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![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
![Confirmed - Labour's new Renters Rights Bill is on its way](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Bank launches bid to become major player in rental sector](/upload/images/shutterstock_2465402685.jpg)
Lloyds Bank - already a player of growing importance in the Build To Rent niche - is now to publish what...
16 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
![Council wants private landlords to help solve its homelessness crisis](/upload/images/shutterstock_270470528(2).jpg)
A council has thanked private landlords who have helped it cope with a homelessness crisis - but it says it wants...
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
![NRLA slams politicians for complete silence on key private rental issue](/upload/images/shutterstock_2410117505.jpg)
The NRLA has slammed politicians in all major parties for their silence on one of the biggest issues for the private...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Young people more worried about risk of homelessness - survey](/upload/images/shutterstock_270470528(1).jpg)
More than one in four young people are worried that they or someone they know will become homeless in the next...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![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
![New Labour Manifesto hints at Rent Controls in Scotland](/upload/images/shutterstock_2258236095.jpg)
A manifesto just released by the Labour Party and dedicated to Scotland hints at ent controls. In recent years Labour has backed...
19 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
![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
![Homelessness fear haunts a third of private renters, new poll suggests](/upload/images/shutterstock_1016671648(1).jpg)
More than one in five people in the UK fear they or someone they know could be homeless in the next...
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
![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
![Rental Manifesto Wishlist - one letting agent chief's demands](/upload/images/shutterstock_1620606382.jpg)
Fiscal reform for the private rented sector We’ve already seen some landlords leaving the private rented sector because of substantially increased taxes....
08 June 2024
From: Agent Advice
![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
![Another Labour council launching huge expansion of licensing scheme](/upload/images/shutterstock_1937885968(1).jpg)
From July 1 most privately rented properties in Lewisham, south London, will need a property licence. With one in four households in...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour activist demanding Airbnb clampdown dropped by party](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A Labour councillor who has wanted restricted rights for buy to let landlords and short let hosts has been dropped as...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter complains of high private rents - but has an alternative](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims social rents are 64% more affordable than private rents, with social tenants in England having to pay...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Corbynite Rental Reform MP stopped from standing in election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A Labour MP who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow administration and has spent much of his Parliamentary career criticising the private...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Right To Buy set to slash housing stock still further - warning](/upload/images/shutterstock_730204513.jpg)
England’s dwindling social housing stock is poised to plummet by an additional 189,000 properties through the controversial Right to Buy scheme...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Councils demand Gove restricts Airbnb and short lets even further](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...
22 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
![Soaring interest rates claim more landlords as possessions rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
New figures from the Ministry of Justice show how hard interest rate rises are hitting landlords. Compared to the same quarter in...
17 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
![Council wants landlords to back controversial leasing scheme](/upload/images/shutterstock_1297312081.jpg)
A council is seeking private landlords to participate in a controversial leasing scheme in a bid to curb homelessness. The use of...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill: An ongoing tale of promises and problems](/upload/images/shutterstock_2257565423.jpg)
Back in 2019, the Government promised a ban on so-called no-fault evictions. Section 21 was to be outlawed. While some housing...
27 April 2024
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Scrapping Section 21 - Mismanaged from start to finish](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
The government has been accused of mismanaging reforms to no-fault evictions saying: “It’s created uncertainty upon uncertainty”. Theresa May first made the...
27 April 2024
From: Rental Reform
![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
![Eviction Notice for Gove! - activists mark Section 21 anniversary](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
A small number of activists have tried to erect a four metre high mock eviction notice on one of Housing Secretary...
16 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
![Council pleads with private landlords to help solve its housing problem](/upload/images/shutterstock_2203162997.jpg)
A council is looking to work with more private landlords to help reduce homelessness. Over the past few years Shropshire council has...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activists trying to push Labour into imposing rent controls](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Activists are beginning to pile pressure on London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming the public will be disappointed if he toes...
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
![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
![Senior Labour figures divided over rent controls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and the party’s controversial Mayor of London Sadiq Khan are at loggerheads over rent controls. Khan has...
19 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
![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
![Landlord hit with big fine after ignoring improvement notice](/upload/images/shutterstock_1606552366.jpg)
A landlord has been slammed with £9,000 in fines and costs for ignoring notices to improve his property. Following reports of disrepair...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landmark joint session between NRLA and homelessness charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association will jointly host a networking and information session with homelessness charity Crisis. It will take place on...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter campaigns chief to be paid over £100,000](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter - which has frequently been critical of landlords and their alleged treatment of poorer tenants - is advertising...
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
![Renters Reform Bill: government reveals another Commons delay](/upload/images/shutterstock_1197102829(1).jpg)
The Renters Reform Bill will not go for its Third Reading in the House of Commons for at least another fortnight. The...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour claims link between Section 21 and homelessness](/upload/images/shutterstock_270470528.jpg)
Labour says there’s a link between Section 21 powers granted to landlords and what it claims is a total of 4,400...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![“Don’t Serve Notice On Tenants” council tells landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
‘Save the tenancy – don’t serve notice.’ That’s the message to landlords from a west country council. Landlords and tenants are being...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter links with High Street bank to campaign on housing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
HSBC bank is working with Shelter on housing campaigns. A statement from the charity says: “With support from partners including HSBC UK,...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour council doubles tax on short lets and second homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Labour-controlled Haringey Council in London says the owners of short lets and furnished holiday homes will be forced to pay double...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency of homes should determine social rent levels - call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
A think tank says rents set in the social sector should reflect the energy efficiency of a property. It’s one of a...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Has your tenant been told to wait for the bailiff to arrive?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association wants to show the government that some local councils still advise tenants served with a valid...
