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By: David Smith

David Smith is head of property litigation in London for JMW Solicitors

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  • The Notebook: New draft of renters’ rights bill risks inflating prices (even more)

    Opinion

    Two key changes in Labour's bill could impact the rental market

    Plans to reform renters rights must protect “clear, comprehensive and workable” grounds for possession, a landlords body has warned.
  • The Notebook: It may not be popular, but tackling the housing crisis requires helping landlords too

    the notebook

    Tackling the housing crisis is no easy matter, and it requires radical change on all fronts, writes David King in today's Notebook.

  • As long as landlords get away with bad behaviour, we’ll still have a housing crisis

    david smith

    Many local authorities in England have never prosecuted a landlord at all for poor standards.

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