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The Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign group is accusing many landlords of failing to sell - despite having said they...

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have called for the creation of a Landlord...

Activists claim that the number of evictions using Section 21 is actually in excess of the reported by government. Ministry of Justice...

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

Contrary to recent figures from Zoopla and others, pointing to double-digit rental inflation in the past year, official statistics show the...

Activists have expressed their delight that the government has “listed to the voice of renters” in its provisions for widespread reform...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

Activists from pressure groups and London-focussed tenants’ bodies have handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street asking the Prime Minister...

The latest attack on landlords by Generation Rent director Baroness Alicia Kennedy concerns insulation and household warmth. She claims a quarter of...

The government is reported to be considering extending the Right To Buy from just council tenants in England to housing association...

Activists in the Generation Rent group have made seven demands on government including a rent freeze, the clearing of tenants’ arrears,...

Generation Rent is calling for a national rent freeze in the private sector for an unspecified period “for the duration of...

A survey by the activist group Generation Rent is asking a series of detailed questions of private tenants in the constituency...

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

Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes MP has met with activists to discuss the government’s reform proposals for the private rental sector.  They were...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...

A Labour Mayor and a former Labour baroness have teamed up to call for rent freezes in London, claiming they slash...

The Generation Rent activist group has launched a lobbying campaign, giving a template letter for people to send to MPs ahead...

Generation Rent claims private rental sector tenants are set to be most disadvantaged by the 54 per cent rise in the...

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

The government is expected to announce the introduction of a national landlord register in England on Wednesday as part of its...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign group are urging the government to introduce what it calls “a winter truce” with no...

Despite dire warnings from Generation Rent, Shelter and other campaigners, it appears that the end of the eviction ban did NOT...

Labour has echoed campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction powers,...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

An independent think-tank is the latest organisation wanting landlord licensing schemes across England plus a nationa landlord register, emulating similar schemes...

The Generation Rent activist group has repeated its call for a landlord register in England, saying it could mean more tax...

The activist group Generation Rent says the £65m package announced by the government over the weekend is not enough and must...

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

A leading market analyst says the looming threat of rent controls may be deterring landlords entering the buy to let sector,...

Shelter and Generation Rent have separately made a case for more cash help for tenants, claiming the current pandemic and energy...

Activists group Generation Rent is urging renters who have renewed their tenancy but not moved since May 2019 to check if...

The new Housing Secretary, Michael Gove, must remake the rental sector in a fairer and more stable form. That’s the view of...

A former member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet has thrown his weight behind Generation Rent’s latest campaign. Lloyd Russell-Moyle - chair of...

Activists including Generation Rent are to lobby MPs this afternoon, to complain against eviction notice periods in England reverting to pre-Covid...

Activists’ group Generation Rent says it’s to lobby MPs on Tuesday next week against the return of normal eviction notice periods...

Activists in Generation Rent are now making a new demand - that landlords must pay the moving costs of tenants when...

The Generation Rent group has renewed its attack on landlords who let properties to holidaymakers rather than long term tenants.  The group...

The Baroness leading the campaign group Generation Rent claims the official figure for evictions in the second quarter of this year...

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has neared its 45,000-signature target over the weekend. Former...

The chief finance officer of a PropTech company says the effects of the stamp duty holiday on house prices must not...

There’s a new call for all Section 24 evictions to be suspended until the passing of the Rental Reform Act -...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign have called for powers to control rents. Khan claims...

Campaign group Generation Rent has issued an angry statement in response to the government’s decision to extend the eviction ban for...

Propertymark, the trade body for letting agents, has joined landlords in writing to junior housing minister Eddie Hughes to call for...

Activist group Generation Rent are telling tenants to use the slightest documentation error by landlords to avoid eviction. It claims as many...

The tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent is planning a week of events to promote renters’ rights later this month. The campaign says...

The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign group says landlords are currently “able to evict tenants just for requesting repairs...

Tenant activist group Generation Rent says it’s working with five councils to find out more about private renters in those areas. The...

A coalition of 20 pro-tenant organisations - including at least one actively campaigning against some government measures - wants a meeting...

Activists led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy of Generation Rent say the proposed reform of the private rental system must include a...

Tenant activist group Generation Rent is working with a council on a new consultation process - with a chance to win...

The growing debate over whether pets should be allowed in private rental property has attracted the attention of activists’ group Generation Rent. In...

There are now 10 councils with licensing schemes covering more than 20 per cent of the rental market according to activists’...

The Generation Rent campaign group has entered the fray for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections which will be held in some...

The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign has made a sharp attack on section 21 notices. Baroness Alicia Kennedy says: “A Section 21...

A pressure group for tenants wants the next Mayor of London to win powers from the government to reduce rents, through a...

