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In his latest criticism of landlords, the chief executive of Generation Rent says rent controls would protect “so many renters from...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan appears to have lost his years-long fight to win the power to improve rent controls. Media reports over...

Generation Rent says it wants rent rises across the UK limited to the lowest of two official government statistics. In a statement...

The Generation Rent group claims some 26,100 households in England faced homelessness as a result of receiving a Section 21 eviction...

Only one in six on-campus University rooms in the UK affordable for students, the activist group Generation Rent claims.  It says 17%...

Generation Rent and the Citizens Advice Bureau are offering up to £500 in incentives for renters to complete a questionnaire. Social media...

Metropolitan areas that have built more homes in relation to their population since 2015 are more likely to have seen rent...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 groups, fronted by Generation Rent - has announced that it is...

Academics in a leading university have set up a project to probe so-called bidding wars in the private rental sector.  Two figures...

An activist group supporting renters is calling for the final two months of a tenancy to be rent-free in a bid...

Generation Rent research claims that minority ethnic communities are more likely to be living in colder homes that are more difficult...

The activists who were so influential in steering the shape of the Renters Reform Bill under the old Conservative government are...

Activist group Generation Rent has produced a report in tandem with a trades union, focusing on key worker tenants - and...

In a blog released within minutes of Sir Kier Starmer becoming Prime Minister, activist group Generation Rent calls for rent controls. It...

Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...

The deputy chief executive of Generation Rent claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands of lettings agents.  Dan Wilson Craw...

Speculation is growing ahead of the General Election around how first-time buyers will fair, and if they’ll receive the support they...

A letter from a coalition of pro-tenant groups has been sent to the leaders of the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Reform...

A prominent economic analyst warns that many of the rental policies advocated by the major political parties in the General Election...

Labour’s manifesto commitment to empower renters to challenge unreasonable rent increases has been slammed because it “would leave millions trapped in...

One of the more unexpected claims from Generation Rent activists is that when it comes to democracy, tenants are disadvantaged compared...

Another raft of General Election pledges have been made to transform the private rental sector - this time from the Green...

The Generation Rent activist group says the Conservative manifesto pledge to give a tax break to landlords selling to tenants should...

Generation Rent has raised detailed concerns about a proposal from the Liberal Democrats to introduce a national register of landlords.  The Lib...

The ink was hardly dry on Labour’s plan for a mortgage guarantee scheme for first time buyers before some left wing...

The Generation Rent activist group has issued a statement appearing sharply critical of Labour’s first new policy on housing in the General...

The issue of homelessness and cost of temporary accommodation are being cited as reasons for a new version of the Renters...

New demands from the Generation Rent group go much further than the original Renters Reform Bill in removing landlords’ rights. The group...

The chief executive of the Generation Rent group has made another attack on landlords who ask tenants to vacate properties. He says...

In theory the Renters Reform Bill could become law if government and opposition agree to prioritise it in the few remaining...

The Generation Rent group of activists says it doesn’t matter if landlords sell up and leave the private rental sector. Appearing to...

The fragile peace between different groups in the Renters Reform Coalition has ended in a dispute about a Labour-commissioned report on...

The chief executive of Generation Rent is one of the speakers at the launch of a review of the private rental...

The Generation Rent activist group has once again repeated its demand for a series of reforms surrounding the scrapping of Section...

The National Residential Landlords Association has taken the unusual step of extending an olive branch to the activists who run the...

The Renters Reform Bill returns to the House of Commons today with activist groups critical of amendments put forward to reach...

Generation Rent claims a proposed government amendment to the Renters Reform Bill may ‘trap’ victims of domestic abuse. Generation Rent - which...

MPs return to the Commons today after a substantial Easter recess - and with progress on the Renters Reform Bill on...

Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...

Landlords and renters’ activists are at either end of the spectrum reacting to a controversial report on the private rental sector. Yesterday...

The Generation Rent activist group is placing its hopes for pro-renter policies on newly-elected Metro Mayors, who will be elected on...

