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Renters will ‘feel more secure’ following extension of the tenant eviction ban

However, it does leave some landlords who have not received a penny in rental income over the past few months in limbo. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced a two-month extension to the government's ban on evicting renters in England and Wales on Friday. The mo...

Read    19/06/2020

Evictions ban extension could see landlords go without rent for five months

Confidence among landlords has crashed to an all-time low after a tweet by Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, confirmed that the government is to extend the ban on evictions by a further two months. Jenrick's tweet read: "We are suspending evictions from social and p...

Read    19/06/2020

Evictions ban extension ‘could damage the rental market’

Landlords and Agents fear that tenants will not pay pay rent Landlords and agents have warned an extension to the evictions ban could dent confidence in the rental market and encourage tenants to stop paying rent even if they can afford it. Last week the Governm...

Read    19/06/2020

Future-proofing buy-to-let

It has been a tough few years for the buy-to-let investors.After narrowly escaping the threat of rent controls following Labours defeat in the 2015 general election, the then Conservative Chancellor George Osborne hit them first with reduced mortgage relief and then ...

Read    19/06/2020

Cladding fund may fall short of remediation needs, say critics

Last week, housing secretary Robert Jenrick revealed the details of the £1bn fund to help remove and replace non-ACM cladding on high-rise residential buildings, in addition to an existing £600m ring-fenced for buildings clad in ACM, the material linked to the Grenfe...

Read    19/06/2020

£1bn building safety fund seeks to eradicate dangerous cladding

£1bn Building Safety FundA £1bn Building Safety Fund, set up to remove dangerous cladding, has been launched by the housing secretary Robert Jenrick MP. A prospectus has been published for the fund, which has been set up to meet the cost of remediation of unsafe non-...

Read    29/05/2020

Government launches £1 billion Building Safety Fund to remove dangerous cladding

 Building owners have been urged to act and put the safety of residents first as the government’s £1 billion Building Safety Fund to remove dangerous cladding has been launched by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP. It comes as the government published the pros...

Read    29/05/2020

Government launches £1bn fund to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings

The fund is mostly targeted at supporting leaseholders in the private sector facing large bills. For leaseholders living in buildings owned by providers in the social sector, it will provide funding to meet the provider’s costs, which would have otherwise been borne ...

Read    29/05/2020

Calls for landlords to be exempt from second-home stamp duty charges

Housing expert, Mary-Anne Bowring, says now is time to invest in buy-to-let and calls for landlord stamp duty cut as a means to stimulate activity and boost supply. Rental housing is likely to prove more resilient during this downturn than other real estate sectors s...

Read    29/05/2020

New £1bn fund to remove dangerous cladding from tower blocks

Housing secretary has Robert Jenrick has launched a £1bn Building Safety Fund to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings.Freeholders, building owners or managing agents must bid for the funds from 1 June, with the deadline for all bids set for 31 July. Lea...

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