Only 39 rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with banning orders in the first three years of their existence. The...

A group of activists at the centre of campaigns for renters’ rights has claimed the police help landlords commit illegal acts. The London...

Activists in Generation Rent have hit out at the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions.  The government has extended this...

Activists are aiming to make the eviction ban a central theme in this spring’s local elections. In early May there are elections...

A rental activists’ campaign group wants tenancies reformed to allow tenants to claim back rent and “give tenants the confidence to...

The Budget has received short shrift from landlords and tenants, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak appeared to miss out the private rental...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has joined forces with tenant activists to demand the Chancellor gives financial support...

Generation Rent campaign activists say 700,000 private tenants on Universal Credit cannot afford to pay their rent. The campaign - led by...

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

The Baroness leading the pressure group Generation Rent says the extension of the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions does not go far...

The Generation Rent campaign wants public cash in a Covid Rent Debt Fund to clear rent arrears for tenants who have run...

Activists in a rental reform coalition say court possession hearings should be halted as well as bailiff-led evictions. They say the stress...

Martin Lewis, the celebrity consumer rights campaigner behind MoneySavingExpert, has called upon the government to extend the current ban on bailiffs...

Activists from Shelter and Generation Rent have led the charge for a renewed eviction ban in the light of the latest...

Generation Rent, the lobby group that tells the government how it thinks the lettings industry should operate, appears to have a...

Staff are being recruited by a coalition of groups campaigning for widespread restrictions on landlord powers in 2021. Called the Renters Reform...

The Generation Rent campaign wants the government to write off private renters’ arrears built up during the pandemic. And it has repeated...

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

The Labour-controlled Greater London Authority and 18 other groups of activists, charities and students have formed a new pro-renter coalition. Called the...

Pressure groups attacking landlords and letting agents are usually on the other side of the fence from property industry professionals but...

Activists in Generation Rent claim that a fifth of families in the lettings sector suffer a shortfall between benefits and rent. Using selected data...

The government’s announcement at the end of next week that almost no evictions would be possible before January 11 at the...

Generation Rent says there should be a reinstatement of the eviction ban immediately, and appears to have been stung into the...

A prominent Conservative supporter and expert in the private rental sector has posed an interesting question - is Boris Johnson trying...

Generation Rent is calling for a furlough-type scheme aimed at helping tenants. The group says that following news of the four week...

Generation Rent, the pressure group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, is tweeting advice to tenants on how to negotiate a lower...

A petition created by the Generation Rent group of activists and seeking a national landlord register appears to be struggling to...

Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...

The Generation Rent campaign says a mandatory landlord register is necessary - and would have stopped the actions of a rogue...

Concerns over a spike in evictions once the current ban is lifted are unfounded, according to the National Residential Landlords Association...

Thousands of renters face the prospect of losing their homes when the rental eviction ban lifts next month unless the government...

Thousands of tenants who have struggled to pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic face the prospect of losing their home when...

Generation Rent has been criticised for claiming that homelessness could treble this year unless the government acts to help private renters. The...

A new online calculator highlighting how much more rent landlords can make by letting to holidaymakers via Airbnb across a range...

All the main political parties are targeting the Generation Rent vote ahead of a potential snap general election, at the expense...

Owning property is rapidly becoming the impossible dream in this country for many renters, especially when it comes to purchasing property...

Transport for London (TfL) has finally bowed to pressure from campaigners and announced a ban on adverts that promote short-term letting...

The English Private Landlord Survey shows that couples aged 25 - 49 make up the largest proportion of private renters, a...

Private landlords would be banned from above-inflation rent rises if Labour wins power after the next general election, according to a...

Hostmaker, which specialises in managing London properties put on to Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has apologised for causing controversy over...

More than 8,300 Londoners have called on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to ban adverts ‘encouraging’ landlords to abandon long-term tenants for...

Private rental prices in the UK increased by 1.1% in the 12 months to February, according to the Office for National...

A new tech solution called Resooma Bills has been launched this morning to help make it easier for those living in...

Almost four out five tenants who own at least one animal have struggled to find pet-friendly accommodation, according to new research. The...

The government’s plan to introduce a ban on fees charged by landlords and letting agents is likely to come into force...

The government’s attempts to clampdown on rogue landlords have been branded ‘weak and pathetic’, partly due to the vast and complex...

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...

Canopy, the UK property rental market app has teamed up with Rettie & Co. to trial RentPassport and DepositFree insurance at...

Recent changes in legislation, as part of government policy to encourage first-time buyers and owner-occupier purchases, have led to a tax...

Croydon Council has become the first local authority to support calls to scrap the so-called ‘no fault’ evictions in order to...

