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Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Earlier this week Housing Secretary Michael...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...

Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...

The prospect of a long-term eviction ban appears to have been lifted in one part of the UK. The Welsh Government is...

Propertymark wants Housing Secretary Michael Gove to continue with ground rent reforms for leaseholders following the launch of a consultation into this...

The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

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

Campaigning charity Shelter has renewed its calls for the abolition of S21 eviction powers. It says new Ministry of Justice data shows...

The Co-Op Bank is joining forces with campaigning charity Shelter to argue against Section 21 evictions, and together they have organised...

A property law specialist wants a national register which would allow tenants’ histories to be checked before rental agreements are signed. Nyree...

In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...

New government figures show how overdue the government's reform of private renting is, claims campaigning charity Shelter. The charity says the figures...

A proposal to introduce a national register of Airbnb hosts in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour by guests has been...

A charity is claiming that new powers to evict anti-social private tenants could lead to more homelessness, while those already living...

Landlords and agents acting on their behalf are to be given more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin neighbours’ lives...

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...

Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget  While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...

A coalition of tenant activists has called a Day of Action to protest at delays in the government’s rental reform agenda. The...

A campaign group has protested outside letting agencies in Bristol, protesting against what they describe as “bidding wars” between rival tenants. The...

The man behind a new survey of tenants’ voting intentions claims the Conservatives need to worry about losing support amongst young...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in to investigate allegations about advertising for shared ownership homes.  In 2021 an advertisement appeared on...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

Propertymark has made an uncharacteristically strong attack on the campaigning charity Shelter for its portrayal of letting agents. Ahead of yesterday’s Queen’s...

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

Campaigning charity Shelter is accusing some letting agents of “cutting corners” and has produced a provocative and satirical video showing a...

Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by...

Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...

An activist group that has staged many protests against letting agents must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...

An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...

Campaigning charity Shelter says new government figures reveal an increasing number of renters are facing eviction.  And it warns that more renters are...

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

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...

Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...

Campaigning charity Shelter says new official figures show evictions since the lifting of the ban have created a surge in homelessness. Shelter...

Shelter claims the health of one in five renters in England is harmed by poor housing, and says grants covering Covid-related...

The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...

Councils across Scotland have been given £10m to provide grants to tenants who have Covid-related arrears and risk eviction. The grants will...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...

Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...

Another report by the campaigning charity Shelter is critical of the quality of Britain’s private rental sector - and indeed the...

Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...

A prominent London Conservative MP has made a scathing attack on the current rental sector’s structure, saying it is skewed in...

Activists from the Acorn renters' campaign group have held a protest outside a branch of Chancellors in Oxford. The group says the...

Another lettings agency has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a tenant receiving benefits. Worthing County Court declared that Michael Jones & Company unlawfully...

Shelter has launched a fund-raising campaign because of what it calls a huge rise in demand for its emergency services, and in anticipation of what...

The campaigning charity Shelter claims 14 per cent of adults in England - that’s six million people - are more worried...

ARLA Propertymark is warning politicians fighting elections this spring that rent controls should be firmly off the agenda. The organisation traditionally sets...

Campaigning charity Shelter has criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for allegedly leaving “far more people on the brink of homelessness than homeownership.”  Chief...

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

A council in Scotland is set to be the first to introduce regulations for Airbnb and similar platforms in the short lets sector. ARLA...

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

A Green Party councillor has been refunded fees he and his partner were charged by a letting agency five years ago,...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman says “after the incompetent handling of the exams fiasco, the government must act now to avoid more chaos...

The campaigning pressure group Generation Rent has returned to the battle to win an extension to the current evictions ban in...

The ban on evictions in the private rented sector looks almost certain to be extended until March next year in Scotland...

The lettings agency Portico is partnering with Goodlord to offer a new insurance policy to its landlords. Portico landlords can now benefit...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter says she is expecting a “deluge” of cases when the eviction ban ends, but...

A debt charity is urging the Housing Secretary to pledge that no one who has lost income because of Coronavirus will...

Campaigning charity Shelter says it is “doubling up” its efforts to make sure letting agents comply with anti-discrimination legislation when it...

Former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the new director of the campaign group Generation Rent, claims 500,000 renters are in arrears as...

Shelter has launched an email campaign to the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, urging him to act to avoid “unfair evictions that...

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...

Labour has thrown its weight behind campaigning pressure groups in a general call to avoid what the party’s housing spokeswoman calls...

Age UK is the latest campaigning charity to call for the repeal of S21 and the introduction of greater controls over...

Campaigning organisations that demanded an extension to the evictions ban imposed because of the Coronavirus crisis have been quick to return...

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

The campaigning charity Shelter says young adults are more in danger of homelessness than any other age group - and puts...

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...

An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...

One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...

An anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert says any private rented sector tenant with Coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for...

Shelter, which routinely criticises lettings agents and landlords, has been slammed for the huge amount of public funding it receives -...

A campaign group that has held protests outside letting agents’ branches and has been fiercely critical of fees, says it’s seen a...

There’s been an angry response by the rental sector following the latest attack by campaigning charity Shelter. The organisation claims that private...

The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...

The government’s Queen’s Speech has confirmed what the industry has effectively been expecting for some months. There will be a new lifetime...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation this Christmas - the highest number...

The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...

The controversial tenants union Acorn has set up a web page where disgruntled renters can lodge complaints about letting agents. In the...

A Plymouth sales and letting agency has taken a number of measures to help raise awareness of climate change in its...

Ben Beadle is to be the chief executive of the new National Residential Landlords Association, launching in January. The new body comes...

A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...

The government consultation process which fuelled its decision to axe Section 21 eviction powers and move towards longer tenancies received only...

A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes.  Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...

English letting agencies could lose over £60,000 each in the next two years alone as a result of the Tenant Fees...

The charity Shelter, which regularly campaigns against lettings agencies and landlords, is bracing itself for a strike next week - and...

Shelter is campaigning for the outlawing if default fees levied on tenants by agents in Wales. While the campaigning group welcomes the Renting...

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...

The government’s announcement that it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the private rented sector has been welcomed - perhaps...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it still believes there is an opportunity for the government to introduce mandatory inventory...