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Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...

The two most aggressively pro-tenant activist bodies have accused landlords without mortgages of “cashing in.” According to a poll of more than...

Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising...

Shelter and other campaigning organisations have spoken out in dismay at the latest ‘housing minister revolving door’. Yesterday Rachel Maclean was sacked...

New Ministry of Justice data shows that between July and September 8,399 landlords in England started Section 21 no fault eviction...

A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...

Claims on social media by a leader of the Renters Reform Coalition - who is also a contributor to a Labour-supporting website...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from the Financial Times...

A group of 30 charities and non-profit organisations, led by campaigners at Shelter, have urged the government to get a move...

Shelter says “skyrocketing rents” and the government’s freeze on housing allowance lie behind the increased spend on temporary accommodation for homeless...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given Conservative conference delegates an update on the Renters Reform Bill. Contrary to speculation, mostly from anti-landlord...

The hardline activist group Acorn - part of the Renters Reform Coalition involving Generation Rent - now claims that some 600,000...

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

The Co-Op Bank, which is leading a campaign alongside charity Shelter, claims a Section 21 notice is presented to an older...

Generation Rent says Shelter has it right when it complains about evictions in the private rental sector. Earlier this week Shelter claimed...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that half the working private renters in England have too little saved to pay rent for more...

Buy-to-let landlords with property assets held in a company could be taking advantage of the current dip in house prices to...

New government figures show 79,840 households faced homelessness in England between January and March 2023 – the highest number on record.  Now...

Campaigning charity Shelter has won the backing of the Co-Op Bank for a new anti-eviction drive. The bank has funded Shelter research...

Independent landlords are “vital” to ensuring a fair and functioning private rented sector, the Housing Secretary says. Writing in the members’ magazine...

A charity claims that landlords across England and Wales are seeking to evict tenants using Section 21 powers at a higher...

Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. Chief executive Polly Neate...

2023 could be a landmark year for the private rented sector if Michael Gove succeeds in his pursuit of reforming the...

A new law is being considered to crack down on predatory landlords exploiting vulnerable people for sex in return for free...

A Conservative-leaning think tank and campaigning charity Shelter have released a book of essays on renting and housing. A statement from Bright...

Over two million more people are likely to be higher rate taxpayers by 2028 – thanks to the freezing of the...

Shelter claims that private renters who complained to their landlord, letting agent or local council in the last three years were...

Shelter says it welcomes a ruling by The Property Ombudsman that agents and landlords exercising a blanket ban on tenants with...

Flat-pack furniture giant IKEA has teamed up with campaigning charity Shelter to highlight the issue of homelessness. The Scandinavian firm, citing Shelter’s...

The chief executive of Shelter claims that Section 21 evictions are a leading cause of homelessness. Polly Neate was making her remarks...

A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...

Shelter’s controversial management appears to have given in to pay demands in order to end a high-profile strike by the campaigning...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that “at least” 271,000 are homeless in England alone. The figure - compiled from a Freedom of Information...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill did not even warrant a mention in a key speech yesterday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

A strike by members of Unite, employed by the charity Shelter, has been suspended pending a ballot on a new pay...

Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...

Over 600 workers at the campaigning charity Shelter have started a fortnight of strike action in what the trades union Unite calls...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that last month 482,000 private renters were behind on their rent. It also claims that 504,000 people have...

Shelter claims government figures show 5,940 households were “threatened with homelessness” in England as a result of Section 21 evictions between April...

The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...

Campaigning charity Shelter is warning this winter could be one of the toughest yet - and it claims high rents are...

Generation Rent, the activist group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has given a warm welcome to the return of Michael Gove...

Campaigning charity Shelter is partnering with HSBC’s First Direct bank to provide what it calls its first “renter support initiative” called...

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

The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...

Private renting voters could be critical in deciding the outcome of the next General Election, according to Shelter. The campaigning charity -...

As I write this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has gone back on his mini budget plan to abolish the 45p...

The charity Shelter is organising a fringe meeting at next week’s Conservative party conference, with a prominent campaigner for a mandatory...

The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...

Shelter claims that almost 1.1m private renters in England – one in seven – had their rent increased in the last...

Landlords have hit back at claims made by Shelter overnight, suggesting that one in seven private tenants in the UK have...

Both Shelter and Generation Rent have paused their campaigning on social media for the duration of national mourning for The Queen. A...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Agents are warning that...

In an ideal world, home ownership would be the accepted way for everyone to live, with people enjoying the security, warmth,...

New government figures show 3,405 households in the private rented sector were evicted by bailiffs in England between April and June this year...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit out at what it calls “baseless suggestions” that landlords will not pass on energy...

Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organisation Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill...

Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...

Shelter has again linked private rental evictions to the rising levels of homelessness. The campaigning charity says government figures released show 74,230...

A Freedom of Information request by a newspaper has unveiled the almost complete lack of activity by local councils when it...

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...

Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...

There has been an angry response by some politicians in Wales to the decision by the Labour administration to delay implementation...

A group delivering tenant relations training claims thousands of illegal evictions are made possible because many local councils have no trained...

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 government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...

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

Shelter’s latest accusations about private landlords and evictions have been slammed as “scaremongering.” The charity claims that a private renter in England...

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

Two of the country’s leading Conservative MPs have spoken at a Shelter conference which claimed millions of private renters were being...

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

Rooms-to-rent platform Ministry of Rooms has launched a new initiative to make it easier for Ukrainian refugees to connect with landlords...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that in one part of the UK alone, some 75,000 tenants have been discriminated against by landlords. The...

Landlords are being insulated from the worst effects of interest rate rises because lenders are so keen to win and keep...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

Campaigning charity Shelter says the government’s rental reform programme is “a crucial step forward”.  The Levelling Up White Paper insists landlords ensure...

A council is to unveil its latest initiatives for landlords via a webinar. West Berkshire council will be running a virtual landlord...

Shelter claims that 397 households became homeless every day between July and September 2021 - the first three months after the eviction ban ended.  And...

Shelter claims that women are impacted by homelessness more than men, and says rising private rents are a contributory factor. In a...

Shelter claims that 200,000 children living in privately rented homes are at risk of being evicted this winter – equivalent to one in every 50 children in England.   A study for the campaigning charity claims that 104,000 private...

Shelter has given what appears to be unconditional support to the SNP-Green proposals for reform of the private rental sector in...

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...

Shelter claims its helpline has received 1,000 callers a day since the eviction ban began easing at the start of summer. It says...

A leading politician in Wales has spoken out in favour of second homeowners, who are under increasing scrutiny in that country...

Despite dire warnings from Generation Rent, Shelter and other campaigners, it appears that the end of the eviction ban did NOT...

Labour has echoed campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction powers,...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

The Budget revealed by Chancellor Rishi Sunak does too little to help many of those struggling most to pay their rents. That’s...

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

A leading market analyst says the looming threat of rent controls may be deterring landlords entering the buy to let sector,...

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

As founder of Landlord Action and chief operating officer at Hamilton Fraser, I’ve been talking to landlords for over 25 years...

The White Paper on rental reform may still be some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying...

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

The government is expected to give at least some details today of the principles enshrined in a new White Paper on...