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25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Beef up enforcement for private renting, demands pressure group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Nationwide Foundation - a pressure group funded by the Nationwide - says more effective enforcement is required for the private...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill needs to be even tougher - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Discrimination against tenants on benefits is fault of government - new report](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...
25 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Suspend all rents now, says union- and council-funded think tank](/img/default/lat.png)
A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide and Connells want mandatory regulation of letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shelter launches £600k fund to find solutions to PRS problems](/img/default/lat.png)
Housing charity Shelter has announced the launch of a £600,000 fund it is hosting, with the aim of improving the private...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide and ARLA in 'Industry Alliance' to support lettings sector](/img/default/lat.png)
The Nationwide Building Society says it is assembling what it calls ‘an industry alliance’ to support the increasingly-beleaguered private rental sector. The...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Latest 'Rugg Review' for private rental sector calls for evidence](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest investigation into the ability of the private rental sector to meet the needs of the population is calling for...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Muted welcome for latest review of private rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
The Residential Landlords’ Association has welcomed the new Rugg Review into the state of the private rental sector - but few...
30 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![New independent review into private rental sector now underway](/img/default/lat.png)
There is to be a new high-level and independent review of the private rental sector in England. The Nationwide Foundation is funding...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent: campaign group's bid for funds fails badly](/img/default/lat.png)
An announcement is expected today about the future of the campaign group Generation Rent, which has been sharply critical of letting...