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The National Residential Landlords Association has identified five key areas for its campaigning in the short term, as the Conservatives elect...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News

An activist group that campaigns against landlords has accused some of discriminating against tenants on the ground of their sexual orientation. Baroness...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The Baroness leading a renters’ pressure group wants to work with councils to push tenants’ rights. Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of Generation...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
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The Generation Rent group of activists says it has concerns over the broad proposals to allow landlords to charge for additional...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the highest profile advocates of widespread reform in the private rental sector has been Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of...
18 June 2022
From: Rental Reform

The support package to help combat soaring fuel bills and the cost of living crisis - introduced at the end of...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign group is accusing many landlords of failing to sell - despite having said they...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have called for the creation of a Landlord...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Activists claim that the number of evictions using Section 21 is actually in excess of the reported by government. Ministry of Justice...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Activists in Generation Rent have repeated once again their call for a rent freeze and yet another eviction ban. “Rents have been...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Contrary to recent figures from Zoopla and others, pointing to double-digit rental inflation in the past year, official statistics show the...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Activists have expressed their delight that the government has “listed to the voice of renters” in its provisions for widespread reform...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Activists from pressure groups and London-focussed tenants’ bodies have handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street asking the Prime Minister...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest attack on landlords by Generation Rent director Baroness Alicia Kennedy concerns insulation and household warmth. She claims a quarter of...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The government is reported to be considering extending the Right To Buy from just council tenants in England to housing association...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Activists in the Generation Rent group have made seven demands on government including a rent freeze, the clearing of tenants’ arrears,...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent is calling for a national rent freeze in the private sector for an unspecified period “for the duration of...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A survey by the activist group Generation Rent is asking a series of detailed questions of private tenants in the constituency...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Eddie Hughes MP has met with activists to discuss the government’s reform proposals for the private rental sector. They were...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
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The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
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In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...
12 March 2022
From: Rental Reform
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A Labour Mayor and a former Labour baroness have teamed up to call for rent freezes in London, claiming they slash...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent activist group has launched a lobbying campaign, giving a template letter for people to send to MPs ahead...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent claims private rental sector tenants are set to be most disadvantaged by the 54 per cent rise in the...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The activist group Generation Rent says it’s celebrating a victory in its campaign to secure a national mandatory landlord register. Newspaper leaks...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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The government is expected to announce the introduction of a national landlord register in England on Wednesday as part of its...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign group are urging the government to introduce what it calls “a winter truce” with no...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Despite dire warnings from Generation Rent, Shelter and other campaigners, it appears that the end of the eviction ban did NOT...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
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Labour has echoed campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction powers,...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News

An independent think-tank is the latest organisation wanting landlord licensing schemes across England plus a nationa landlord register, emulating similar schemes...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent activist group has repeated its call for a landlord register in England, saying it could mean more tax...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The activist group Generation Rent says the £65m package announced by the government over the weekend is not enough and must...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent has commented on the government’s Net Zero goals, involving phasing out boilers and introducing heat pumps into rental properties. While...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading market analyst says the looming threat of rent controls may be deterring landlords entering the buy to let sector,...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Shelter and Generation Rent have separately made a case for more cash help for tenants, claiming the current pandemic and energy...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists group Generation Rent is urging renters who have renewed their tenancy but not moved since May 2019 to check if...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
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The new Housing Secretary, Michael Gove, must remake the rental sector in a fairer and more stable form. That’s the view of...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A former member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet has thrown his weight behind Generation Rent’s latest campaign. Lloyd Russell-Moyle - chair of...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists including Generation Rent are to lobby MPs this afternoon, to complain against eviction notice periods in England reverting to pre-Covid...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists’ group Generation Rent says it’s to lobby MPs on Tuesday next week against the return of normal eviction notice periods...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists in Generation Rent are now making a new demand - that landlords must pay the moving costs of tenants when...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent group has renewed its attack on landlords who let properties to holidaymakers rather than long term tenants. The group...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Baroness leading the campaign group Generation Rent claims the official figure for evictions in the second quarter of this year...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has neared its 45,000-signature target over the weekend. Former...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The chief finance officer of a PropTech company says the effects of the stamp duty holiday on house prices must not...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a new call for all Section 24 evictions to be suspended until the passing of the Rental Reform Act -...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
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London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and the Baroness leading the Generation Rent campaign have called for powers to control rents. Khan claims...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Campaign group Generation Rent has issued an angry statement in response to the government’s decision to extend the eviction ban for...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark, the trade body for letting agents, has joined landlords in writing to junior housing minister Eddie Hughes to call for...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Activist group Generation Rent are telling tenants to use the slightest documentation error by landlords to avoid eviction. It claims as many...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign group says landlords are currently “able to evict tenants just for requesting repairs...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Tenant activist group Generation Rent says it’s working with five councils to find out more about private renters in those areas. The...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A coalition of 20 pro-tenant organisations - including at least one actively campaigning against some government measures - wants a meeting...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy of Generation Rent say the proposed reform of the private rental system must include a...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Tenant activist group Generation Rent is working with a council on a new consultation process - with a chance to win...
10 May 2021
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The growing debate over whether pets should be allowed in private rental property has attracted the attention of activists’ group Generation Rent. In...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

