Renters allegedly pay £669 in un-recoverable costs for each ‘unwanted’ move as a result of eviction, claims campaigning charity Shelter. It says...
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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’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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
* 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 - for so long an outspoken critic of private rental landlords and letting agencies - has now turned its fire...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that a private renter in England is handed a Section 21 eviction every seven minutes. In a new...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Two of the country’s leading Conservative MPs have spoken at a Shelter conference which claimed millions of private renters were being...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter claims renters’ pockets are being hit the hardest of any demographic group in Britain in terms of the...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Rooms-to-rent platform Ministry of Rooms has launched a new initiative to make it easier for Ukrainian refugees to connect with landlords...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that in one part of the UK alone, some 75,000 tenants have been discriminated against by landlords. The...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being insulated from the worst effects of interest rate rises because lenders are so keen to win and keep...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter says the government’s rental reform programme is “a crucial step forward”. The Levelling Up White Paper insists landlords ensure...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A council is to unveil its latest initiatives for landlords via a webinar. West Berkshire council will be running a virtual landlord...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Shelter claims that 397 households became homeless every day between July and September 2021 - the first three months after the eviction ban ended. And...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Shelter claims that women are impacted by homelessness more than men, and says rising private rents are a contributory factor. In a...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
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...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Shelter has given what appears to be unconditional support to the SNP-Green proposals for reform of the private rental sector in...