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Who can a Rent Repayment Order be made against? Who is the landlord?

October 16, 2019 by Tessa Shepperson

houses

This article is by Robin Stewart of Anthony Gold and first appeared on the Anthony Gold website. One of the first decisions faced by a tenant applying for a Rent Repayment Order is who to make the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis Tagged With: Rent Repayment Orders

Pet rents – monstrous greed or a justified precaution?

October 8, 2019 by Tessa Shepperson

Dog

Having spoken twice on the radio on Pet Rents (BBC4 You and Yours and Radio Kent) it's probably about time I wrote about this here. But what are pet rents?  Surely it's not expecting the pets to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis Tagged With: pets

Landlords – are you wearing your climate catastrophe spectacles?

September 23, 2019 by Tessa Shepperson

Climate Catastrophe Glasses

On Friday we had one of the biggest climate demonstrations ever. Millions of people went out to march, to shout about their concern about the planet, to express their fear that the lives of their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis Tagged With: eco

The Government’s Housing Chickens are now coming home to roost

September 3, 2019 by Tessa Shepperson

Chickens coming home to roost

I know our government is convulsed at the moment with the Brexit disaster but this does not really excuse the lack of logic and clear thinking about the private rented sector. Let’s take a look at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis

Dealing with Criminal Landlords

August 15, 2019 by Ben Reeve-Lewis

Ben Reeve Lewis

As some readers will know, three years ago my ex-Lewisham council colleague Roz Spencer and I started “Safer Renting” Safer Renting - What we do Based at Cambridge House in south London, we are a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis

The End of Section 21 – changing the law

July 22, 2019 by Tessa Shepperson

the End of Section 21

Note - this was written before the publication of the government's consultation paper. As discussed in this series, the government have announced that they want to end landlords rights to recover … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis Tagged With: Section 21

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