a link to the Government’s response to the Work & Pensions Select Committee’s report on the forthcoming housing benefit changes. Here are a few points I have…
Can landlords be liable to neighbours for tenants from Hell?
The topic of this blog post is similar in many ways to the post I did on Monday about nightmare co-tenants (which has attracted some great comments by the way). The neighbours from hell What do you do if you find that the rented property next door to yours suddenly has the tenants from Hell…
Pre 2007 tenancy deposits – have we all got it wrong?
Deposit regulation came into force in April 2007. What is the situation regarding tenancy deposits paid to landlords before then? The general view is that the deposit needs to be protected in a scheme if the tenancy is ‘renewed’, for example by the tenant signing a new agreement or renewal form. Although no money has…
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