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The coalition of 20-plus groups which have previously spoken enthusiastically about the Renters Reform Bill has now changed its mind. On April...

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

A small number of activists have tried to erect a four metre high mock eviction notice on one of Housing Secretary...

An activist group says any future Labour government should introduce a beefed-up version of the Renters Reform Bill - whether or...

Activists are beginning to pile pressure on London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming the public will be disappointed if he toes...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...

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

A survey by an activist group suggests that one in three tenants claim that their private renting conditions are impacting their...

Almost a quarter of London tenants have had to move rental properties more than five times in five years, a tax...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

Almost 60,000 Londoners in the private rented sector are likely to become homeless over the next six years if the government...

Shadow housing secretary and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has accused the government of “foot dragging” over the slow progress of...

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

Over two-thirds of all new homeowners in London received family support to purchase their homes.  ‘Bank of Family’ recipients in London received...

Activists who until last week were focussing their campaigning on demanding the publication of the Renters Reform Bill have now announced...

Activists are demanding that the government stop landlords circumnavigating an imminent eviction ban by hiking rents so tenants leave anyway. The London...

A rant about rent controls by London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan appears to have backfired. Khan - who has repeatedly demanded that...

The perennial shortage of new homes in the capital has now collided with a sharp increase in government regulation, a tripling...

Activist groups say landlords are being pressured by their letting agents into increasing rents. Generation Rent, led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, and...

One of the many activist groups in the so-called Renters’ Reform Coalition has pledged to “train people across the country to...

Two tenants who were amongst a group of activists in a battle with their landlord have written in a left-wing journal...

A rental platform forecasts that within 12 months the average UK tenant could be paying £800 more a year in rent...

A campaign group wants local candidates fighting elections in London next month sign up to a set of policies including rent...

A prominent lettings agency says the rental growth seen in the past year will not be repeated in 2022, as tenants...

A large scale survey of tenants suggests there’s a real enthusiasm for them to leave major cities and relocate elsewhere, so...

A group of activists at the centre of campaigns for renters’ rights has claimed the police help landlords commit illegal acts. The London...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has joined forces with tenant activists to demand the Chancellor gives financial support...

Activists in a rental reform coalition say court possession hearings should be halted as well as bailiff-led evictions. They say the stress...

Generation Rent, the lobby group that tells the government how it thinks the lettings industry should operate, appears to have a...

Staff are being recruited by a coalition of groups campaigning for widespread restrictions on landlord powers in 2021. Called the Renters Reform...

The Labour-controlled Greater London Authority and 18 other groups of activists, charities and students have formed a new pro-renter coalition. Called the...

The London Renters Union (RLU) will hold a day of action next week demanding that the government acts to protect renters,...

More than 2,500 households have agreed not to pay rent thanks to a campaign, launched by the London Renters Union (LRU), which...

Activists are calling on tenants to withhold their payments to landlords, in an attempt to generalise a growing rent strike movement. The...

Some of the UK’s largest tenants unions have joined forces to heap pressure on the government to suspend all rent immediately,...

Renters’ unions are calling on the government to suspend rents for the duration of the coronavirus crisis after new research found...

The government is under mounting pressure to consider doing more to protect tenants from the threat of eviction during the coronavirus pandemic,...

The London Renters Union (LRU) has released a template letter for renters to send to their landlords if they are struggling...

London remains one of the biggest property investment destinations in the world, attracting a wide range of national and international investors.  But...

With the number of renters across the UK more than doubling since 2001, there has been a sharp rise in the...

A new study shows 77% of London renters feel being unable to own their own home is negatively impacting their life. The...

Average asking rents in London rose to an all-time high of £2,091 a month in the first quarter of the year...

Property search data from Zoopla over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...

As London continues to wane in popularity for investors and renters alike – with increasing numbers of people moving out of...

Croydon Council has become the first local authority to support calls to scrap the so-called ‘no fault’ evictions in order to...

The London Assembly Members yesterday agreed a unanimous motion calling on the Mayor of London to back a campaign to abolish...