According to government statistics not a single ‘social rent’ home was added to Swindon’s housing stock over the last five … MoreRead more…
Tackling “rogue landlords”?
A number of new or amended regulations in relation to the Private Rented Sector have come into force on April 6th. 1) Rent Repayment Orders Rent Repayment Orders (RROs) were introduced by the 2004 Housing Act in response to situations where the landlor…Read more…
The Letting Agencies rip-off
“The problems of high cost and poor standards are not confined to a few “rogue” agencies but are widespread across the industry. Many of the complaints we and other organisations have heard do not only relate to egregiously poor practice by a minority of agencies, but are widespread, and related to…Read more…