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![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
![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
![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
![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
![Renters Reform Bill U-turn by tenant activists](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The coalition of 20-plus groups which have previously spoken enthusiastically about the Renters Reform Bill has now changed its mind. On April...
25 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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![Activist’s Twitter war of words continues](/upload/images/shutterstock_1208129407.jpg)
Activist’s Twitter war of words continues It appears as if Suella Braverman is not the only figure making a personal attack in...
15 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
![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
![Activists complain to Rishi Sunak over Renters Reform Bill delays](/upload/images/shutterstock_1717996879.jpg)
The Renters Reform Coalition - an umbrella body which includes direct action groups Acorn and the Renters Rights London - has ...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - Penny Mordaunt gives progress report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A Labour MP has expressed concern at the speed of progress on the Renters Reform Bill - pushing Leader of the...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists U-turn on Renters Reform Bill?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Gove puts activists in pole position at launch of Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Activists to lobby MPs on rental reform in ‘day of action’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1524802199%20protest(1).jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![“We’ll train people to resist evictions” says Renters Reform group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Protest-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Some Rent Freeze and Eviction Ban activists pause campaigning](/upload/images/library/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Activists ask Boris Johnson to begin rental reform process tomorrow](/upload/images/library/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Activists from pressure groups and London-focussed tenants’ bodies have handed in a letter to 10 Downing Street asking the Prime Minister...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Here we go again! Activists prepare new attack on landlords](/upload/images/Logos/GenerationRent-logo400x310.png)
Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Housing minister consults with activists over rental reforms](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/UK-Housing-1-400x310.jpg)
Housing minister Eddie Hughes MP has met with activists to discuss the government’s reform proposals for the private rental sector. They were...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists demand indefinite tenancies at heart of rental reform](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/MillennialTenants-Tablet-400x310.jpg)
The Renters’ Reform Coalition, a combination of some 20 groups of activists wanting to transform the lettings sector, has set its...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Corbyn shadow minister leads MP support for Generation Rent](/upload/images/library/GenerationRent-logo400x310.png)
A former member of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet has thrown his weight behind Generation Rent’s latest campaign. Lloyd Russell-Moyle - chair of...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent angry over return of normal eviction notice periods](/upload/images/library/GenerationRent-logo400x310.png)
Activists’ group Generation Rent says it’s to lobby MPs on Tuesday next week against the return of normal eviction notice periods...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Battling Baroness says S21 notices ‘pull rug from beneath tenants’ feet’](/img/default/llt.png)
The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign has made a sharp attack on section 21 notices. Baroness Alicia Kennedy says: “A Section 21...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Police help landlords conduct illegal and violent evictions - claim](/img/default/llt.png)
A group of activists at the centre of campaigns for renters’ rights has claimed the police help landlords commit illegal acts. The London...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenants shouldn’t be obliged to attend possession hearings - call](/img/default/llt.png)
Activists in a rental reform coalition say court possession hearings should be halted as well as bailiff-led evictions. They say the stress...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rent reform activists hit trouble with recruitment drive](/img/default/llt.png)
Generation Rent, the lobby group that tells the government how it thinks the lettings industry should operate, appears to have a...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pro-tenant activists recruit campaign staff for 2021 battle](/img/default/llt.png)
Staff are being recruited by a coalition of groups campaigning for widespread restrictions on landlord powers in 2021. Called the Renters Reform...