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<p>Housing professionals have been debating the pros and cons of direct payment of housing benefit to claimants. But what do tenants want? Peter Kemp, Katharine Nice and Annie Irvine report</p>
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<p class="feature_date">01 July 2023</p>
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<p>Landlord registration was one of the most far-reaching reforms introduced by the Scottish Parliament. But it’s still a long way from delivering on its potential, says Clare Simpson</p>
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<p class="feature_date">01 July 2023</p>
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<p>Why are we helping landlords who neglect the needs of their elderly tenants to become millionaires, asks Jacky Peacock </p>
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<h2><a href="/">North star</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">01 July 2023</p>
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<p>Debbie Crew reports on how her award-winning campaign to stop landlords evicting their tenants is gaining momentum </p>
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<p class="feature_date">02 March 2024</p>
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<p>Want to tackle climate change? Then use your improvement notices to wedge draughty windows closed, says Jacky Peacock</p>
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<h2><a href="/">Put up, or get out</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">02 March 2024</p>
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<p>Debbie Crew reports on the scandal of the landlords who abuse the law by evicting tenants who demand vital repairs </p>
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<p class="feature_date">02 January 2024</p>
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<p>Selective licensing has many advantages for landlords who let their properties responsibly, says Sarah Mitchell</p>
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<p class="feature_date">02 January 2024</p>
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<p>Councils should take the wishes of private tenants into account in the same way they respond to social tenants, says Jacky Peacock</p>
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<p class="feature_date">02 January 2024</p>
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<p>The private rented sector in Northern Ireland is emerging as the tenure of first choice. But Paddy Gray asks how far private landlords can really become the new social landlords</p>
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<p class="feature_date">01 November 2023</p>
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<p>Mike Thompson looks at a new initiative to bring empty properties back into use</p>
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<h2><a href="/">Tenants’ voice Nov 2006</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">01 November 2023</p>
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<p>The private rented sector is the focus of great debate. But why are the people who actually live in it so poorly represented, asks Jacky Peacock </p>
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<h2><a href="/">Securing the future</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">01 November 2023</p>
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<p>Nigel Parkinson puts the case for a return to greater security of tenure in the private rented sector </p>
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<h2><a href="/">Truth of the matter</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">01 July 2023</p>
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<p>Wayward preconceptions about private renting must be scrapped if we are to understand how the sector really works and what it has to offer, says Julie Rugg </p>
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<p class="feature_date">01 January 2024</p>
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<p>Having finally scrambled on to the property ladder – just in time for negative equity – Pete May reminisces about two decades spent renting in London</p>
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<h2><a href="/">Cheap at the price</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">01 November 2023</p>
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<p>Joined up thinking, helping people off benefits into work and tenant empowerment are key government policies. But rent restructuring ignores these goals in favour of financial objectives, says Bernard Crofton</p>
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