Editorial Standards

1. Editorial purpose

We cover developments that can materially affect UK residential landlords, their tenants or rental property. We favour clear practical significance over volume, novelty or alarm. Headlines must reflect the evidence and must not inflate certainty, urgency, penalties or financial impact.

2. Jurisdiction comes first

Housing is devolved. An article must say whether its central rule or development applies to England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the whole UK. It must not present an England-only rule as a UK rule. Local licensing conditions and property-specific duties may still go beyond a national overview.

3. Source hierarchy and verification

Important factual claims should be traced to primary material wherever practical: legislation, government and regulator guidance, court or tribunal material, official statistics, consultations, corporate filings or a directly attributable statement. Secondary reporting can identify a story but should not replace an available primary source for a rule, date or threshold.

• Dates, money, notice periods, thresholds and eligibility conditions receive extra checking.
• A proposal, consultation or campaign position must not be described as settled law.
• Quotations must be traceable and must never be invented or materially altered.
• When evidence is incomplete or contested, the uncertainty should be stated.
• Material sources should be linked so a reader can inspect them.

4. Automation and AI assistance

Automated and AI-assisted tools may help discover stories, organise research, draft copy, create illustrations, check duplication and publish articles. They do not replace evidence or accountability. Generated material must not fabricate a source, person, quotation, professional experience or legal conclusion.

Our publishing workflow requires a source URL, checks recent coverage for duplication and constrains articles to the site’s defined subject categories. If a reliable source or clear jurisdiction cannot be established, the item should not be published.

5. Advice, safety and professional claims

Editorial content is general information. It is not legal, tax, financial, insurance, property valuation, surveying, electrical or gas-safety advice. We do not describe an author or the site as professionally qualified unless that status has been verified and is relevant. Safety work should be carried out by a competent person with the registration or qualifications required for the job.

6. Commercial independence

Some service pages contain affiliate links. A commission must not buy favourable coverage or determine the conclusion of an editorial article. Commercial links are labelled and use sponsored link attributes. Read How We Make Money.

7. Corrections and updates

When a material factual error is confirmed, we will correct it as promptly as practical. We may amend the text, add a correction or update note, change a headline or withdraw a page where leaving it live would mislead. Developing stories may be updated when the evidence changes.

Send a correction to us@latitude60.net with the page URL, the statement at issue and a reliable supporting source. A factual correction is different from a disagreement of opinion.

8. Fairness, privacy and copyright

We aim to attribute claims accurately, distinguish allegations from established findings and avoid unnecessary intrusion into private life. We do not knowingly publish defamatory, unlawfully discriminatory or infringing material. A request to reuse substantial text or an original image should be sent to the contact address.