renting

The Mayor of London wants the private sector in the capital to provide open-ended tenancies. He also wants to establish a system to control rents.

Developer Vastint Hospitality has lodged plans with the city council for the second phase of its ambitious mixed-use redevelopment of Edinburgh’s old Fountainbridge Brewery site.

Housing and homelessness minister Heather Wheeler has pledged to ensure that people who are renting live in safe and good-quality properties as she set out the government’s plans to crack down on rogue landlords in England.

The London Assembly Housing Committee has recommended that the government should review current legislation and guidance to make sure that Property Guardians can benefit from improvements to the private rented sector.