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A charity representing older people has taken up almost all of the key demands of activist group Generation Rent. Independent Age says...

A combination of Labour, the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists have pushed through a rent freeze proposal. The Cost of Living...

Another council in the south of England is asking landlords and letting agents in its area how the Coronavirus crisis has...

The umbrella group representing London councils wants the government to use taxpayer money to help private tenants with Covid-related arrears. The call...

Landlords are today backing a call by the Resolution Foundation think tank for tenant hardship loans for renters impacted by the...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for an extension of the eviction ban and a two year rent freeze in the...

It’s regarded as extremely likely that Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick will announce an extension to the eviction ban in England today. Pleas...

Activists from Shelter and Generation Rent have led the charge for a renewed eviction ban in the light of the latest...

A Labour housing politician is accusing the government of using Coronavirus as an excuse for dragging its feet over scrapping Section...

The Green Party says there should be an end to private rental sector eviction grounds “such as the wish of the...

The government’s decision to not extend the ban on landlords evicting renters beyond 20 September is a major concern for many private...

The six-month tenant eviction ban, which finally ended yesterday, has helped renters that are suffering financial difficulty, but it has also...

Rents should be frozen in London to avert mass evictions, city mayor Sadiq Khan has told the government. Khan wants new powers...

There was widespread disappointment among buy-to-let landlords when the government decided to prolong the existing ban on tenant evictions until 20...

Housing charities want the government to extend the ban on landlords evicting renters beyond 20 September. Renters across England and Wales received...

New landlord instructions were broadly flat last month following a modest increase in July, while tenant demand continues to increase sharply,...

There has never been a harder time to be a landlord in the UK. The pressures that the last six months...

Buy-to-let landlords could be facing up to two years without rent due to the government’s decision to extend the evictions ban,...

The government has made a grave mistake extending the evictions ban in England and Wales by four weeks, it has been...

Protestors fear that there will be a potential spike in homelessness in the near future despite the government’s U-turn on lifting...

The London Renters Union (RLU) will hold a day of action next week demanding that the government acts to protect renters,...

A Labour MP has called for the ban on evictions to be extended until next year, as renters fear a sharp...

Buy-to-let landlords planning to evict tenants who have failed to pay rent when the existing evictions ban is scrapped on 23...

The Covid-19 pandemic has left many people, including private renters, facing financial difficulty, leading to some concerns that there will be...

Speculation that there will be a sharp increase in evictions once the existing evictions ban is lifted next month has been...

The government’s decision to extend the ban on evictions in England and Wales by a further two months has left victims...

The Law Society England and Wales has welcomed the government’s decision to extend the ban on landlords evicting renters until 23...

Speculation that there will be a spike in evictions once the existing evictions ban is lifted are wide of the mark,...

A Labour MP has called for the ban on evictions to be extended until later in the year, as renters fear...

The government’s decision to bring forward emergency legislation to protect private renters from eviction has been warmly welcomed by ARLA Propertymark.  Many...