Lenders raise concerns over tenant protection bill

What's missing?

A stitch in time

Part of a housing officer’s job is to advise anyone who feels they are heading towards a crisis, regardless of tenure, says Inside Housing’s anonymous columnist

Right out of left Field

Frank Field is a Labour MP with right-wing views. He’s also the coalition’s poverty czar. Here Lydia Stockdale finds out what he thinks of its housing benefit reforms

Out of reach

Housing staff are being urged to keep a closer eye on vulnerable children as benefit caps threaten to uproot their families. Keith Cooper reports

Repossessions at lowest level since 2007

Home repossessions are at their lowest level since 2007, according to data published today.

Cutting tenancies short

The judgement in a starter tenancy possession case is good news for landlords, says Josephine Sharrock, solicitor, Brabners Chaffe Street

Decisive response

Two cases show that courts will act robustly if tenants abuse the litigation process, says Jane Plant

What’s in the post?

Landlords’ administrative errors can lead to time-consuming court cases, says Jane Plant, associate at Weightmans

Default hurdles creep up

Lenders are adding to areas which trigger a loan default, says Louise Leaver, partner, head of finance, at Winckworth Sherwood

No magic solution

Proposals to make it easier to evict anti-social tenants are unlikely to work, says Angela Jack, barrister at Five Paper