There are now 10 councils with licensing schemes covering more than 20 per cent of the rental market according to activists’...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent campaign group has entered the fray for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections which will be held in some...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign has made a sharp attack on section 21 notices. Baroness Alicia Kennedy says: “A Section 21...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A pressure group for tenants wants the next Mayor of London to win powers from the government to reduce rents, through a...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Only 39 rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with banning orders in the first three years of their existence. The...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A group of activists at the centre of campaigns for renters’ rights has claimed the police help landlords commit illegal acts. The London...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists in Generation Rent have hit out at the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. The government has extended this...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists are aiming to make the eviction ban a central theme in this spring’s local elections. In early May there are elections...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A rental activists’ campaign group wants tenancies reformed to allow tenants to claim back rent and “give tenants the confidence to...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The Budget has received short shrift from landlords and tenants, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak appeared to miss out the private rental...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has joined forces with tenant activists to demand the Chancellor gives financial support...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent campaign activists say 700,000 private tenants on Universal Credit cannot afford to pay their rent. The campaign - led by...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent has criticised the aspirations of some landlords who appear on the daytime BBC show Homes Under The Hammer. “The regular...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The Baroness leading the pressure group Generation Rent says the extension of the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions does not go far...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent campaign wants public cash in a Covid Rent Debt Fund to clear rent arrears for tenants who have run...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists in a rental reform coalition say court possession hearings should be halted as well as bailiff-led evictions. They say the stress...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Martin Lewis, the celebrity consumer rights campaigner behind MoneySavingExpert, has called upon the government to extend the current ban on bailiffs...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Activists from Shelter and Generation Rent have led the charge for a renewed eviction ban in the light of the latest...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent, the lobby group that tells the government how it thinks the lettings industry should operate, appears to have a...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Staff are being recruited by a coalition of groups campaigning for widespread restrictions on landlord powers in 2021. Called the Renters Reform...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent campaign wants the government to write off private renters’ arrears built up during the pandemic. And it has repeated...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest attack on landlords by the Generation Rent group of activists is from its deputy director and concerns mould. It comes in...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Labour-controlled Greater London Authority and 18 other groups of activists, charities and students have formed a new pro-renter coalition. Called the...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Pressure groups attacking landlords and letting agents are usually on the other side of the fence from property industry professionals but...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Activists in Generation Rent claim that a fifth of families in the lettings sector suffer a shortfall between benefits and rent. Using selected data...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The government’s announcement at the end of next week that almost no evictions would be possible before January 11 at the...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent says there should be a reinstatement of the eviction ban immediately, and appears to have been stung into the...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent Conservative supporter and expert in the private rental sector has posed an interesting question - is Boris Johnson trying...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent is calling for a furlough-type scheme aimed at helping tenants. The group says that following news of the four week...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent, the pressure group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, is tweeting advice to tenants on how to negotiate a lower...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A petition created by the Generation Rent group of activists and seeking a national landlord register appears to be struggling to...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent activists are back on the warpath, this time accusing councils of not doing enough - and sometimes nothing -...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent campaign says a mandatory landlord register is necessary - and would have stopped the actions of a rogue...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Concerns over a spike in evictions once the current ban is lifted are unfounded, according to the National Residential Landlords Association...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Thousands of renters face the prospect of losing their homes when the rental eviction ban lifts next month unless the government...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Thousands of tenants who have struggled to pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic face the prospect of losing their home when...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent has been criticised for claiming that homelessness could treble this year unless the government acts to help private renters. The...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new online calculator highlighting how much more rent landlords can make by letting to holidaymakers via Airbnb across a range...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

All the main political parties are targeting the Generation Rent vote ahead of a potential snap general election, at the expense...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Owning property is rapidly becoming the impossible dream in this country for many renters, especially when it comes to purchasing property...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Transport for London (TfL) has finally bowed to pressure from campaigners and announced a ban on adverts that promote short-term letting...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The English Private Landlord Survey shows that couples aged 25 - 49 make up the largest proportion of private renters, a...
16 September 2019
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Private landlords would be banned from above-inflation rent rises if Labour wins power after the next general election, according to a...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Hostmaker, which specialises in managing London properties put on to Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has apologised for causing controversy over...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

More than 8,300 Londoners have called on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to ban adverts ‘encouraging’ landlords to abandon long-term tenants for...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Private rental prices in the UK increased by 1.1% in the 12 months to February, according to the Office for National...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A new tech solution called Resooma Bills has been launched this morning to help make it easier for those living in...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Almost four out five tenants who own at least one animal have struggled to find pet-friendly accommodation, according to new research. The...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The government’s plan to introduce a ban on fees charged by landlords and letting agents is likely to come into force...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The government’s attempts to clampdown on rogue landlords have been branded ‘weak and pathetic’, partly due to the vast and complex...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

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...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Canopy, the UK property rental market app has teamed up with Rettie & Co. to trial RentPassport and DepositFree insurance at...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Recent changes in legislation, as part of government policy to encourage first-time buyers and owner-occupier purchases, have led to a tax...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

