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A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

The government is considering allowing renters to buy their first homes with just one per cent deposits, according  to press reports...

Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...

A pressure group claims the threat of being evicted makes tenants age more quickly.  Generation Rent claims there is a study by...

While many sections of the property industry welcome the change of tone in Rishi Sunak’s approach to green issues, one group...

The head of the tenants’ activist group Generation Rent started work in the role of director in mid-June - and has...

In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...

Activist group Generation Rent has thrown its weight behind the initiative by Home Secretary Suella Braverman to clampdown on so-called ‘sex...

The Generation Rent activist group says the government’s proposed clampdown on short let landlords does not go far enough. At the end...

The government will this week announce a new consultation on private rental sector energy efficiency - in particular, insulation. This will be...

Activist groups say landlords are being pressured by their letting agents into increasing rents. Generation Rent, led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, and...

Activist group Generation Rent says it’s not convinced about government proposals to increase regulation of holiday lets and short lets -...

The government is considering making home owners apply for planning consent if they wish to use a property for holiday lets. The...

One of the leaders of campaign group Generation Rent is claiming that some landlords “force” tenants out using Section 21 powers. Dan...

Activists in Generation Rent have repeated once again their call for a rent freeze and yet another eviction ban.  “Rents have been...

One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...

The activist group Generation Rent says it’s celebrating a victory in its campaign to secure a national mandatory landlord register. Newspaper leaks...

Generation Rent has commented on the government’s Net Zero goals, involving phasing out boilers and introducing heat pumps into rental properties. While...

Generation Rent has criticised the aspirations of some landlords who appear on the daytime BBC show Homes Under The Hammer.  “The regular...

The latest attack on landlords by the Generation Rent group of activists is from its deputy director and concerns mould. It comes in...

The rise in the number of buy-to-let landlords quitting the buy-to-let sector in response to a raft of tax and regulatory...

Close to half of private renters would like to see tenant deposits scrapped and replaced with deposit protection insurance, according to...

Landlord licensing, a database of rogue landlords and improved rent controls are among some of the primary measures proposed by renters...

High house prices, inadequate savings and longer life expectancies mean a number of people will never be able to get a...

Renters now spend more than a third of their disposable income on rent across large parts of England, new research has...

Generation Rent has raised enough money to keep campaigning for private renters across the UK, amassing nearly £18,000 in donations. The organisation...