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Top 5 anti-social behavioural types to watch out for in the PRS

13 September, 20160 Comments
In the year ending June 2015, 67% of the ASB incidents categorised by the police were identified as nuisance; 26% as personal; and 6% as environmental. The new set of 3 simplified categories for ASB, introduced in March 2012, are categorised as: “Nuisance” captures incidents where an act, condition, thing or person causes trouble, annoyance,
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What can you do when hell is on your doorstep?

02 April, 20140 Comments
In the UK our neighbours can often live too close to home; outlined last night by Channel 5’s new series “The Nightmare Neighbour From Hell”, revealing the traumatic, shocking, humourous and occasionally bizarre experiences of victims of nightmare neighbours. With 1 in 5 of us having been in an argument with our close neighbours, out of
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61% of landlords feel the risk to their safety has increased while collecting rents…

29 October, 20130 Comments
In an anonymous online poll of 200 Landlords LRS asked the question: Do you feel welfare reforms have increased the risk to your safety while collecting rents? We can now reveal the results; This is why Lifestyle Tenant Referencing is acting as an excellent deterrent to anti-social tenants, as once they find out that our
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National Personal Safety Day 2013

14 October, 20130 Comments
Today is National Personal Safety Day, which is organised by Suzy Lampugh Trust and endorsed by our partners Our Watch. National Personal Safety Day is an annual event aimed at highlighting some of the simple, practical solutions that everyone can use to help avoid violence and aggression in today’s society. This year’s awareness campaign is
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Anti-social tenants – A new Bill set to make a difference

05 September, 20130 Comments
A new piece of legislation is set to make a huge difference to landlords, who have previously had difficulties evicting tenants on the grounds of anti-social behaviour. The year ending December 2012 saw over 2.3 million incidents of anti-social behaviour recorded by police in England and Wales; which is equivalent to around 6,300 incidents each
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Social Referencing at LRS helps stop terrorists

23 May, 20130 Comments
Following the horrific death of a member of the armed forces yesterday in the southeast of London, Landlord Referencing would like to address and reiterate the extremely poignant question that every landlord and letting agent should be asking themselves before they take any tenant on; WHO IS LIVING IN YOUR PROPERTY? Eyewitness accounts, including some
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Council offers ‘rent holiday’ to tenants that downsize

23 November, 20120 Comments
An Essex Council has decided to offer under-occupying tenants a ‘rent holiday’ if they move to smaller properties, in an attempt to alleviate the impact of the Bedroom Tax. Under new rules due to come in from next April working age social housing tenants will have their Housing Benefit cut if they are deemed to be
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Battering burglars law | OOPS! I shot my landlord…

09 October, 20120 Comments
People in England and Wales who over-react when confronted by burglars in their homes will be given more legal protection, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling is to announce today, at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. It’s 13 years on since Tony Martin, a farmer from Norfolk, killed one burglar and wounded another who had both
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Universal Credit | The impact on women’s refuges.

14 August, 20122 Comments
Charities have warned that the impending welfare changes (via Universal Credit) could lead to closures of much needed women’s refuges and as a direct result; a rise in domestic violence deaths. Universal Credit Explained in full. Draft Universal Credit regulations, due to be addressed in Parliament this Autumn, only list 3 types of charge eligible
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