Tag: generation rent

Generation Rent Zoom presentations?

Author: Readers Question

20th April 2026, 4 days ago | 2

In preparation for the Renters’ Rights Act, Generation Rent has planned a number of online presentations to discuss the benefits...

Mayor of London urged to take action as key workers struggle with rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th April 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0

Renting in London is now unaffordable for key workers, as a tenant group urges the Mayor of London to do...

Scottish renters should get last two months’ rent-free if evicted – Generation Rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd April 2026, 3 weeks ago | 5

Generation Rent is calling on all political parties in Scotland to back its manifesto pledge that Scottish renters should receive...

Sadiq Khan urged to boost enforcement ahead of Renters’ Rights Act

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2026, 4 weeks ago | 2

A tenant group is urging the Mayor of London to create a legal fighting fund to support councils in taking...

Ben Twomey steps down as chief executive of Generation Rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th March 2026, 1 month ago | 7

Ben Twomey has announced his decision to step down as chief executive of Generation Rent after three years in the...

Generation Rent is making houses even more expensive for tenants

Author: Mick Roberts

24th March 2026, 1 month ago | 25

The government have published a mandatory Renters’ Rights Act information sheet that all landlords need to give to their tenants....

Renters should reclaim rent if EPC standards are missed – Generation Rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th March 2026, 1 month ago | 16

A tenant group has put forward so-called “common sense proposals” that would allow renters to reclaim rent if their landlord...

Tenant group claims PRS is a ‘danger zone’ but critic warns of RRA consequences

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th February 2026, 2 months ago | 11

Generation Rent claims the private rented sector was a “danger zone” due to an imbalance of power between landlords and...

Fewer renters moving as section 21 notices decrease – Generation Rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd December 2025, 4 months ago | 2

A new Generation Rent survey reveals a decline in Section 21 notices and a drop in rent increases. In a...

Generation Rent calls for eviction compensation for Welsh renters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th December 2025, 4 months ago | 2

Ahead of the Senedd elections next year, a tenant group is demanding all political parties pledge in their manifestos to...

Labour warned by Generation Rent of alienating core voters without a rent freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2025, 4 months ago | 12

Labour needs to act decisively and introduce a rent freeze in England now or risk alienating its core voters who...

Renters’ Rights Act at risk without strong council enforcement – Generation Rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2025, 5 months ago | 1

A tenant organisation has warned the Renters’ Rights Act could fail if councils do not rigorously enforce the law against...

Backlash grows over continued frozen LHA rates

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2025, 5 months ago | 0

Landlord and tenant organisations have criticised the Chancellor Rachel Reeves for freezing local housing allowance (LHA) rates in the Autumn...

Renters’ Rights Bill claims debunked by AI — will the minister now do the right thing?

Author: Readers Question

28th October 2025, 6 months ago | 2

The Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has boasted on passing the Renters’ Rights Bill: “The bill will improve the lives of...

Generation Rent slams Scottish government over ‘backward step’ on eviction notice periods

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th September 2025, 7 months ago | 0

Generation Rent claims Scotland will have the worst eviction notice periods in Britain under the Scottish Housing Bill. The bill,...

Not all tenants appear to be struggling to pay rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th September 2025, 7 months ago | 2

Most landlords will have encountered a tenant struggling to pay rent or refusing to do so to spend cash on...

Landlord incentives branded a ‘waste of public money’ by Generation Rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd September 2025, 8 months ago | 13

Generation Rent has accused landlords of ‘rigging the system to line their own pockets’ after findings revealed councils are spending...

Renters lose £169m in deposit interest every year – Claim Generation Rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th July 2025, 9 months ago | 14

Private renters across England and Wales are being deprived of £169 million in potential interest from their tenancy deposits each...

Millions of private renters gain voting rights under new reforms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd July 2025, 9 months ago | 4

Generation Rent has claimed more than two million extra renters will be able to vote after the government’s change in...

Generation Rent claims that tenants lose ‘millions’ in unfair deposit deductions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd July 2025, 9 months ago | 11

Nearly half (46%) of renters are unaware they can contest deposit deductions they believe are unwarranted, which means renters are...