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Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to boost enforcement of rental standards in the private sector. That’s the view...

Activists are beginning to pile pressure on London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming the public will be disappointed if he toes...

A controversial wealth management company claims that almost two thirds of private tenants have suffered a deterioration in their mental and...

A Labour council in London has issued a statement appearing to celebrate its role cracking down on landlords. The statement from Brent...

New research from specialist lender Aldermore shows that 69% of private tenants feel they have a ‘good landlord’.  This bucks the traditional...

The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters reform Bill, despite high profile PR campaigns about it from...

Members of the union UNISON who participate in round-table discussions with activist group Generation Rents are to receive gift vouchers for...

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

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

A new additional HMO licensing scheme is about to hit landlords in part of London.  Haringey council claims its initiative aims to...

A string of debt advice charities want Housing Secretary Michael Gove to go well beyond merely banning Section 21 in a...

A council says a new bond scheme designed to increase the quality and availability of affordable housing for private renters across...

New research from specialist lender Aldermore reveals the financial boost landlords provide to local economies.  Nearly eight out of ten landlords opt...

Landlords are being accused by academics of under-estimating the cost of allowing pets, and under-estimating their financial benefits. A new report commissioned...

Buy to let lender Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is demanding the government finally abolish Section 21 eviction powers - and claims over 30,000 households in...

Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...

Generation Rent has launched a double-pronged attack on landlords and the government. The activist group claims that the latest possession statistics from...

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

Two thirds of private renters have experienced a problem with the quality or condition of their property in the past six...

We believe a well-functioning housing system is one that meets everyone’s housing needs. There will always be people who can’t or...

An estimated 1.6m private renters are set to receive an uplift to their housing support for 12 months from April 2024,...

A lack of Energy Performance Certificate enforcement is putting tenants at risk from high energy costs or cold homes, according to...

Many households are struggling with rising costs, while renters in particular continue to struggle with low quality housing, the Resolution Foundation...

Generation Rent says it’s worked out what rent levels will be in two years’ time. The activists say rents will rise 14...

Over a third of current renters believe they will never be able to buy a home in future.  And only 29 per...

Almost all landlords letting out properties in a London borough will soon be legally required to have a selective license. It’s one...

A think tank claims that four in 10 households renting privately that moved within the last year are paying an average...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leader of activist group Generation Rent have teamed up for an anti-damp and mouldy...

Almost four fifths of landlords favour raising the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for private rental properties, a think tank claims. The Social...

The National Residential Landlords Association wants the government to commit to annual uprating of the Local Housing Allowance. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced...

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

Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...

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

The growth of private renting in the past decade has given renters more political power, an activist group claims. Generation Rent’s analysis...

Almost 60,000 Londoners in the private rented sector are likely to become homeless over the next six years if the government...

A pressure group claims the threat of being evicted makes tenants age more quickly.  Generation Rent claims there is a study by...

There’s been a strong personal attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak by anti-landlord activists over the subject of energy efficiency. The Generation...

A row has broken out over a statement made by housing minister Rachel Maclean at the Conservative Party Conference. She told a...

A new poll from the StepChange Debt Charity claims that over a third of private renters have used some form of...

While many sections of the property industry welcome the change of tone in Rishi Sunak’s approach to green issues, one group...

A charity claims that apparent delays to the Renters Reform Bill, which has yet to get a Second Reading in the...

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

Landlords across just one London borough who failed to license HMOs have been issued with fines amounting to £207,500. To date, 59...

Over half of landlords are either against the concept of a private rental sector Ombudsman or are actively against it. As part...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving landlords and letting agents and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

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...

A charity has acknowledged that landlords need help to keep their homes, and in turn continue to provide much-needed homes in...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and activist group Generation Rent have issued a joint appeal for rent controls in the capital. Khan’s...

Activist group Generation Rent is now demanding a change to the Renters Reform Bill to help tenants with energy bills. The group...

The Renters Reform Coalition - an umbrella body which includes direct action groups Acorn and the Renters Rights London - has ...

