The activists who were so influential in steering the shape of the Renters Reform Bill under the old Conservative government are...
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![HMRC figures show tax soaring again as frozen thresholds bite](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
With the General Election campaign increasingly focusing on tax - on property and other assets and income - new figures from...
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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![Labour left puts Khan under pressure over housing policies](/upload/images/shutterstock_1803157102.jpg)
Sadiq Khan, newly elected for a third term as London Mayor, is already under pressure from the Labour Left to be...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter offers high salary to fill ‘Activism and Advocacy’ post](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Charity Shelter is advertising for the post of ‘Assistant Director: Activism and Advocacy’ - with the postholder charged with supporting “...
02 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
![Jonathan Rolande - Why the Section 21 Debate Is a Smokescreen](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers. It’s almost...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter claims evictions cost tenants £669 on average](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
Renters allegedly pay £669 in un-recoverable costs for each ‘unwanted’ move as a result of eviction, claims campaigning charity Shelter. It says...
18 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
![Renters Reform Bill shock for Generation Rent and Shelter](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters reform Bill, despite high profile PR campaigns about it from...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![How To Prepare for Next Month’s Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...
17 February 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![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
![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
![The Sneaky Seven - more expert tax info for landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...
27 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
![Row over Sunak’s ‘British Homes for British People’ proposal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A newspaper claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants British families to be given higher priority for social housing. Implicitly this may...
25 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
![Late payments and mortgage defaults on the rise, survey suggests](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Landlords increasingly struggle with tenants who pay rent late or default, a mortgage lender is claiming. Research from Molo suggests landlords are...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax nightmare for landlords leads to huge rise in buy to let companies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...
15 January 2024
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
![Shelter’s Renters Reform Bill petition nears target threshold](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is nearing a controversial signature threshold in its petition about the Renters Reform Bill. It now has over 123,000 of...
11 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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![Renters Reform Bill - Shelter leads 30 charities demanding action](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A group of 30 charities and non-profit organisations, led by campaigners at Shelter, have urged the government to get a move...
17 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
![Gove reveals the fate of Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
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
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
![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
![Should Landlords Be Given Buy To Let Mortgage Support?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...
16 September 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![Bank accuses landlords of evicting older tenants in record numbers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The Co-Op Bank, which is leading a campaign alongside charity Shelter, claims a Section 21 notice is presented to an older...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists use Shelter campaign to renew Section 21 call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
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
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
Buy-to-let landlords with property assets held in a company could be taking advantage of the current dip in house prices to...
19 August 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![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
![Co-Op Bank joins Shelter in new anti-eviction campaign](/upload/images/shutterstock_1227135172.jpg)
Campaigning charity Shelter has won the backing of the Co-Op Bank for a new anti-eviction drive. The bank has funded Shelter research...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove tells landlords they are “vital” to private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Independent landlords are “vital” to ensuring a fair and functioning private rented sector, the Housing Secretary says. Writing in the members’ magazine...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter and Crisis make new claims about Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
A charity claims that landlords across England and Wales are seeking to evict tenants using Section 21 powers at a higher...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter and radical activists hint at further demands for reform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. Chief executive Polly Neate...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will Renters Reform Bill Disrupt the Student Accommodation Market?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AdultChildren-400x310.png)
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
![Braverman clampdown on sex-pest landlords with new law](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
A new law is being considered to crack down on predatory landlords exploiting vulnerable people for sex in return for free...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top Tories and Shelter release blueprint for rental reform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
A Conservative-leaning think tank and campaigning charity Shelter have released a book of essays on renting and housing. A statement from Bright...
04 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Optimise Your Tax Position Ahead of April 6](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxTime-400x310.png)
Over two million more people are likely to be higher rate taxpayers by 2028 – thanks to the freezing of the...
01 April 2023
From: Tax & Finance
![Shelter claims more evictions for tenants who demand repairs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
Shelter claims that private renters who complained to their landlord, letting agent or local council in the last three years were...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter welcomes ruling on discrimination against families](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FamilyBuyers-400x310.png)
Shelter says it welcomes a ruling by The Property Ombudsman that agents and landlords exercising a blanket ban on tenants with...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![IKEA teams up with Shelter to highlight homelessness issue](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
Flat-pack furniture giant IKEA has teamed up with campaigning charity Shelter to highlight the issue of homelessness. The Scandinavian firm, citing Shelter’s...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter uses repossession figures to attack Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
The chief executive of Shelter claims that Section 21 evictions are a leading cause of homelessness. Polly Neate was making her remarks...
