The long awaited government white paper has been published today, 16 June. It contains a raft of proposed measures that bear down on landlords, so is it really a fairer system or simply government looking for votes and bending to those that shout the loudest? There are plenty of newspapers commenting on it on the internet so do have a browse. http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-fairer-private-rented-sector/a-fairer-private-rented-sector
HMRC to be involved in rent appeals
In a further development today, the government has announced that HMRC's Valuation Office will become responsible for decisions on challenges to rent increases in England, rather than the First-Tier Tribunal. This is clearly a desperate measure - the government has...