08 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
![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
![Free event to update landlords on new laws and grants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
A local authority is hosting a free event for local landlords which will give them insights into latest developments in the...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter boss says “skyrocketing rents” are cause of homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter is blaming “skyrocketing rents” for a crisis of homelessness. As part of an appeal for...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove gives go-ahead to one of UK’s largest licensing schemes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
Almost all landlords letting out properties in a London borough will soon be legally required to have a selective license. It’s one...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Slap taxes on short lets and holiday homes, urges countryside charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
A countryside body is blaming the government’s failure to provide affordable housing and the rise in short lets for a homelessness...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter wants Local Housing Allowance rise now, not in April](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...
24 November 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
![Councils claim one-in-50 Londoners are now homeless](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
The rising cost of living - especially housing - remains the top issue on Londoners’ minds for the second year in...
22 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
![Shelter goes on warpath ahead of festive fundraising campaign](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity repeats claim scrapping S21 will reduce homelessness](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
A charity is suggesting that if only the government got on with abolishing S21 eviction powers, homelessness would be eased. Crisis -...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter complains about Housing Minister revolving door](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Shelter and other campaigning organisations have spoken out in dismay at the latest ‘housing minister revolving door’. Yesterday Rachel Maclean was sacked...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter claims s21 eviction court proceedings hit seven-year high](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Court-Fine-400x310.jpg)
New Ministry of Justice data shows that between July and September 8,399 landlords in England started Section 21 no fault eviction...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![London Renters at risk of homelessness without government action - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
Almost 60,000 Londoners in the private rented sector are likely to become homeless over the next six years if the government...
10 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council declares Housing Emergency ‘with private rents partly to blame’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will the Renters Reform Bill REALLY reduce homelessness?](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section 21 notice...
04 November 2023
From: Rental Reform
![Labour council to buy back homes it built and sold years ago](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
A local authority in London is to buy back over 300 properties it built and sold off years ago under Right...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour accuses Tories of ‘foot dragging’ over rental reform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Shadow housing secretary and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has accused the government of “foot dragging” over the slow progress of...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Date set for Renters Reform Bill next stage](/upload/images/shutterstock_1245681568.jpg)
The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from the Financial Times...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council offers incentives to private landlords taking homeless tenants](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
Another council is advertising a package of incentives for private landlords to help solve its housing shortage. Exeter council is aiming to...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter claims “skyrocketing rents” lie behind homelessness spending](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyValue_400x310.png)
Shelter says “skyrocketing rents” and the government’s freeze on housing allowance lie behind the increased spend on temporary accommodation for homeless...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory identifies single individual responsible for rent rises](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
A Conservative politician has named an individual who he claims is responsible for high rent rises and increasing homelessness. Murdo Fraser, the...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter wants rent controls at heart of future housing policy](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Repeal Section 24 is key political priority says industry leader](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A leading lettings industry figure says politicians should have the repeal of Section 24 as a major priority. Section 24 removes a...
25 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
![Councils should buy landlords’ homes to ease housing crisis - new call](/upload/images/shutterstock_1448875046.jpg)
More councils should be encouraged to buy homes from landlords, an industry expert says. This follows reports last week which revealed that...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![I Quit! Landlords exit the temporary accommodation sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
London local authorities say there’s been a surge in landlords withdrawing from the sector providing temporary accommodation for homeless households. A survey by the...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter claims many renters are ‘one cheque from homelessness’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Section21-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that half the working private renters in England have too little saved to pay rent for more...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Appeal to private landlords to house ex-offenders](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Handcuffs2-400x310.jpg)
A council is appealing to landlords to work with the local authority and the Probation Service to help ex-offenders fit accommodation...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homelessness charity boss reported to be on £189,000](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Homelessness charities often berate private landlords for putting income before service to tenants. But a bitter dispute at one organisation has apparently revealed...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Give councils cash to buy homes off private landlords - call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
A group of local authorities is asking the government to give individual councils the cash to buy properties off private landlords. London...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blames Section 21 for increasing homelessness](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
New government figures show 79,840 households faced homelessness in England between January and March 2023 – the highest number on record. Now...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![New attempt to woo unhappy landlords with leasing deals](/upload/images/shutterstock_1015072978.jpg)
A housing trust says landlords fed up with higher taxes and red tape should not sell up but instead lease their...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour activists' call to buy 500,000 private rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A pressure group within the Labour Party wants a future government to provide £15 billion over 10 years to allow half...
17 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent boss promoted to Chief Executive within a month](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
The head of the tenants’ activist group Generation Rent started work in the role of director in mid-June - and has...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Conversions - should there be more of them?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Conversions, often seen as a likely property type for private landlords, are likely to be more common if two groups of...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan on collision course with Starmer over rent controls](/upload/images/shutterstock_1338355010.jpg)
London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has returned to his demand for powers to control rents in the private sector, citing a...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![At Last! Rogue Landlords to be driven from Supported Housing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
The Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill has passed its third reading in the House of Lords and is set to become law...
24 June 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
![New leader takes over at Generation Rent today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The new director of Generation Rent, Ben Twomey, takes over from Baroness Alicia Kennedy this morning. A statement announcing his appointment earlier...