The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...

The controversial proposal for permanent rent controls in Scotland, published just ahead of the Easter holiday, doesn’t go far enough for...

The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters reform Bill, despite high profile PR campaigns about it from...

Members of the union UNISON who participate in round-table discussions with activist group Generation Rents are to receive gift vouchers for...

A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

An all-party House of Commons committee is calling on Local Housing Allowance to be updated automatically and annually. LHA rates have been...

An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their views...

In what may appear a surprise to almost everyone, the Generation Rent activist group has described yesterday’s Budget as a “giveaway...

In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...

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

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

Activist group Generation Rent has described the latest homelessness data from the government as showing “a whole new level of horror.” It...

An analysis of government data suggests that potential first time buyers have failed to take advantage of literally hundreds of millions...

Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...

Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...

The Generation Rent group has thrown its weight behind a ban on mortgages for holiday homes buyers - and its chief...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Last week Housing Secretary Gove announced...

Generation Rent has yet again come out for rent control over the private sector - and wants it to be an...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to restrict Airbnb-style short lets do not go far enough, a group of activists has said. Yesterday...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...

Generation Rent has given a qualified thumbs up to Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s ideas for homes on brownfield land. This week Gove...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...

Generation Rent has launched a double-pronged attack on landlords and the government. The activist group claims that the latest possession statistics from...

The Generation Rent activist group says the government must “make it clear that landlords and letting agents can let homes to...

The Generation Rent activist group has called for a series of reforms about damp and mould. It wants the reinstatement of energy...

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

The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...

HM Treasury has opened its representations portal, meaning landlords - and anyone else - can submit their ideas for the next...

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

The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...

Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent.  It has this week issued a statement saying the...

The chief executive of the Generation Rent ginger group has called on his former employer to make a case against landlords,...

Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...

Generation Rent and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have jointly slammed landlords who do not improve the EPCs of their private rental...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leader of activist group Generation Rent have teamed up for an anti-damp and mouldy...

Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...

The two most aggressively pro-tenant activist bodies have accused landlords without mortgages of “cashing in.” According to a poll of more than...

The growth of private renting in the past decade has given renters more political power, an activist group claims. Generation Rent’s analysis...

Minority ethnic people are more likely to be ignored when searching for private rental homes, a pressure group claims. Generation Rent claims...

Claims on social media by a leader of the Renters Reform Coalition - who is also a contributor to a Labour-supporting website...

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

A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...

There’s been a strong personal attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak by anti-landlord activists over the subject of energy efficiency. The Generation...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he “cannot guarantee” that the Rental Reform Bill will get its Second Reading immediately after Parliament...

Rental activists are up in arms because Housing Secretary Michael Gove failed to mention the Renters Reform Bill during his keynote...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given Conservative conference delegates an update on the Renters Reform Bill. Contrary to speculation, mostly from anti-landlord...

The hardline activist group Acorn - part of the Renters Reform Coalition involving Generation Rent - now claims that some 600,000...

The rise of ‘Generation Rent’ is well documented, along with the spiralling rent payments they are facing during a tightening cost...

Activists in the Generation Rent group are running what they call Renters’ Rights Awareness Week in the second half of October.   “Whether...

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

The Generation Rent activist group is urging its supporters to email MPs to protest about delays in the parliamentary progress of...

A charity claims that apparent delays to the Renters Reform Bill, which has yet to get a Second Reading in the...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign are complaining that the Renters Reform Bill hasn’t been placed ahead of other Parliamentary business...

The Generation Rent group of activists says Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is on their side about Section 21 evictions. Bailey...

Over a third of private landlords would sell properties if rent controls were introduced in their area, according to a trade...

The Generation Rent campaign has launched a petition on its website to give councils power to license holiday lets.  The campaign claims...

The Generation Rent group of activists has written an open letter to mortgage firm chief executives asking for special dispensation for...

Generation Rent says Shelter has it right when it complains about evictions in the private rental sector. Earlier this week Shelter claimed...