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05 December 2023
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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
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Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...
23 November 2023
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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

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
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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
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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
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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
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A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...
06 October 2023
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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
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he “cannot guarantee” that the Rental Reform Bill will get its Second Reading immediately after Parliament...
05 October 2023
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Rental activists are up in arms because Housing Secretary Michael Gove failed to mention the Renters Reform Bill during his keynote...
04 October 2023
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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
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The hardline activist group Acorn - part of the Renters Reform Coalition involving Generation Rent - now claims that some 600,000...
02 October 2023
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The rise of ‘Generation Rent’ is well documented, along with the spiralling rent payments they are facing during a tightening cost...
30 September 2023
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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

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
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The Generation Rent activist group is urging its supporters to email MPs to protest about delays in the parliamentary progress of...
20 September 2023
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A charity claims that apparent delays to the Renters Reform Bill, which has yet to get a Second Reading in the...
18 September 2023
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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
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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
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Over a third of private landlords would sell properties if rent controls were introduced in their area, according to a trade...
07 September 2023
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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
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The Generation Rent group of activists has written an open letter to mortgage firm chief executives asking for special dispensation for...
25 August 2023
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Generation Rent says Shelter has it right when it complains about evictions in the private rental sector. Earlier this week Shelter claimed...
24 August 2023
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London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Labour-supporting leader of the Generation Rent pressure group have starred in a lengthy social...
16 August 2023
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London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and activist group Generation Rent have issued a joint appeal for rent controls in the capital. Khan’s...
07 August 2023
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Activist group Generation Rent is now demanding a change to the Renters Reform Bill to help tenants with energy bills. The group...
04 August 2023
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Whereas it’s likely that every single landlord has seen higher costs over the past year, two out of five tenants have...
03 August 2023
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New research has uncovered what the organisations behind it call “shocking discrimination towards migrant communities” while they try to find places...
19 July 2023
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Activist group Generation Rent - which has demanded rent freezes, eviction bans and cash hand-outs to help tenants move now wants...
17 July 2023
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The head of the tenants’ activist group Generation Rent started work in the role of director in mid-June - and has...
14 July 2023
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After genteel protests from the Generation Rent ginger group and more pro-active protests from the Acorn group of rental activists, tomorrow...
07 July 2023
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A statement from activist group Generation Rent suggests there’s a connection between Section 21 and the period of time people rent...
04 July 2023
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A pressure group is calling on the government to introduce in-tenancy restrictions on how much rents can be raised, and claims...
20 June 2023
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The new director of Generation Rent, Ben Twomey, takes over from Baroness Alicia Kennedy this morning. A statement announcing his appointment earlier...
14 June 2023
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Activists who at one time appeared broadly happy with the pro-tenant Renters Reform Bill now appear to have changed their mind. Over...
13 June 2023
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The Generation Rent activist group claims holiday homes are eroding the supply of available properties in key tourist areas. It claims 80...
06 June 2023
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The Generation Rent campaign has given its support to a call by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to be given powers to...
26 May 2023
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Activists who until last week were focussing their campaigning on demanding the publication of the Renters Reform Bill have now announced...
23 May 2023
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In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...
17 May 2023
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Research conducted by activist group Generation Rent is claiming “shocking discrimination towards minority ethnic communities while navigating the private rental market.” The...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News

2023 could be a landmark year for the private rented sector if Michael Gove succeeds in his pursuit of reforming the...
13 May 2023
From: Rental Reform

Renters are being offered a 100 per cent mortgage by the Skipton Building Society - the first time such a product...
09 May 2023
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Labour will create a national landlord register to protect tenants from what the party calls “unscrupulous property owners.: Party leader Sir Kier...
02 May 2023
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Activist group Generation Rent has thrown its weight behind the initiative by Home Secretary Suella Braverman to clampdown on so-called ‘sex...
24 April 2023
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Both the Generation Rent activist group and London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan have issued a joint attack on private rental sector...
21 April 2023
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The Generation Rent activist group says the government’s proposed clampdown on short let landlords does not go far enough. At the end...
17 April 2023
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The Generation Rent campaign has criticised the current government for failing to increase energy efficiency standards in the private rental sector. A...
03 April 2023
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The new director of Generation Rent is Ben Twomey, who takes over from Baroness Alicia Kennedy on June 14. A statement from...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News

The government will this week announce a new consultation on private rental sector energy efficiency - in particular, insulation. This will be...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News

The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign is now calling for a Minister for Refugees. Baroness Alicia Kennedy makes the call...
17 March 2023
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Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the outgoing director of Generation Rent, is angry with Jeremy Hunt. The Baroness claims “the cost of living crisis...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News

