Michael Gove’s Renters Reform Bill is “unenforceable”
Local authorities don’t have the resources or skills to uphold regulation of the private rented sector.
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“It’s a gravy train”: one surveyor’s fight to fix Britain’s leasehold system
For two decades, leaseholders are said to have been overpaying by up to £500m a year
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What’s wrong with the English planning system?
Keir Starmer has said a Labour government would try to overhaul our internationally unusual set-up.
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Could new regulation kill off short-term holiday lets?
The government is currently consulting on whether to regulate holiday rentals commonly advertised on platforms like Airbnb.
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Andy Street: “Our devolution deal is the end of the begging bowl”
The Mayor of the West Midlands on how the “landmark” shift of powers from Whitehall to his authority will transform…
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Will anyone dare defy the Nimby Party?
As long as the main parties believe there are votes in opposing development, the UK won’t get the houses it…
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A generation locked out
Those who cannot afford to buy a property have been forced into the under-regulated private rental market.
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How Help to Buy broke the housing market
Rishi Sunak is reportedly planning to bring back a policy which critics say contributed to the housing crisis.
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