News

• Sep 06

  Open consultation for The Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2025

  This consultation is for The Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2025, and is open until 26 November 2024 It seeks views on draft Regulations:

  • to ensure HMOs are banded as a single property with 1 Council Tax band
  • to ensure the HMO owner remains liable for Council Tax

  To achieve this, we are proposing to disapply the CouncilTax (Chargeable Dwellings) Order 1992 (“the 1992 Order”) and the Council Tax(Liability for Owners) Regulations 1992 (“the 1992 Regulations”) in relation toWales and make the Council Tax (Chargeable dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2025and the Council Tax (Liability for Owners) (Wales) Regulations 2025. 

  The new Regulations would replicate the existingprovisions from the 1992 Order and 1992 Regulations that apply to Wales andinclude new provisions so that HMO properties are aggregated and treated as asingle dwelling for Council Tax purposes. The Regulations would also expand theprescribed class of HMO for which the owner is responsible for paying CouncilTax. Regulation 4 of the Council Tax (Liability for Owners) (Wales) Regulations2025 transfers the liability to pay Council Tax to the person who has the mostinferior interest (whether freehold or leasehold) in the whole of the dwellingor, where there is no such person, the freeholder of the whole or any part ofthe dwelling, rather than to the owner. For the purposes of this document, theterm ‘owner’ will be used but in relation to HMOs, this will mean the personoutlined above.

  See here for the draft Regulations and here for the link to the open consultation

• Jul 18

  Renters Rights Bill

  18/07/24
  

  What the King’s speech covered for the private rented sector. Here is a brief look at what the Renters Rights Bill will include

  • Abolish section 21 (not fault evictions) but increase clear grounds if the landlord wants possession
  • Landlords cannot unreasonably refuse a tenant’s request for a pet, but they can request pet insurance to cover any damage the pet causes
  • It will be illegal to discriminate against applicants on benefits or those who have children
  • Applying decent homes standard
  • Applying Awaab’s law ensuring properties with damp or mould are addressed within a strict time frame
  • Creating a national database of landlords and their properties

• Apr 30

  Legal Update 2024

  HOLD THE PRESS!!!

  Today is our first Legal Update 2024 course face to face inExeter. Are you attending one of our courses this year? If not you can book thecourse via the link or by calling the office on 01258 85 85 85

  https://www.tfponline.co.uk/Public/EventsShop.aspx 

   

  Content of the course

  Renters Reform – Update

  Council Tax Disaggregation

  Right to rent

  Damp & Mould

  Material Information

  Current court cases including  tenant fees, deposit protection and why failure toensure a property was fit for human habitation cost a landlord over £88,000.

  
  

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