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![Crimestoppers’ advice to landlords about energy theft by tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Crimestoppers’ figures reveal that there have already been 6,058 reports on suspicions of energy theft so far this year (January –...
24 August 2024
From: Agent Advice
![Crimestoppers advises tenants about landlords stealing energy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A Crimestoppers campaign is advising tenants on - in its words - “how to spot if your landlord is stealing energy.” The...
13 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter renews demand for government to scrap Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter says the loss of a private tenancy remains “the leading trigger of homelessness accounting for more than one...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Charity back on warpath about private rental standards](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Citizens Advice has made further criticisms of the private rental sector and landlords. At the start of the year a spokesperson accused...
26 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government warned not to allow ‘backdoor evictions’ when S21 goes](/upload/images/shutterstock_2039879495.jpg)
The government has been warned by a charity not to weaken its commitment to scrapping Section 21 by allowing ‘backdoor evictions’...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Farage ’will reverse S24 Landlord Tax Change within 100 days’](/upload/images/shutterstock_2359406599.jpg)
Nigel Farage has pledged that his Reform UK party would reverse the Section 24 landlord tax changes within 100 days. Section 24...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter complains of high private rents - but has an alternative](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims social rents are 64% more affordable than private rents, with social tenants in England having to pay...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Right To Buy set to slash housing stock still further - warning](/upload/images/shutterstock_730204513.jpg)
England’s dwindling social housing stock is poised to plummet by an additional 189,000 properties through the controversial Right to Buy scheme...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![They Think It’s All Over - renter activists unhappy about Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
In theory the Renters Reform Bill could become law if government and opposition agree to prioritise it in the few remaining...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Now a cat charity complains about landlords’ S21 and no-pets policies](/upload/images/shutterstock_2222432027.jpg)
A cat charity claims it takes in an average of three cats daily because of landlords using Section 21 powers to...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Soaring interest rates claim more landlords as possessions rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
New figures from the Ministry of Justice show how hard interest rate rises are hitting landlords. Compared to the same quarter in...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter offers high salary to fill ‘Activism and Advocacy’ post](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Charity Shelter is advertising for the post of ‘Assistant Director: Activism and Advocacy’ - with the postholder charged with supporting “...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter claims evictions cost tenants £669 on average](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
Renters allegedly pay £669 in un-recoverable costs for each ‘unwanted’ move as a result of eviction, claims campaigning charity Shelter. It says...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for “sentencing guidelines” to punish landlords over licensing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A charity is calling for landlord licensing schemes which cost enough to fund annual inspections, and the issuing of “sentencing guidelines”...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Older Renters’ group takes up Generation Rent’s demands](/upload/images/shutterstock_2010700313.jpg)
A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Energy Theft is ticking time bomb for rental sector - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2341720917.jpg)
Anonymous reports of energy theft have skyrocketed by 62% since 2021, Crimestoppers’ figures reveal. In 2023 alone, the charity received 11,552 reports...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove urged to force landlords into deals with tenants in arrears](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
A string of debt advice charities want Housing Secretary Michael Gove to go well beyond merely banning Section 21 in a...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Pet-owning tenants ‘cause less damage than non-owners’ - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/DogsandCats-400x310.png)
Landlords are being accused by academics of under-estimating the cost of allowing pets, and under-estimating their financial benefits. A new report commissioned...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Khan funds group “intervening on the doorstep” at evictions](/upload/images/shutterstock_1324745120.jpg)
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent: homeless data shows “whole new level of horror”](/upload/images/shutterstock_270470528(1).jpg)
Activist group Generation Rent has described the latest homelessness data from the government as showing “a whole new level of horror.” It...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Countryside campaigners back Gove on short lets clampdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Last week Housing Secretary Gove announced...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landmark joint session between NRLA and homelessness charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association will jointly host a networking and information session with homelessness charity Crisis. It will take place on...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter campaigns chief to be paid over £100,000](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter - which has frequently been critical of landlords and their alleged treatment of poorer tenants - is advertising...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![The Sneaky Seven - more expert tax info for landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...
