In his latest criticism of landlords, the chief executive of Generation Rent says rent controls would protect “so many renters from...
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20 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Angela Rayner stops Mayor’s plan to impose rent controls on landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_1909455316(2)(1).jpg)
London Mayor Sadiq Khan appears to have lost his years-long fight to win the power to improve rent controls. Media reports over...
19 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent wants rent rises limited to lowest government data](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Generation Rent says it wants rent rises across the UK limited to the lowest of two official government statistics. In a statement...
16 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![At least 31,500 landlords sell in one year admits Generation Rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent group claims some 26,100 households in England faced homelessness as a result of receiving a Section 21 eviction...
09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Now Generation Rent is unhappy with university accommodation](/upload/images/shutterstock_479010166.jpg)
Only one in six on-campus University rooms in the UK affordable for students, the activist group Generation Rent claims. It says 17%...
08 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent voucher scheme to tempt renters to answer questions](/upload/images/shutterstock_2473742423.jpg)
Generation Rent and the Citizens Advice Bureau are offering up to £500 in incentives for renters to complete a questionnaire. Social media...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent says private rental sector size not a factor in affordability](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Metropolitan areas that have built more homes in relation to their population since 2015 are more likely to have seen rent...
01 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Bank Foundation to part-fund activists campaign group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 groups, fronted by Generation Rent - has announced that it is...
01 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Academics quiz landlords on bidding wars in private rental sector](/upload/images/shutterstock_2155787889.jpg)
Academics in a leading university have set up a project to probe so-called bidding wars in the private rental sector. Two figures...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Free rent for last two months of tenancy, demands renters group](/upload/images/shutterstock_2251240795(1).jpg)
An activist group supporting renters is calling for the final two months of a tenancy to be rent-free in a bid...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent claims ethnic minority tenants live in colder homes](/upload/images/shutterstock_1813500616.jpg)
Generation Rent research claims that minority ethnic communities are more likely to be living in colder homes that are more difficult...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter and Generation Rent demand rent controls in new Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The activists who were so influential in steering the shape of the Renters Reform Bill under the old Conservative government are...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent and trade union turn on “criminal landlords”](/upload/images/shutterstock_1723862413(2).jpg)
Activist group Generation Rent has produced a report in tandem with a trades union, focusing on key worker tenants - and...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activists demand immediate rent controls from Starmer government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
In a blog released within minutes of Sir Kier Starmer becoming Prime Minister, activist group Generation Rent calls for rent controls. It...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Starmer names minister to steer through Rental Reform Legislation](/upload/images/1%20shutterstock_1197102829.jpg)
Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...
06 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent chief's “horrendous exploitation” in search of a home](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The deputy chief executive of Generation Rent claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands of lettings agents. Dan Wilson Craw...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will Renters Get The Help They Need To Become Buyers?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentBuy-400x310(1).png)
Speculation is growing ahead of the General Election around how first-time buyers will fair, and if they’ll receive the support they...
22 June 2024
From: Agent Advice
![Activists send “warning” letter to Major Party Leaders](/upload/images/shutterstock_2288021991.jpg)
A letter from a coalition of pro-tenant groups has been sent to the leaders of the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Reform...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election Policies could Push Up Rents, warns leading analyst](/upload/images/shutterstock_1911445141.jpg)
A prominent economic analyst warns that many of the rental policies advocated by the major political parties in the General Election...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Pro-tenant activists slam Labour’s rental reform plans](/upload/images/shutterstock_1227135172(1).jpg)
Labour’s manifesto commitment to empower renters to challenge unreasonable rent increases has been slammed because it “would leave millions trapped in...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants Disadvantaged in Elections Compared to Landlords - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
One of the more unexpected claims from Generation Rent activists is that when it comes to democracy, tenants are disadvantaged compared...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Radical EPC Targets and Rent Controls are latest party pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyEfficiency_Savings-400x310.png)
Another raft of General Election pledges have been made to transform the private rental sector - this time from the Green...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent says landlords should share tax break with tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent activist group says the Conservative manifesto pledge to give a tax break to landlords selling to tenants should...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent quibbles over proposal for landlord register](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Generation Rent has raised detailed concerns about a proposal from the Liberal Democrats to introduce a national register of landlords. The Lib...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Left wing renter groups slam Labour for prioritising first time buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
The ink was hardly dry on Labour’s plan for a mortgage guarantee scheme for first time buyers before some left wing...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour upsets Generation Rent by prioritising first time buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent activist group has issued a statement appearing sharply critical of Labour’s first new policy on housing in the General...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activists use homelessness issue to demand new Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_1016671648(1).jpg)
The issue of homelessness and cost of temporary accommodation are being cited as reasons for a new version of the Renters...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent demands Labour make “all evictions discretionary”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
New demands from the Generation Rent group go much further than the original Renters Reform Bill in removing landlords’ rights. The group...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent says current eviction rules work “at a landlord’s whim”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
The chief executive of the Generation Rent group has made another attack on landlords who ask tenants to vacate properties. He says...