PropTech startup Goodlord, which offers cloud-based software to help letting agents, landlords and tenants manage the rental process, has raised £7m...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlords could potentially earn more than £850 extra a year in rental income by permitting their tenants to decorate their homes, according...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Close to half of private renters would like to see tenant deposits scrapped and replaced with deposit protection insurance, according to...
19 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The chances of a young adult owning a home in this country has dropped dramatically over the past two decades due...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A proposal to scrap Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, the clause which allows landlords to evict tenants without cause, would...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Property developers are looking to profit from the growing number of private renters by investing further in purpose-built rental accommodation. The Build...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The London Assembly Members yesterday agreed a unanimous motion calling on the Mayor of London to back a campaign to abolish...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Ideal Flatmate has closed its second round of funding, taking total investment in the company to £1.25m. The website, a compatibility-based flatmate...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlord licensing, a database of rogue landlords and improved rent controls are among some of the primary measures proposed by renters...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Home ownership is increasingly out of reach for young people without the bank of Mum and Dad, according to a new...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News

High house prices, inadequate savings and longer life expectancies mean a number of people will never be able to get a...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

As the letting fees ban looms ahead, it is clear that however it plays out we are seeing more and more...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The annual rate of house price growth increased to 2.5% in October, according to the latest figures, pushing homes further out...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Direct Line Group has announced that it has taken a 15% equity stake in Canopy, a rental market disruptor founded last...
03 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Renters in London face a five year delay in buying a home of their own if they leave savings in cash,...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A generation is being priced out of the housing market with homeownership levels set to fall further as younger people are...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A growing number of young British adults are giving up hope of ever owning their own property, fresh research shows. A startling...
03 August 2017
From: Breaking News

With almost 5.8 million households expected to be living in private rented accommodation within four years as homeownership and social renting...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Most single tenants renting privately in the capital are now paying more than half of their monthly salary on average to...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Young private renters are facing staggering new hurdles to simply live alone and make a decent wage, new research shows. Those attempting...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News

For both parties, a good landlord-tenant relationship is great for everyone involved, but that rapport can sometimes be ruined by ‘dishonest...
26 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The percentage of people in the UK who own their own home is currently falling, and not just because housing is...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Home ownership has dropped to its lowest level for more than 30 years, with high property prices leaving many people with...
03 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents in this country are now around half of tenants’ average take-home pay, according to a report on the state of...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Four in 10 people who rent a home expect to be renting a property for up to a decade; an attractive...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Some 73% of private renters conduct DIY at their own expense, with close to a quarter spending more than £500 in...
06 February 2017
From: Breaking News
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Private tenants can now verify a landlord's credentials for any UK rental opportunity following the launch of a new landlord checking...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A growing number of private renters are now older than 40, a fundamental shift over the past decade that reflects the...
21 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Renters now spend more than a third of their disposable income on rent across large parts of England, new research has...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The former president of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) is calling on the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, to consider...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News

High property prices and a lack of affordable homes continues to lock many would-be buyers out of the property market leaving...
23 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A new report from Halifax shows that delays in getting onto the housing ladder are leading to increasing worries about retirement...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Renters are publicly shaming their landlords over 'rip-off' rent prices in London in a new social media campaign. The hashtag #ventyourrent was...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent has renewed its calls for the government to ban letting agents from charging fees to tenants. The group’s ongoing research...
19 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A tenants’ campaign group claims the Starter Homes scheme will help just 200,000 first-timer buyers, leaving 2 million aspiring home owners...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A tenant is being pursued for damages to a rented property covered by her landlord’s insurance. The Telegraph has reported on the test...
09 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Campaign group Generation Rent is calling for tenants who are served notice to leave a property to be compensated by landlords. The...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News

London is off-limits to the average couple who want to start a family, according to research from Generation Rent. The group has...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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...
03 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Government has been accused of ignoring renters as it focuses on plans to increase owner occupation. Prime Minister David Cameron announced...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Landlords are potentially costing tenants significant sums of money by barring them from changing energy supplier. This is the claim from price...
24 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent has raised enough money to keep campaigning for private renters across the UK, amassing nearly £18,000 in donations. The organisation...
03 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham Council swooped on three addresses in east London last week as part of clamp down...
17 August 2015
From: Breaking News

London workers trying to save money on rent and travel costs should move to Bexley, research by Generation Rent suggests. Research by...
06 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Plans to force landlords to act as border control and potentially be jailed if they house illegal immigrants have met with...
04 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 2.5% in the 12 months to June 2015, according to...
03 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Campaign group Generation Rent has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £60,000 to keep the organisation going. The crowdfunding push follows an...
30 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The tiny number of landlord convictions is no deterrent to the worst landlords, Generation Rent has said, as it calls on...
27 July 2015
From: Breaking News

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

Opinions are split about whether limiting the amount of tax relief landlords can claim on mortgage interest payments will cause private...
10 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Experts warn that rents will rise after Chancellor George Osborne announced a cut in tax relief to landlords in the summer...
08 July 2015
From: Breaking News

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