Activist group Generation Rent is demanding that the government tighten regulations on damp and mould - and is tying this to...
15 March 2023
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Activist group Generation Rent has accused landlords of “silencing” private tenants who live in flats hit with damp and mould. The claim...
03 March 2023
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A coalition of tenant activists has called a Day of Action to protest at delays in the government’s rental reform agenda. The...
28 February 2023
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The Generation Rent group of activists is promoting a petition calling for private landlords to pay damages to tenants in some...
06 February 2023
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Interviews for the post of director of Generation Rent are scheduled to be held this month. The most recent holder of the...
03 February 2023
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The private rented sector has an important economic and social role to play across the country, according to a new report...
31 January 2023
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The Generation Rent campaign group is advertising for a new director - the role held in recent years by Alicia Kennedy,...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News

There are many misconceptions about the private rented sector, but a common one I hear is that it is the tenure...
07 January 2023
From: The Big Issues

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill did not even warrant a mention in a key speech yesterday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...
05 January 2023
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Activist groups say landlords are being pressured by their letting agents into increasing rents. Generation Rent, led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, and...
29 December 2022
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Half of private renters have faced a rent increase in the last year, it’s claimed. Activists in Generation Rent claims of those...
21 December 2022
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The Generation Rent campaign group says the latest English Housing Survey shows that 23 per cent of private rented homes fail...
19 December 2022
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Activist group Generation Rent says it’s not convinced about government proposals to increase regulation of holiday lets and short lets -...
07 December 2022
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Generation Rent has returned to the threat of rent-for-sex as it claims 200,000 female tenants could be offered discounted rent in...
06 December 2022
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BBC Three is to show a TV programme about tenants facing eviction after being served with Section 21s. It’s an independent production...
05 December 2022
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The government is considering making home owners apply for planning consent if they wish to use a property for holiday lets. The...
02 December 2022
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Activist group Generation Rent has started a petition calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to freeze private rents this winter. As part...
01 December 2022
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Despite a string of pledges on rental sector reform delivered in recent days by government ministers, including Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...
29 November 2022
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The leader of the Generation Rent activist group says that the shortage of homes to rent means no private sector tenant...
18 November 2022
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The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...
18 November 2022
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One of the leaders of campaign group Generation Rent is claiming that some landlords “force” tenants out using Section 21 powers. Dan...
15 November 2022
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Activists got reassurance from Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in the past, and have a supportive politician in the form of...
28 October 2022
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Generation Rent, the activist group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has given a warm welcome to the return of Michael Gove...
26 October 2022
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A Labour MP has written to the Housing Secretary demanding a timetable for the implementation of rental reform. Catherine West, MP for...
19 October 2022
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One of the many activist groups in the so-called Renters’ Reform Coalition has pledged to “train people across the country to...
13 October 2022
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The government’s latest U-turn on Section 21 evictions powers - which it now says WILL be abolished, following earlier leaks that...
13 October 2022
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The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...
12 October 2022
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The government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...
11 October 2022
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As I write this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has gone back on his mini budget plan to abolish the 45p...
08 October 2022
From: The Big Issues

The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...
26 September 2022
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Generation Rent, the activist group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, is staging a Renters Rights Awareness week in October. It was originally...
20 September 2022
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MPs are to have another opportunity to debate possible restrictions on the number of so-called party houses let from AirBnb and...
15 September 2022
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Both Shelter and Generation Rent have paused their campaigning on social media for the duration of national mourning for The Queen. A...
12 September 2022
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* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Agents are warning that...
09 September 2022
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The National Residential Landlords Association and the Generation Rent activist group both give evidence today to MPs as they begin a...
05 September 2022
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Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent group, is warning that millions of tenants may not be able to pay...
26 August 2022
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Campaign group Generation Rent is staging a Renters’ Rights Awareness Week from September 17 to 22 inclusive. “Whether you’re new to renting,...
19 August 2022
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New government figures show 3,405 households in the private rented sector were evicted by bailiffs in England between April and June this year...
15 August 2022
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Generation Rent is promoting another rent freeze campaign. In a short series of tweets, and in relation to the predicted energy price...
11 August 2022
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A warning has been issued that anyone wanting a mortgage in future may put their credit rating at risk if they...
10 August 2022
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A job at the Generation Rent campaign group is being advertised on a site dedicated to jobs working for MPs. The post...
09 August 2022
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Generation Rent, which typically attacks all landlords and especially those involved in buy to let, has instead focussed its latest social...
20 July 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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...