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Homeless charity to trade tenants personal data?
10/05/2013 
newsatlandlordreferencingToday it has been revealed that social landlords are planning to hand over rental payment data to a credit ratings giant, in an attempt to help social tenants build their credit histories and access more affordable housing. Later this month Experian and the social investment arm of The Big Issue “Big Issue Invest” will be [...]
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Social referencing at LRS stops illegal immigrants
Almost 2 million buy-to-let property owners will be legally responsible for ensuring that they only let properties to people allowed to be in Britain under new immigration laws to be announced in today’s Queen’s Speech – with fines running into the thousands for those breaking the law. The Immigration Bill will also limit the ability [...]
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A government report has found that councils are wasting billions of pounds, by not intervening with anti-social families more effectively. Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has published new findings showing the huge savings that can be made for the taxpayer from turning around troubled families, by intervening more effectively in problem households. The Department for [...]
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An anti-social drop-in session will be run by Weston-super-Mare police force from next week. The Town Hall Gateway will host a weekly clinic from Tuesday January 29th, to allow people worried about anti-social behaviour or hate crime (including homophobic or racial issues) to approach Avon and Somerset Constabulary with their concerns. The three-hour session will start [...]
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A lawyer has told a select committee about her concerns that the process of evicting tenants could be lengthened via reforms to anti-social behaviour laws. The Home Affairs committee heard evidence from a number of housing professionals yesterday regarding changes to the powers available to landlords to tackle anti-social behaviour in their neighbourhoods. This follows [...]
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As work begins on a £14m plan to restore 200 empty homes in Lancashire, Landlord Referencing Services believe that it has the exact tool needed to get the thousands of empty homes right across the UK back into habitable order, at no cost at all. There are thought to be around 850,000 empty homes in [...]
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Landlords in Bristol will have to apply for a licence to let their properties as part of a trial scheme aimed at improving conditions for tenants. The licence, being trialled in the Easton area, will cost property owners £100 and as part of the application they will have to supply safety certificates and ensure smoke [...]
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After making their neighbours lives a living hell an elderly couple have become the oldest people to receive an ASBO, and have been threatened with prison if they breach it. Joseph Gallagher, 85, and his partner Dorothy Womersley, 71, of Grimsby, Lancs, were hit with anti-social behaviour orders after the pair abused the family next [...]
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A recent study conducted by Landlord Referencing Services has revealed that one in four landlords believe that they ‘know it all’, regarding tenant referencing and deposit protection rules. The study of 250 landlords involved a quick telephone questionnaire, asking the following: Do you use Tenant Referencing? Result: 75% = YES | 25% = NO- Of [...]
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Landlords and Letting Agents can upload applicant tenants onto the Landlord Referencing System, to further prevent Landlords from taking others bad tenants as well as further protecting their existing tenants from anti-social behaviour, drugs crime and theft. We thought we should bring it to the attention of the entire LRS community that you are all [...]
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