Kamma news

Latest news

• 

  Kamma Property Licensing Roundup: May 2020

  This month, as lockdown measures around the UK have slowly started to ease, we’ve seen signs on the lettings market bounce back to life and more news of upcoming schemes. The below stories reflect the biggest updates we’ve had this past month within the sector. At Kamma, we understand that property licensing is complex, inconsistent and […]

  Read more
• 

  The Story of CoronaFriend

  Like so many projects, the starting point for what would become CoronaFriend was the innocuous question “can you put that on a map?”. Unlike so many projects, the answer was “actually, yes, we can”. In a guest blog post for Ordnance Survey, Gary Gale, Kamma’s CTO, discusses the power of open source, open data and open collaboration […]

  Read more
• 

  Kamma Property Licensing Roundup: April 2020

  Looking back, April 2020 was a month quite unlike any other we’ve experienced. While this article is not especially intended to discuss the Coronavirus, the effects of this pandemic are so far-reaching that it’s almost impossible not to mention it at least once. Of course – as discussed in our other article this month – […]

  Read more
• 

  How the Coronavirus is disrupting UK property licensing

  The outbreak of the Coronavirus is having wide-reaching implications for the private rented sector. Businesses, landlords and local councils have been forced to adapt in order to protect public health during this pandemic. Most notably, we have seen a number of local authorities across the country make changes to their introduction or enforcement of HMO […]

  Read more

• 

  Kamma Property Licensing Roundup: March 2020

  To say that we are ending this month in a very different place to how we started it, still feels like quite an understatement. The Covid-19 outbreak has left the entire world drifting into uncharted waters and is having a huge impact on all of our lives. As we adjust to this new normal of […]

  Read more
• 

  Budget 2020: What it means for UK housing and the Private Rented Sector

  Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his first Budget to the House of Commons after being in the job for just four weeks. Originally scheduled for November, but postponed due to the general election, this Budget arrives at a uniquely challenging time for the country and our economy. Amidst the outbreak of coronavirus, Rishi […]

  Read more
• 

  Kamma Property Licensing Roundup: February 2020

  February has seen some of the more egregious examples of rogue landlords flouting the law and of unsafe homes slipping under the licensing radar. Unfortunately, the uglier side of the UK rental market has reared its head in many of these stories, which only serves to highlight the importance of greater levels of compliance and […]

  Read more
• 

  Kamma Property Licensing Roundup: January 2020

  The beginning of 2020 brought more big fines, and more news stories on the crackdown and regulation of short term ‘AirBnB’ style lets. Property licensing is complex, inconsistent and ever changing. Kamma’s technology and software cuts through that complexity to to keep you on top of all the changes with clear and accurate advise. We […]

  Read more

• 

  Property Licensing Roundup: December 2019

  This month brought some huge fines, and news of a Council’s “Day of Action” to inspect properties and tackle rogue landlords in the borough. Property licensing is complex, inconsistent and ever changing. Kamma’s technology and software cuts through that complexity to to keep you on top of all the changes with clear and accurate advise. […]

  Read more
• 

  Property Licensing Roundup: November 2019

  Property licensing is complex, inconsistent and ever changing. Keeping on top of all the changes requires a sophisticated platform that can cleanse, analyse and sort data and interpret the results to help agents, landlords and surveyors interpret the data and stay compliant. This month in property licensing brought more hefty fines, London’s first banning order […]

  Read more
• 

  Property Licensing Roundup: October 2019

  Property licensing is complex, inconsistent and ever changing. Keeping on top of all the changes requires a sophisticated platform that can cleanse, analyse and sort data and interpret the results to help agents, landlords and surveyors interpret the data and stay compliant. This month in property licensing brought new industry concerns, large fines, possibilities of […]

  Read more
• 

  Kamma attends the Coutts Entrepreneurs Technology Panel 2019

  Orla Shields attends the Coutts Entrepreneurs Technology Panel

  Read more

• 

  The Times investigates HMO licensing

  We’ve seen a strong start to October in the PRS (Private Rental Sector), with The Times conducting a series of investigations highlighting the lack of regulation in the PRS and the promotion of properties for rent with a blatant disregard for Property Licensing, planning legislation, and building regulation, in the capital. The article below summarises […]

  Read more
• 

  Property Licensing Roundup: September 2019

  Property licensing is complex, inconsistent and ever changing. Keeping on top of all the changes requires a sophisticated platform that can cleanse, analyse and sort data and interpret the results to help agents, landlords and surveyors interpret the data and stay compliant. September 2019 has been a very interesting month for the Private Rented Sector […]

  Read more
• 

  Bye bye GetRentr, hello Kamma

  Frequently asked questions? Click here. We have been through quite a journey as GetRentr: we started as a rental app but our path has meandered through myriad unforeseen territories and we are now so much more. We were founded on the core principle that: “Nobody should have to live in unsafe or unsuitable accommodation ever […]

  Read more
• 

  Westminster Legal Policy Forum: November 2019

  Kamma (formerly GetRentr) is delighted to be one of the speakers on the panel at this event, discussing the impact on recent policy reform in the Private Rented Sector. This will be our first event since we rebranded to Kamma. The seminar is timed following the passing of the Tenant Fees Act and the Homes (Fitness for Human […]

  Read more