PropTech startup Goodlord, which offers cloud-based software to help letting agents, landlords and tenants manage the rental process, has raised £7m...

Landlords could potentially earn more than £850 extra a year in rental income by permitting their tenants to decorate their homes, according...

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

The chances of a young adult owning a home in this country has dropped dramatically over the past two decades due...

A proposal to scrap Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, the clause which allows landlords to evict tenants without cause, would...

Property developers are looking to profit from the growing number of private renters by investing further in purpose-built rental accommodation. The Build...

The London Assembly Members yesterday agreed a unanimous motion calling on the Mayor of London to back a campaign to abolish...

Ideal Flatmate has closed its second round of funding, taking total investment in the company to £1.25m. The website, a compatibility-based flatmate...

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

Home ownership is increasingly out of reach for young people without the bank of Mum and Dad, according to a new...

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

As the letting fees ban looms ahead, it is clear that however it plays out we are seeing more and more...

The annual rate of house price growth increased to 2.5% in October, according to the latest figures, pushing homes further out...

Direct Line Group has announced that it has taken a 15% equity stake in Canopy, a rental market disruptor founded last...

Renters in London face a five year delay in buying a home of their own if they leave savings in cash,...

A generation is being priced out of the housing market with homeownership levels set to fall further as younger people are...

A growing number of young British adults are giving up hope of ever owning their own property, fresh research shows. A startling...

With almost 5.8 million households expected to be living in private rented accommodation within four years as homeownership and social renting...

Most single tenants renting privately in the capital are now paying more than half of their monthly salary on average to...

Young private renters are facing staggering new hurdles to simply live alone and make a decent wage, new research shows.   Those attempting...

For both parties, a good landlord-tenant relationship is great for everyone involved, but that rapport can sometimes be ruined by ‘dishonest...

The percentage of people in the UK who own their own home is currently falling, and not just because housing is...

Home ownership has dropped to its lowest level for more than 30 years, with high property prices leaving many people with...

Rents in this country are now around half of tenants’ average take-home pay, according to a report on the state of...

Four in 10 people who rent a home expect to be renting a property for up to a decade; an attractive...

Some 73% of private renters conduct DIY at their own expense, with close to a quarter spending more than £500 in...

The pace of rental price growth in the UK slowed to 0.05% in the month to October from a rise of...

Private tenants can now verify a landlord's credentials for any UK rental opportunity following the launch of a new landlord checking...

A growing number of private renters are now older than 40, a fundamental shift over the past decade that reflects the...

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

The former president of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) is calling on the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, to consider...

High property prices and a  lack of affordable homes continues to lock many would-be buyers out of the property market leaving...

A new report from Halifax shows that delays in getting onto the housing ladder are leading to increasing worries about retirement...

Renters are publicly shaming their landlords over 'rip-off' rent prices in London in a new social media campaign. The hashtag #ventyourrent was...

Generation Rent has renewed its calls for the government to ban letting agents from charging fees to tenants.  The group’s ongoing research...

A tenants’ campaign group claims the Starter Homes scheme will help just 200,000 first-timer buyers, leaving 2 million aspiring home owners...

A tenant is being pursued for damages to a rented property covered by her landlord’s insurance. The Telegraph has reported on the test...

Campaign group Generation Rent is calling for tenants who are served notice to leave a property to be compensated by landlords.  The...

London is off-limits to the average couple who want to start a family, according to research from Generation Rent. The group has...

The mortgage director of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations has said that George Osborne’s clampdown on buy-to-let...

The Government has been accused of ignoring renters as it focuses on plans to increase owner occupation. Prime Minister David Cameron announced...

Landlords are potentially costing tenants significant sums of money by barring them from changing energy supplier.  This is the claim from price...

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

Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham Council swooped on three addresses in east London last week as part of clamp down...

London workers trying to save money on rent and travel costs should move to Bexley, research by Generation Rent suggests. Research by...

Plans to force landlords to act as border control and potentially be jailed if they house illegal immigrants have met with...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 2.5% in the 12 months to June 2015, according to...

Campaign group Generation Rent has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £60,000 to keep the organisation going. The crowdfunding push follows an...

The tiny number of landlord convictions is no deterrent to the worst landlords, Generation Rent has said, as it calls on...

House price rises and a shortage of social housing means that one in four households will be renting by 2015. That’s the...

Opinions are split about whether limiting the amount of tax relief landlords can claim on mortgage interest payments will cause private...

Experts warn that rents will rise after Chancellor George Osborne announced a cut in tax relief to landlords in the summer...

Tenant campaign group Generation Rent has announced that director Alex Hilton is stepping down from his role. He will be leaving the...

The Labour party has announced plans to reform the private rented sector should it come to power. It would introduce legislation to...