Tag: rent

Rent Bill will demonise landlords – and bankrupt councils

IN THE historic case of Entick v Carrington in 1765, Lord Camden famously stated: ‘By the laws of England, every invasion into private property, be it ever so minute, is a trespass.’ By that measure the Renters Reform Bill, now in its final stages in Parliament, can best be described as a wholesale and fundamental invasion into […]

Migrant rent deals reveal the hollowness of Gove’s housing pledges

THE Telegraph reports that despite the severe housing shortage the Home Office is offering landlords five-year guaranteed full-rent deals for properties in which to house asylum seekers. It has amassed a stock of 16,000 properties in the hope of cutting the £8million-a-day cost of accommodating migrants in hotels. The paper says these properties, sourced from the private rental and social housing markets, are being used […]