13 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Cap Minister and Shelter stopped from speaking with politicians](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-2-400x310.png)
A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter management cave in finally ends pay dispute](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Protest-400x310.png)
Shelter’s controversial management appears to have given in to pay demands in order to end a high-profile strike by the campaigning...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter claims over 250,000 homeless in England alone](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that “at least” 271,000 are homeless in England alone. The figure - compiled from a Freedom of Information...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform is NOT one of Sunak’s five key priorities](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Shelter Strike - union balloting charity staff on next step](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
A strike by members of Unite, employed by the charity Shelter, has been suspended pending a ballot on a new pay...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists turn on “derisory” Shelter management](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Why doesn’t Shelter use its millions to pay its staff more?](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Over 600 workers at the campaigning charity Shelter have started a fortnight of strike action in what the trades union Unite calls...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter makes new claims on arrears and eviction threats](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that last month 482,000 private renters were behind on their rent. It also claims that 504,000 people have...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter claims dramatic rise in Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
Shelter claims government figures show 5,940 households were “threatened with homelessness” in England as a result of Section 21 evictions between April...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Housing Benefit Bombshell - will freeze lead to soaring arrears?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter signs Christmas funding deal with Marks & Spencer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/Christmas-1-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is warning this winter could be one of the toughest yet - and it claims high rents are...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists welcome 'friend' Michael Gove into housing hot seat](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
Generation Rent, the activist group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has given a warm welcome to the return of Michael Gove...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter teams up with bank to offer “renter support initiative”](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is partnering with HSBC’s First Direct bank to provide what it calls its first “renter support initiative” called...
20 October 2022
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
![Angry activists accuse Truss of Section 21 betrayal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Shelter wants Truss and Starmer to take rental reform seriously](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Private renting voters could be critical in deciding the outcome of the next General Election, according to Shelter. The campaigning charity -...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shamplina Speaks - Rent Rises: what's happening on the ground?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PaulShamplinaLandlordTodayLogo-400x310.jpg)
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
![Shelter to hear from MP demanding register of Airbnb hosts](/upload/images/library/shelter-logo400x310.png)
The charity Shelter is organising a fringe meeting at next week’s Conservative party conference, with a prominent campaigner for a mandatory...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour criticises Budget for not including rent freeze](/upload/images/library/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands more cash for tenants facing rent rise “timebomb”](/upload/images/library/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter claims that almost 1.1m private renters in England – one in seven – had their rent increased in the last...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Take That! Landlords hit back at Shelter’s latest claims](/upload/images/library/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
Landlords have hit back at claims made by Shelter overnight, suggesting that one in seven private tenants in the UK have...
23 September 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
![Rental Reform - will it actually happen under new government?](/upload/images/library/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Agents are warning that...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![The Trope of the Rogue Landlord - does it drive policy?](/upload/images/library/IndustryRogues-400x310.png)
In an ideal world, home ownership would be the accepted way for everyone to live, with people enjoying the security, warmth,...
27 August 2022
From: Agent Advice
![Evictions - Activist Baroness demands rent freeze, says worse to come](/upload/images/library/eviction-image400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Energy Crisis - Landlords slam scaremongering over handouts to tenants](/upload/images/library/EnergySupply-1-400x310.jpg)
The National Residential Landlords Association has hit out at what it calls “baseless suggestions” that landlords will not pass on energy...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter backs Citizens Advice concern over landlords passing on rebate](/upload/images/library/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organisation Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls council pays housing boss £280,000 a year](/upload/images/library/PayingDeposit-400x310.jpg)
Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Eviction is major cause of homelessness - Shelter claim](/upload/images/library/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter has again linked private rental evictions to the rising levels of homelessness. The campaigning charity says government figures released show 74,230...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Councils failing to enforce regulations on rogue landlords](/upload/images/library/rogue-letting-agent400x310.png)
A Freedom of Information request by a newspaper has unveiled the almost complete lack of activity by local councils when it...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter love-in with government over rental reform measures](/upload/images/library/shelter-logo400x310.png)
The campaigning charity Shelter - once a critic of government policies over letting agents and landlords - has given a ringing...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter turns its fire on rogue social landlords](/upload/images/library/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter - for so long an outspoken critic of private rental landlords and letting agencies - has now turned its fire...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Will Renters Reform Bill be delayed by Boris Johnson clinging to power?](/upload/images/library/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Anger as politicians accused of caving in to landlords](/upload/images/library/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
There has been an angry response by some politicians in Wales to the decision by the Labour administration to delay implementation...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![So-called Illegal Evictions - training body wants action](/upload/images/library/Eviction400x310.png)
A group delivering tenant relations training claims thousands of illegal evictions are made possible because many local councils have no trained...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Don't Delay - Shelter wants Section 21 scrapping accelerated](/upload/images/library/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Take Shelter - why video was just a cheap PR stunt](/upload/images/library/shelter-logo400x310.png)
The property industry has this week remonstrated at the video that housing charity Shelter has published and in which they portray...
14 May 2022
From: Agent Advice
![Landlords’ critics rejoice as government caves in to their demands](/upload/images/library/HappyLandlord-400x310.jpg)
Activists have expressed their delight that the government has “listed to the voice of renters” in its provisions for widespread reform...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords on standby for scrapping of Section 21 today](/upload/images/library/eviction-image400x310.png)
The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - now a trade union wants government action](/upload/images/library/rental-sector26615.png)
A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter accused of sensationalising Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/library/shelter-logo400x310.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association has hit back at allegations made by Shelter, accusing the charity of sensationalising the way landlords...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stop Scaremongering! Landlords slams exaggerated Shelter claims](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter’s latest accusations about private landlords and evictions have been slammed as “scaremongering.” The charity claims that a private renter in England...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 notice handed out every seven minutes - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/eviction-image400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that a private renter in England is handed a Section 21 eviction every seven minutes. In a new...