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Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

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

Ukrainians who came to the UK following the Russian invasion will be able to apply for 18-month extensions to their visas,...

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

Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...

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

A prominent lettings agent has called for a wider reform of eviction rules. This follows a demand by a group of...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove will address the main Conservative party Conference on Tuesday morning next week - but perhaps his most...

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...

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...

Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection.  The funding will be...

Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. Chief executive Polly Neate...

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

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

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...

Keyzy, a rent-to-own service aimed at aspiring homeowners, has raised £3m in a seed funding round.  The proceeds will accelerate its purchases...

Activists say they are planning protests outside lettings agency offices this weekend. Activists in the London Renters Union and Greater Manchester Tenants...

Shelter claims government figures show 5,940 households were “threatened with homelessness” in England as a result of Section 21 evictions between April...

The government has released new figures on the amount being spent by local councils on temporary accommodation for homeless households in...

Campaigners who turned on the Prime Minister on Tuesday were cock-a-hoop just 24 hours later when Liz Truss did another U-turn...

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

There appears to be no space for discussion on the government’s private rental sector reform policies at the Tory Party conference...

It has emerged that Generation Rent and Shelter are amongst the charities that have written to Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss...

Within two hours of Greg Clarke being appointed by Boris Johnson as the new Housing Secretary, the leader of Generation Rent...

A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...

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...

Shelter has made an outspoken attack on a government proposal to extend Right To Buy to housing association tenants. The idea -...

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

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...

How can agents improve their position in society? A report has been published following a roundtable discussion between prominent agency figures...

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...

Shelter claims its helpline has received 1,000 callers a day since the eviction ban began easing at the start of summer. It says...

Shelter - so often critical of the private rental sector - has instead turned its fire on the government over what...

Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

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

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...

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...

The chief executive of Shelter says the experience of Scotland shows that the scrapping of S21 eviction powers produces benefits that...

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

Almost half of renters in England have been victims of illegal behaviour from landlords or lettings agents, Shelter claims. The stark allegations...

Earlier this week Propertymark revealed it had co-signed an open letter criticising proposed government cuts to benefits.  That open letter was co-signed...

Propertymark has joined a series of charities and a landlord body to warn about the poverty risk of expected changes to...

A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...

A new report calls for large scale reform of the private rental sector, including a national landlord register and changes to...

A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...

The government has launched an online checker in a bid to avoid disputes between landlords and tenants over the entitlement for...

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...

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

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary claims that private renters have been “barely considered” during the past year of the pandemic. Thangam Debbonaire made...

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...

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

Letting agents and landlords in a major city have been requested to see if there is a ‘spare’ four bedroom property that...

Letting agents have joined forces with other players in the rental industry to demand the government finally get a grip on...

The Prime Minister has told MPs that the eviction ban effectively in place now but scheduled to expire on January 11...

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...

Labour claims over 350 households in London alone were issued with a Section 21 notice during the first lockdown in spring...

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,...

Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom.  The...

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

A new whitepaper argues that landlords and tenants aren't getting what they want from the rental market. It says landlords need...

Campaigners against evictions during the Coronavirus crisis have launched a last-ditch call for the government to grant another extension to the current...

A lettings agency that told a prospective tenant it had a policy of not offering tenancies to housing benefit recipients has...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...

ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...

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 Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...

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

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

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

Activists who praised the government for its eviction ban in recent months have now turned on it in a last-ditch attempt...

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

Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...

A new Labour group - Labour Tenants United - has issued a four-prong attack on the current private rental sector including...

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

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