29 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
![Landlords Selling Up? Generation Rent says it makes no difference!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
The Generation Rent group of activists says it doesn’t matter if landlords sell up and leave the private rental sector. Appearing to...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![It’s War! Activist groups in conflict over Labour report and rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The fragile peace between different groups in the Renters Reform Coalition has ended in a dispute about a Labour-commissioned report on...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour Rental Sector Review launch with Generation Rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
The chief executive of Generation Rent is one of the speakers at the launch of a review of the private rental...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent wants landlords to pay if a tenant moves](/upload/images/shutterstock_1994745605.jpg)
The Generation Rent activist group has once again repeated its demand for a series of reforms surrounding the scrapping of Section...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent activists spurn Reform Bill olive branch from NRLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association has taken the unusual step of extending an olive branch to the activists who run the...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activists line up to criticise Renters Reform Bill amendments](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The Renters Reform Bill returns to the House of Commons today with activist groups critical of amendments put forward to reach...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activists claim Renters Reform Bill change will worsen Domestic Abuse](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
Generation Rent claims a proposed government amendment to the Renters Reform Bill may ‘trap’ victims of domestic abuse. Generation Rent - which...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![MPs return at last - Renters Reform Bill on the agenda](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
MPs return to the Commons today after a substantial Easter recess - and with progress on the Renters Reform Bill on...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill changes not as key as opponents claim - expert comment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Amendments to be made to the Renters Reform Bill when it returns to the Hoise of Commons next week won’t significantly...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![NRLA and Generation Rent daggers drawn over controversial report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Landlords and renters’ activists are at either end of the spectrum reacting to a controversial report on the private rental sector. Yesterday...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent turns rent control screw on election hopefuls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent activist group is placing its hopes for pro-renter policies on newly-elected Metro Mayors, who will be elected on...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove bringing Renters Reform Bill back to Commons in mid-April](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent claims rent control proposal still not tough enough](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NB%20-%20M%26P%20March%20blog%201%20-%20No%20budget%20boost%20from%20the%20Chancellor%20but%20it's%20not%20all%20doom%20and%20gloom.jpg)
The controversial proposal for permanent rent controls in Scotland, published just ahead of the Easter holiday, doesn’t go far enough for...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill shock for Generation Rent and Shelter](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters reform Bill, despite high profile PR campaigns about it from...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gift Vouchers for union members discussing with Generation Rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Members of the union UNISON who participate in round-table discussions with activist group Generation Rents are to receive gift vouchers for...
26 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
![MPs want Local Housing Allowance and other benefits updated annually](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
An all-party House of Commons committee is calling on Local Housing Allowance to be updated automatically and annually. LHA rates have been...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords ‘should only get lower tax if they sell with sitting tenants’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
An activist group is demanding that the lower Capital Gains Tax should apply only to landlords who sell with sitting tenants. In...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Newspaper claims Renters Reform Bill “on brink of collapse”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their views...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Did Generation Rent see a different Budget to the rest of us?](/upload/images/shutterstock_727850932.jpg)
In what may appear a surprise to almost everyone, the Generation Rent activist group has described yesterday’s Budget as a “giveaway...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![NRLA and Generation Rent argue over tax ahead of Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_2364963901.jpg)
In a final call on the Chancellor to help the private rental sector in today’s Budget, the National Residential Landlords Association...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Grab from landlords closely resembles Generation Rent advice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![NRLA accused of putting landlord profits before society’s interests](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...
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
![First Time Buyers fail to take hundreds of millions in cash help](/upload/images/shutterstock_159264155(1).jpg)
An analysis of government data suggests that potential first time buyers have failed to take advantage of literally hundreds of millions...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill compromise 'near' but activists re-ignite arguments](/upload/images/shutterstock_1723539217(2).jpg)
Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![What’s your view on tenants getting 99% mortgages?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Mortgage-400x310.png)
Rental sector and property industry views are split over the controversial idea of allowing first time buyers to put down a...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent backs building society’s holiday lets mortgage ban](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Generation Rent group has thrown its weight behind a ban on mortgages for holiday homes buyers - and its chief...
