Spooky season is here. And no, I am not talking about Halloween, because that’s nothing compared to what you’re about to go through these next couple of months. House hunting can be both scary and […]
Editorial Letter: Welcome Back, And Some Tips for Housing Season
Hey readers, Hope you’re all good and congrats on having survived January exam season, especially if it was your first time. I always hated it when you’d leave the house super early in the morning […]
Tenants Unite: Know Your Rights!
Anyone who’s ever rented as a student knows how stressful it can be. According to the National Student Accommodation Survey nearly 90% of students have had some form of issue with housing. High prices are […]
Properties, penny-pinching and pigeons: one man’s plight
Landlords can be cruel. Especially those puppeteering the lucrative student property business in Leeds. Pulling all the strings from their position of power, tweaking penniless undergrad underlings; a few years in student housing will teach […]
Your House Hunting Worries, Debunked
House hunting can be stressful, especially if it’s your first time. Rumours are already starting to get around which might be making you anxious about looking for somewhere to live. As someone that’s done house […]
Campus Watch: Students take landlords to court – and win
A group of students at the University of Bristol successfully sued their landlord for unreasonably taking money from their rental deposit. The six students received a letter from their letting agency informing them that nearly […]
Students Fight for Tenant’s Rights
Two notions aimed at tenants in student housing have been put forward for debate at the Student Forum in a few weeks’ time. It has been proposed that Leeds University Union should lobby landlords to […]
Union warning after landlords dodge deposits
The Union has warned of landlords who fail to inform students of money taken from their deposits after a letting agency was suspended from the Unipol Code. A tribunal in June found UK Pads had […]
iForHomes suspended from Unipol
Leeds letting agency iFor Homes has been suspended from Unipol this summer following a housing tribunal. An inspector found tenants on Hyde Terrace were living in ‘such a condition that it should not be occupied’. […]
Landlords fined £8,000 for illegal rents
Two student landlords have been fined £8,000 each this summer for letting properties illegally. Mohammed and Amaad Afzal failed to obtain Houses of Multiple Occupation licences for their student lets on Regent Terrace and Estcourt […]
News | Landlords accused of 'incentivising' tactics in Union Awards
Large landlords have come under criticism after offering prizes to their tenants in exchange for nominations in the Leeds Landlord Awards. The prizes were offered over social media. One piece of marketing material posted to […]
News | Unipol accredited landlords taken to tribunal
Three Unipol accredited landlords have been taken to a tribunal in the past year, LS can reveal. The offences included charging hidden fees and failure to provide tenancy documents. In February, Red Door Lets became […]