Rented housing sector
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Services
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Universal Credit: Landlord request for a managed payment or rent arrears deduction
If a tenant is having difficulty paying their rent, apply for a Managed Payment to Landlord using the Apply for a Direct Rent Payment service to request payment of rent from a tenant’s Universal Credit.
Guidance and regulation
- Government advice on home moving during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
- COVID-19 and renting: guidance for landlords, tenants and local authorities
- How to rent
- Model agreement for a shorthold assured tenancy
- Understanding the possession action process: guidance for landlords and tenants
News and communications
Research and statistics
- Consumer regulation review 2019 to 2020
- Coronavirus Operational Response Survey reports
- House prices, private sector rents and energy efficiency levels
- Quarterly Survey for Q4 (January to March) 2019 to 2020
- Index of Private Housing Rental Prices, UK: February 2020
Policy papers and consultations
- Consultation on equality objectives
- Consultation on changes to the intervention, enforcement and use of powers guidance
- Consultation on a new Rent Standard from 2020
- Call for user views on the Statistical Data Return
- Protecting rough sleepers and renters: government response to the Select Committee report
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Current registered providers of social housing
- RSH spending over £250 - 2020
- RSH board minutes 2020
- RSH Audit and Risk Assurance Committee minutes 2020
- RSH Audit and Risk Assurance Committee minutes 2019