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No,  not an April Fool, but a story of a landlord going against all those nasty things you hear about landlords and doing something good that benefits others....

Long term member and treasurer of the PDPLA, Malcolm Drew has organised a charity 'All Stars' football match to be played at Fratton Park on Monday May 5th to raise funds for various prostate cancer charities and to help ex-Pompey goalkeeper Alan Knight who was diagnosed with prostate cancer last October. 

Buy a ticket - even if you don't go!  (But if you do go, get a free prostate test!)

Anyone with a portfolio of HMOs across the region might reasonably expect a mandatory HMO licence renewal to be as simple and quick in Portsmouth as it is in other local authority areas, but sadly it is not.

Wendy bought her property with a tenant in situ in 2013 and has only once increased the rent and then only by £20 per month. This is not uncommon and landlords who have kept rents low for long-term tenants, often grapple with the challenge of balancing rising costs and maintaining a positive tenant relationship. If you're in this situation, here's how you can approach a rent increase.