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

A report from the government’s Office for National Statistics shows that renters and mortgage holders have higher odds of experiencing financial...

Activist group Generation Rent - which has demanded rent freezes, eviction bans and cash hand-outs to help tenants move now wants...

A charity is warning that growing numbers of private tenants are likely to have difficulties keeping up with their financial commitments. The...

Activists who at one time appeared broadly happy with the pro-tenant Renters Reform Bill now appear to have changed their mind. Over...

The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months - despite widespread opposition from the...

A charity claims that private renters are about twice as likely as the general population to be in problem debt. StepChange, via...

The body representing local councils is backing the government’s Renters Reform Bill - even though Labour dominates most local authorities. Councillor Darren...

Research conducted by activist group Generation Rent is claiming “shocking discrimination towards minority ethnic communities while navigating the private rental market.” The...

A campaign group claims that current MPs in the House of Commons make as much as £2m a year. 38 Degrees, which...

Labour’s shadow housing spokesperson is promoting a video claiming that ‘everyone’ in the private rental sector suffers from ‘rogue landlords and...

The Generation Rent campaign has criticised the current government for failing to increase energy efficiency standards in the private rental sector. A...

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

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the outgoing director of Generation Rent, is angry with Jeremy Hunt. The Baroness claims “the cost of living crisis...

The normally under-the-radar Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has made an unusually outspoken plea to the government to help landlords. In particular,...

A London Labour council is putting an extra £400,000 into enforcement against private landlords allegedly ignoring serious damp and mould issues. The...

A charity wants the government to be tougher with private landlords over issues like damp and mould. Citizens Advice claims that its research...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has yet again taken to social media to demand the powers to freeze private sector rents. This has...

Two key figures jumped out at me from the National Residential Landlords Association’s (NRLA) excellent recent report on the private rented...

The landlords’ trade body is broadly welcoming some proposals from MPs to reform the private rented sector. Some aspects of the Levelling...

Interviews for the post of director of Generation Rent are scheduled to be held this month. The most recent holder of the...

The private rented sector has an important economic and social role to play across the country, according to a new report...

A think tank says household costs are under more pressure from the cost of living crisis than in the pandemic, with...

Four former Conservative housing ministers have backed a think-tank’s proposals for more housebuilding as a way to resolve the UK’s supply...

There are early signs that the controversial private rental sector rent freeze in Scotland could be made permanent. The freeze, along with...

The Hargreaves Lansdown business consultancy is forecasting a 10.4 per cent drop in house prices from their peak, to take place...

A poll suggests that 58 per cent of tenants would be less likely to look at a rental property if they...

Half of private renters have faced a rent increase in the last year, it’s claimed.  Activists in Generation Rent claims of those...

The Generation Rent campaign group says the latest English Housing Survey shows that 23 per cent of private rented homes fail...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

A charity claims 15 per cent of private renters believe they face eviction this winter. Homelessness charity Crisis polled 2,000 people -...

An upbeat trading statement from buy to let mortgage lender Paragon suggests that the sector is relatively healthy, but losing many...

Generation Rent has returned to the threat of rent-for-sex as it claims 200,000 female tenants could be offered discounted rent in...

Two councillors have successfully used the London Assembly to push London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the government to do more to...

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

The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...

One in eight private renters aged between 18 and 35 years old have already moved home to save money during the...

Two law partners at a legal firm have outlined a five-step process which tenants can use to complain to their landlords...

The leader of the Generation Rent activist group says that the shortage of homes to rent means no private sector tenant...

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

The people behind the largest ever analysis of Build To Rent in England claim it shows  a broad and evolving customer...

One of the leaders of campaign group Generation Rent is claiming that some landlords “force” tenants out using Section 21 powers. Dan...

The Autumn Statement on November 17 may contain financial measures to help private renters, the Housing Secretary has hinted. “We know people in...

Activists got reassurance from Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in the past, and have a supportive politician in the form of...

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

A Labour MP has written to the Housing Secretary demanding a timetable for the implementation of rental reform. Catherine West, MP for...