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04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Renters Reform Bill will not go for its Third Reading in the House of Commons for at least another fortnight. The...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The controversial activist group Acorn has made a formal public apology to the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association. On...
04 January 2024
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The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...
27 December 2023
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A leader of the pro-tenant activist group Acorn has told MPs that “one man bands” are more likely to exploit tenants...
22 November 2023
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A local authority’s teach-in for private tenants this weekend is to be addressed by a group which is known for its...
19 October 2023
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A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...
06 October 2023
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The hardline activist group Acorn - part of the Renters Reform Coalition involving Generation Rent - now claims that some 600,000...
02 October 2023
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The Renters Reform Coalition - an umbrella body which includes direct action groups Acorn and the Renters Rights London - has ...
27 July 2023
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After genteel protests from the Generation Rent ginger group and more pro-active protests from the Acorn group of rental activists, tomorrow...
07 July 2023
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A Labour MP has expressed concern at the speed of progress on the Renters Reform Bill - pushing Leader of the...
23 June 2023
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A coalition of tenant activists has called a Day of Action to protest at delays in the government’s rental reform agenda. The...
28 February 2023
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BBC Three is to show a TV programme about tenants facing eviction after being served with Section 21s. It’s an independent production...
05 December 2022
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Two groups of activists who campaign for rent controls and reform of the private lettings sector have turned on each other. Acorn...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Activists got reassurance from Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in the past, and have a supportive politician in the form of...
28 October 2022
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One of the many activist groups in the so-called Renters’ Reform Coalition has pledged to “train people across the country to...
13 October 2022
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A rent freeze in Scotland - which has been condemned by many experts in the private rental sector and by housing...
06 October 2022
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Both Shelter and Generation Rent have paused their campaigning on social media for the duration of national mourning for The Queen. A...
12 September 2022
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Media reports from Cambridge say that rent protesters in the city are to demand the council employs staff dedicated to chasing...
30 August 2022
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Activists in the Acorn group is hoping to attract Labour councillors who run Leeds to a meeting next week, which will...
19 August 2022
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A warning has been issued that anyone wanting a mortgage in future may put their credit rating at risk if they...
10 August 2022
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The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to...
08 June 2022
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A points-based system of rent controls is being advocated by activists associated with a controversial pro-tenant group. Living Rent, which is calling...
20 April 2022
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Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...
12 April 2022
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A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...
07 April 2022
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Local media in Sheffield are reporting that the activist group Acorn must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...
06 April 2022
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The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...
24 March 2022
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One of the driving forces behind a summit being held to consider rent controls in a major city says she is...
16 February 2022
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Activists in the Acorn pro-tenant movement have sharply criticised the Green Party which runs Brighton council for allegedly failing to prosecute...
19 November 2021
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A landlord in Norwich has paid almost £1,000 in compensation following the discovery of black mould and damp in a property...
16 June 2021
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The tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent is planning a week of events to promote renters’ rights later this month. The campaign says...
03 June 2021
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A landlord has begun legal proceedings against a pressure group after being the victim of a four-month campaign of harassment. Lawyers acting...
26 May 2021
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A coalition of 20 pro-tenant organisations - including at least one actively campaigning against some government measures - wants a meeting...
17 May 2021
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The activists group Acorn, which has staged several anti-landlord demonstrations including some outside homes, is opposing a new Bill going through...
16 March 2021
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Activists from the Acorn campaign are pressing a council to get tough on landlords. Acorn has waged anti-landlord and anti-letting agent campaigns...
10 March 2021
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A group of anti-landlord activists has used an incident involving an estate agency publicity leaflet as a reason to accuse all...
27 January 2021
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The Acorn group of rental activists has created a detailed crib sheet of responses to a council consultation on landlord licensing. Acorn,...
07 December 2020
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Anti-eviction campaigners have confronted two landlords over an alleged planned eviction. Members of the Living Rent tenants union are pictured by the...
23 November 2020
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It’s being reported that a so-called ‘rental union’ group of activists has staged a protest outside a landlord’s own home. Acorn - a...
27 October 2020
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Housing charities want the government to extend the ban on landlords evicting renters beyond 20 September. Renters across England and Wales received...
11 September 2020
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Protestors fear that there will be a potential spike in homelessness in the near future despite the government’s U-turn on lifting...
25 August 2020
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Some of the UK’s largest tenants unions have joined forces to heap pressure on the government to suspend all rent immediately,...
13 May 2020
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Renters’ unions are calling on the government to suspend rents for the duration of the coronavirus crisis after new research found...
15 April 2020
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The government is under mounting pressure to consider doing more to protect tenants from the threat of eviction during the coronavirus pandemic,...
15 April 2020
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The government is under growing pressure to consider doing more to protect tenants from the threat of eviction during the coronavirus...
17 March 2020
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Carter Jonas, Marsh & Parsons and James Pendleton have become the latest letting agents to sign up to the Zero Deposit guarantee,...
12 March 2020
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Chestertons has become the latest letting agency to sign up to the Zero Deposit guarantee, a tenant’s deposit replacement product that...
26 September 2019
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Campaigners opposed to mortgage lenders allowing landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits tried to voice their discontent over the...
26 November 2018
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Croydon Council has become the first local authority to support calls to scrap the so-called ‘no fault’ evictions in order to...
10 October 2018
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We all know that buy-to-let landlords have a bad reputation, which is largely undeserved, but a growing anti-landlord movement would have...
29 November 2017
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A new ‘Rent with Confidence’ scheme, which features a list of approved landlords and letting agents, has been created by local...
11 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Santander continues to face the wrath of private tenants after it emerged last month that there is a clause in its...