26 February 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
![Generation Rent wants rent controls to be election issue](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Generation Rent has yet again come out for rent control over the private sector - and wants it to be an...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activists slam Gove for being too soft on short let landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to restrict Airbnb-style short lets do not go far enough, a group of activists has said. Yesterday...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![“Seize bad landlords' properties” Generation Rent demands](/upload/images/shutterstock_1929449678.jpg)
Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent activists link Brownfield Homes with Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Generation Rent has given a qualified thumbs up to Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s ideas for homes on brownfield land. This week Gove...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activists in new bid to make Renters Reform Bill tougher on landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent asks: How Can You Stand By As We’re Turfed From Homes?](/upload/images/shutterstock_1386468416.jpg)
Generation Rent has launched a double-pronged attack on landlords and the government. The activist group claims that the latest possession statistics from...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent wades into issue of visas for fleeing Ukrainians](/upload/images/shutterstock_431846332(3).jpg)
The Generation Rent activist group says the government must “make it clear that landlords and letting agents can let homes to...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activists make string of demands about damp and mould](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent activist group has called for a series of reforms about damp and mould. It wants the reinstatement of energy...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters may become first time buyers with just one per cent deposit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
The government is considering allowing renters to buy their first homes with just one per cent deposits, according to press reports...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activist slams bank boss for telling buyers to save for deposits](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Budget - landlords have three weeks to give Hunt advice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
HM Treasury has opened its representations portal, meaning landlords - and anyone else - can submit their ideas for the next...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector rivals unite against Tory First Time Buyer plans](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Both sides of the rental divide have criticised Conservative proposals to boost housing demand while doing nothing about supply. Over the New...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental activists claim public support for radical five point 2024 wish list](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords intimidate tenants into not reporting faults, says Generation Rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent. It has this week issued a statement saying the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent boss in new attack on landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The chief executive of the Generation Rent ginger group has called on his former employer to make a case against landlords,...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists say they know rent levels two years from now](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPCs - Generation Rent and Labour Mayor slam landlords and government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
Generation Rent and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have jointly slammed landlords who do not improve the EPCs of their private rental...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour Mayor and Generation Rent buddy up for anti-mould campaign](/upload/images/shutterstock_2135683647(1).jpg)
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leader of activist group Generation Rent have teamed up for an anti-damp and mouldy...
01 December 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
![Shelter and Generation Rent accuse mortgage-free landlords of cashing in](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The two most aggressively pro-tenant activist bodies have accused landlords without mortgages of “cashing in.” According to a poll of more than...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters wield more electoral power - if they actually register to vote](/upload/images/shutterstock_415863730.jpg)
The growth of private renting in the past decade has given renters more political power, an activist group claims. Generation Rent’s analysis...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent makes race allegations after using fake profiles](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Minority ethnic people are more likely to be ignored when searching for private rental homes, a pressure group claims. Generation Rent claims...
09 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
![Surprise claim as activists say Section 21 makes tenants age more rapidly](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
A pressure group claims the threat of being evicted makes tenants age more quickly. Generation Rent claims there is a study by...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Nationalise private rental homes, demands new manifesto](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sunak has “let landlords off the hook” over EPC reform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
There’s been a strong personal attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak by anti-landlord activists over the subject of energy efficiency. The Generation...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill may not get Second Reading before King’s Speech](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he “cannot guarantee” that the Rental Reform Bill will get its Second Reading immediately after Parliament...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove ignores Renters Reform Bill at key conference speech](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Rental activists are up in arms because Housing Secretary Michael Gove failed to mention the Renters Reform Bill during his keynote...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove reveals the fate of Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given Conservative conference delegates an update on the Renters Reform Bill. Contrary to speculation, mostly from anti-landlord...
02 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
![Time for Renters to get the Recognition They Deserve](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The rise of ‘Generation Rent’ is well documented, along with the spiralling rent payments they are facing during a tightening cost...
30 September 2023
From: Lettings PropTech
![Generation Rent to run Rights Awareness Week next month](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Activists in the Generation Rent group are running what they call Renters’ Rights Awareness Week in the second half of October. “Whether...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent overheats about Sunak’s “cruel” EPC Backtrack](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
While many sections of the property industry welcome the change of tone in Rishi Sunak’s approach to green issues, one group...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent automates ‘protest’ letters to Tory and Labour MPs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1524802199%20protest(1).jpg)
The Generation Rent activist group is urging its supporters to email MPs to protest about delays in the parliamentary progress of...
20 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
![Generation Rent hopping mad over ‘missing’ Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
Activists in the Generation Rent campaign are complaining that the Renters Reform Bill hasn’t been placed ahead of other Parliamentary business...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent says Bank of England governor is fellow-traveller](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent group of activists says Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is on their side about Section 21 evictions. Bailey...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls would force a third of landlords to quit Buy To Let](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Over a third of private landlords would sell properties if rent controls were introduced in their area, according to a trade...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent Petition calls for holiday lets to be licensed by councils](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent campaign has launched a petition on its website to give councils power to license holiday lets. The campaign claims...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent wants special deal for tenants when landlords default](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
The Generation Rent group of activists has written an open letter to mortgage firm chief executives asking for special dispensation for...