…..a personal if informed rant! Our regular guest blogger Ben Reeve-Lewis gets on his soapbox. The Conservative / Lib Deb coalition housing benefit plans So the new coalition government is gradually putting a plan together and have turned their eyes on housing benefit reforms. They have made bold and popular statements that appeal to many…
Another interesting post by our regular guest blogger, Ben Reeve-Lewis. Margaret Thatcher and the right to buy Some of you may be able to remember when Margaret Thatcher’s government introduced the right to buy scheme back in the 1980s, a mandatory scheme forcing social landlords to sell properties to their tenants at a massive discount….
I am pleased to introduce a review of this classic book from LAG, from Giles Peaker of Anthony Gold. Homelessness and Allocations. 8th Edition This may not be a book of much use to private landlords, although a glance between its covers would rapidly disabuse some of their conviction that ‘the Council’ will automatically help…
I am really pleased to be able to do a review of this well known and respected legal text book on disrepair and tenants rights. It has been a long time coming as the last edition was 1999! As the introduction acknowledges, the world of housing disrepair was a very different place then. In fact…
An interesting article in the January / February issue of Residential Property Investor looks at Fast Trak, a new company tackling the problems of too many social housing tenants, not enough social housing to put them in, and not enough private landlords willing to take a chance on them. There are a myriad reasons why…
Two years ago I did a review of Roof Magazine on my Landlord Law site, where I said how good it was. I have just finished reading the January / February 2010 issue, and have decided I need to write about it again. It really is excellent, this issue in particular. For example articles I…
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Housing charity Housing Action provides voidless letting solution
I attended a landlords forum meeting last night co-hosted by a brilliant company called Housing Action. They are a housing charity offering an extraordinary service for landlords in the East Anglia area. Housing Action are a registered charity who have been around since 1989. They aim to re-house and support individuals and families in need,…