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Renting to students – London v. Plymouth

I met two of my Landlord Law members a while back at one of the Landlord & Buy to Let Shows, and we were chatting generally.  They rent to students in London and Plymouth and they were saying how different it was in the two places.
This struck me as an interesting topic for a blog [...]

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Are landlords entitled to see tenants references obtained by their agents?

Over the years that I have been acting for landlords, I have heard many complaints about letting agents (and not a few from letting agents about landlords!). The most common complaint though, is that the agent refuses to allow the landlord to see the references they have obtained about tenants.
Indeed landlords often complain that [...]

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Housing law reform and legal aid

There have been a lot of announcements recently from the government about housing law reform, and what they intend to do in the private rented sector.   Whether any of these proposals will actually come to pass is not certain.  However I (along with many others) am concerned about the approach taken by this government, both [...]

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Government makes new announcements on the Private Rented Sector

There has been a positive flurry of tweets and emails crossing my computer screen today, preceding and then following, the announcement from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) Dept. about their plans for the Private Rented Sector.
You can read the news item here, and the report itself can be downloaded from here.
This follows on from [...]

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Can agents ever sign possession claims?

We all know, or those of us who do possession proceedings know, that only the landlord (the claimant) or his solicitor can sign the court paperwork for issuing a county court claim for possession.  Claim forms being signed by letting agents is one of the top reasons why cases get chucked out by the court.
This [...]

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DWP publishes consultation paper on housing benefit

As mentioned in my last post, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has now published a report and consultation on housing benefit.  The paper sets out the departments thinking on Local Housing Allowance (e.g. direct payment to landlords) and makes interesting reading.
The report starts with a bit of self congratulatory backslapping, for example reporting [...]

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Where next for the Private Rented Sector?

At the recent CLT Conference I attended, there was an excellent talk by Professor Martin Partington OBE (former Law Commissioner) on possible future developments in the Private Rented Sector (PRS). I set out below a very condensed version of his notes (with his permission).
He started by saying that the PRS is now a key feature [...]

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Tessa is an English solicitor who specialises in residential landlord and tenant law.

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