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Direct pressure
12 January 2024
The local housing allowance is nearly always sent directly to tenants – even when they want it paid to their landlord. For vulnerable people, this pressure to manage their finances can be too great. Rob Stares reports
The gentle touch?
12 January 2024
Are government plans for a landlord register enough to protect tenants or should landlords be left to get on with it? ROOF reports from this year’s conference on private renting
Never had it so good
21 October 2023
It was the tenure of choice in the early 20th century and one to be avoided in the 1990s. Now it’s growing in popularity again. Peter Malpass charts the course of private renting through the decades
I need a shower!
21 October 2023
There is little incentive for landlords to spend money creating a pleasant environment. But Penny Anderson argues that the poor standard of furnished or partly furnished accommodation is cause for real concern
Not fit for purpose
21 October 2023
It’s not just tenants who are unhappy with the workings of the local housing allowance scheme, landlords are also clamouring for change, reports Vincent Peterson-May
Transfer on trial
21 April 2023
Nearly six years after Glasgow’s council housing moved to the control of Glasgow Housing Association, Hal Pawson analyses the successes and failures of the UK’s most controversial stock transfer.
Don’t call us…
21 April 2023
Shocked by the way tenants have had their housing complaints ignored in Kensington and Chelsea, local councillor Emma Dent Coad has compiled a report detailing the neglect. ROOF reports
Striking a balance
18 February 2024
The demand for more homes is increasing. But are we getting the tenure right? Christine Whitehead and Sarah Monk report.
On the edge
01 January 2024
Restoring order
04 November 2023
