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The campaigning charity Shelter - once a critic of government policies over letting agents and landlords - has given a ringing...

Shelter - for so long an outspoken critic of private rental landlords and letting agencies - has now turned its fire...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

The property industry has this week remonstrated at the video that housing charity Shelter has published and in which they portray...

Activists have expressed their delight that the government has “listed to the voice of renters” in its provisions for widespread reform...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit back at allegations made by Shelter, accusing the charity of sensationalising the way landlords...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that a private renter in England is handed a Section 21  eviction every seven minutes.  In a new...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims renters’ pockets are being hit the hardest of any demographic group in Britain in terms of the...

Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...

The activist group Generation Rent says the £65m package announced by the government over the weekend is not enough and must...

Shelter says 20 per cent of private and social renters in England suffer poor health because of the condition of their...

In an unexpected turn of events at a Conservative party conference fringe meeting, the chief executive of Shelter heaped praise on...

Shelter and Generation Rent have separately made a case for more cash help for tenants, claiming the current pandemic and energy...

Campaigning charity Shelter says the lifting of the bailiff-enforced eviction ban, which happened over the weekend, is “the beginning of the...

Only 39 rogue landlords and letting agents have been hit with banning orders in the first three years of their existence. The...

The government’s latest extension for the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions - taking it up until the end of May - is...

A new report makes searing claims about the performance and quality of landlords and their homes in the private rental sector. Almost...

Campaigning charity Shelter is back on the warpath against private landlords, criticising how much of the country’s temporary accommodation budget for...

Shelter is calling for greater protection for renters facing financial difficulties.  The extended ban on evictions announced on Friday will not be...

The number of private tenants in England who have fallen behind on rent has doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, according to...

Buy-to-let landlords have been accused of “routinely and illegally” withholding deposits from tenants and subjecting many people living in private rented...

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has unveiled proposals to control rents and limit the power of private landlords, despite concerns that...