27 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Shelter links with High Street bank to campaign on housing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
HSBC bank is working with Shelter on housing campaigns. A statement from the charity says: “With support from partners including HSBC UK,...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Free Renters Reform Bill teach-in for landlords of students](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
As the Renters Reform Bill heads towards the House of Lords, a free webinar is targeting landlords operating in the student...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Section 21: Rental sector supplier hits back at Citizens Advice claims](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A rental sector insurance firm has hit back at claims made about Section 21 by the charity Citizens Advice. A spokesperson for...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Citizens Advice claims landlords evict tenants “to avoid doing repairs”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
A spokesperson for the Citizens Advice charity has claimed at a public meeting that private landlords serve Section 21 notices on...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMRC Self-Assessment Helpline slammed for not helping callers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-SelfAssessment-400x310.png)
A business consultancy claims the HMNRC Self-Assessment helpline - set up to assist those compiling and filing tax returns as the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter boss says “skyrocketing rents” are cause of homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter is blaming “skyrocketing rents” for a crisis of homelessness. As part of an appeal for...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter’s Renters Reform Bill petition nears target threshold](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is nearing a controversial signature threshold in its petition about the Renters Reform Bill. It now has over 123,000 of...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Slap taxes on short lets and holiday homes, urges countryside charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter wants Local Housing Allowance rise now, not in April](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hunt’s dramatic Local Housing Allowance move not enough for activists](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax grab soars as Chancellor ponders Autumn Statement giveaway](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
There may be tax cuts in today’s Autumn Statement if government-fuelled rumours are to be believed - but there’s been a...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter goes on warpath ahead of festive fundraising campaign](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity repeats claim scrapping S21 will reduce homelessness](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
A charity is suggesting that if only the government got on with abolishing S21 eviction powers, homelessness would be eased. Crisis -...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter claims s21 eviction court proceedings hit seven-year high](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Court-Fine-400x310.jpg)
New Ministry of Justice data shows that between July and September 8,399 landlords in England started Section 21 no fault eviction...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council declares Housing Emergency ‘with private rents partly to blame’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Electrical Checks - new guidance launched for landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
New guidance has been launched on how to conduct thorough electrical safety checks on private rentals, and how to report any...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords challenge Shelter and allies to explain social media claims](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Claims on social media by a leader of the Renters Reform Coalition - who is also a contributor to a Labour-supporting website...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pet charity insists Renters Reform Bill must become law rapidly](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Property-court-400x310.png)
Battersea, the charity behind the Pet Friendly Properties campaign, says the Renters Reform Bill must become law as soon as possible. Battersea...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Date set for Renters Reform Bill next stage](/upload/images/shutterstock_1245681568.jpg)
The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from the Financial Times...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hardline activists claim over 600,000 evictions using Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The hardline activist group Acorn - part of the Renters Reform Coalition involving Generation Rent - now claims that some 600,000...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords should offer ‘easy repayment’ arrears, says charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
A new poll from the StepChange Debt Charity claims that over a third of private renters have used some form of...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Older tenants distraught at Renters Reform Bill delay - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A charity claims that apparent delays to the Renters Reform Bill, which has yet to get a Second Reading in the...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should Landlords Be Given Buy To Let Mortgage Support?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...
16 September 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![Bank accuses landlords of evicting older tenants in record numbers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The Co-Op Bank, which is leading a campaign alongside charity Shelter, claims a Section 21 notice is presented to an older...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists use Shelter campaign to renew Section 21 call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Generation Rent says Shelter has it right when it complains about evictions in the private rental sector. Earlier this week Shelter claimed...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter claims many renters are ‘one cheque from homelessness’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that half the working private renters in England have too little saved to pay rent for more...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity acknowledges that landlords need help to keep homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
A charity has acknowledged that landlords need help to keep their homes, and in turn continue to provide much-needed homes in...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homelessness charity boss reported to be on £189,000](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blames Section 21 for increasing homelessness](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
New government figures show 79,840 households faced homelessness in England between January and March 2023 – the highest number on record. Now...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock for ‘charity landlord’ hit with enormous fine](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
Nirpaul Riat’s career as a rogue landlord has ended after judges in London fined him £300,000 following two decades of managing...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Co-Op Bank joins Shelter in new anti-eviction campaign](/upload/images/shutterstock_1227135172.jpg)
Campaigning charity Shelter has won the backing of the Co-Op Bank for a new anti-eviction drive. The bank has funded Shelter research...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![At Last! Rogue Landlords to be driven from Supported Housing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
The Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill has passed its third reading in the House of Lords and is set to become law...
24 June 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Government must help private tenants, charity demands](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
A charity is warning that growing numbers of private tenants are likely to have difficulties keeping up with their financial commitments. The...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords accused of using rent rises as 'backdoor evictions'](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
A charity claims some landlords are using what it calls “excessive” rent rises to effectively evict tenants. Citizens Advice says the Renters...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords hire fake bailiffs to get tenants out, claims charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
A charity is reported to be claiming that increasing numbers of landlords use security guards dressed as bailiffs to help evict...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Private renters twice as likely to be in problem debt](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
A charity claims that private renters are about twice as likely as the general population to be in problem debt. StepChange, via...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter and Crisis make new claims about Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
A charity claims that landlords across England and Wales are seeking to evict tenants using Section 21 powers at a higher...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should illegally evicted tenants get damages from landlords?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
A study of almost four years of cases reported to Citizens Advice has suggested that illegal eviction and landlord harassment are...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Braverman clampdown on sex-pest landlords with new law](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
A new law is being considered to crack down on predatory landlords exploiting vulnerable people for sex in return for free...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top Tories and Shelter release blueprint for rental reform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
A Conservative-leaning think tank and campaigning charity Shelter have released a book of essays on renting and housing. A statement from Bright...
04 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter claims more evictions for tenants who demand repairs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
Shelter claims that private renters who complained to their landlord, letting agent or local council in the last three years were...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![IKEA teams up with Shelter to highlight homelessness issue](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
Flat-pack furniture giant IKEA has teamed up with campaigning charity Shelter to highlight the issue of homelessness. The Scandinavian firm, citing Shelter’s...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords should pay more to avoid mould and damp - charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Mould-400x310.png)
A charity wants the government to be tougher with private landlords over issues like damp and mould. Citizens Advice claims that its research...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords ‘must accept Pets in Lets’ - campaign begins](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/DogsandCats-400x310.png)
Two of the UK’s highest profile animal welfare organisations want the government to introduce better protection for responsible tenants with pets. Dogs...
08 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council using charity to chase landlords to boost EPCs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
A federation of charities wants landlords and tenants to get in touch to discuss energy efficiency in private rental properties. ‘Groundwork’ is...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax Self-Assessment: Top Tips for a Last-Minute Return](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-SelfAssessment-400x310.png)
Landlords making self-assessment tax returns may already be starting to sweat - the deadline is midnight on January 31. Overall - landlords...
21 January 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![Shelter management cave in finally ends pay dispute](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Protest-400x310.png)
Shelter’s controversial management appears to have given in to pay demands in order to end a high-profile strike by the campaigning...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter claims over 250,000 homeless in England alone](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that “at least” 271,000 are homeless in England alone. The figure - compiled from a Freedom of Information...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter Strike - union balloting charity staff on next step](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
A strike by members of Unite, employed by the charity Shelter, has been suspended pending a ballot on a new pay...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Surprise link between landlords and charity opposing Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
They have taken differing views on Section 21 powers but now the National Residential Landlords Association and homelessness charity Crisis have...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists turn on “derisory” Shelter management](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Charity claims 15% of private renters “face eviction this winter”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
A charity claims 15 per cent of private renters believe they face eviction this winter. Homelessness charity Crisis polled 2,000 people -...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why doesn’t Shelter use its millions to pay its staff more?](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Over 600 workers at the campaigning charity Shelter have started a fortnight of strike action in what the trades union Unite calls...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter makes new claims on arrears and eviction threats](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that last month 482,000 private renters were behind on their rent. It also claims that 504,000 people have...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![How Landlords Can Minimise Inheritance Tax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
New figures from HMRC this week show that the Treasury raked in another £4.1 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the...
26 November 2022
From: Tax & Finance
![Shelter claims dramatic rise in Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
Shelter claims government figures show 5,940 households were “threatened with homelessness” in England as a result of Section 21 evictions between April...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Charity claims rent rises contribute to homelessness problem](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-400x310.png)
The charity Crisis says rising rents are a contributing factor to the homelessness crisis. The comment come as new data from the...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Housing Benefit Bombshell - will freeze lead to soaring arrears?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform Now! Charity wants help for tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-2-400x310.png)
Crisis, the homelessness charity, is demanding financial and legislative help for tenants. Matt Downie, Crisis chief executive, says: “This is a time of...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter signs Christmas funding deal with Marks & Spencer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/Christmas-1-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is warning this winter could be one of the toughest yet - and it claims high rents are...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords accused of discrimination by charity and council](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Richmond council in London is joining forces with the charity Citizens Advice to help stop what it calls ‘discrimination’ against renters...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb accused of using charity to disguise housing market damage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
The charity Action on Empty Homes, which is mounting a campaign against short let properties, has attacked Airbnb for making a...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists welcome 'friend' Michael Gove into housing hot seat](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
Generation Rent, the activist group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has given a warm welcome to the return of Michael Gove...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb charm offensive goes on with huge charity donation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
Airbnb has made a £1.25m donation to English Heritage, supporting the charity’s conservation and repair of historic houses, castles, abbeys and...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter teams up with bank to offer “renter support initiative”](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is partnering with HSBC’s First Direct bank to provide what it calls its first “renter support initiative” called...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Angry activists accuse Truss of Section 21 betrayal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter wants Truss and Starmer to take rental reform seriously](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Private renting voters could be critical in deciding the outcome of the next General Election, according to Shelter. The campaigning charity -...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shamplina Speaks - Rent Rises: what's happening on the ground?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PaulShamplinaLandlordTodayLogo-400x310.jpg)
As I write this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has gone back on his mini budget plan to abolish the 45p...
08 October 2022
From: The Big Issues
![Probe launched into national landlord register and council licensing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
An organisation that describes itself as ‘politically independent and a charity’ is launching a probe into how further regulation could help...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter to hear from MP demanding register of Airbnb hosts](/upload/images/library/shelter-logo400x310.png)
The charity Shelter is organising a fringe meeting at next week’s Conservative party conference, with a prominent campaigner for a mandatory...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour criticises Budget for not including rent freeze](/upload/images/library/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands more cash for tenants facing rent rise “timebomb”](/upload/images/library/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter claims that almost 1.1m private renters in England – one in seven – had their rent increased in the last...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Take That! Landlords hit back at Shelter’s latest claims](/upload/images/library/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
Landlords have hit back at claims made by Shelter overnight, suggesting that one in seven private tenants in the UK have...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Low-income tenants face ‘housing black hole’ says Zoopla](/upload/images/library/LoudSpeaker-1-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...