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Housing crisis emerges as top priority in new poll

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2024, 2 years ago | 6

The housing crisis takes the lead as the most crucial issue for Generation Rent, according to a new poll. A...

Wooden house model beside a paper with the word “BENEFIT,” symbolizing housing benefit payments.

NRLA and Generation Rent welcome call to uprate LHA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2024, 2 years ago | 1

MPs on the Work and Pensions Select Committee say that Local Housing Allowance should be uprated every year by the...

Houses of Parliament in London viewed from across the River Thames

Government bows to MPs and ‘waters down’ the Renters (Reform) Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th February 2024, 2 years ago | 15

The government is proposing changes to the Renters (Reform) Bill in a bid to head off a backbench rebellion of...

Cap rents for key workers, says campaign group

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd February 2024, 2 years ago | 26

Key workers in London are struggling to afford the high rents in the city and a rent cap is needed,...

professional portrait of a young man in a suit representing tenant advocacy in the Renters’ Rights Bill debate

Government’s holiday let crackdown ‘not enough’, warns renters’ group

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th February 2024, 2 years ago | 15

A renters’ group has criticised the government’s plans to curb the growth of short term lets, saying they are insufficient...

NatWest chairman sparks controversy over comments on property market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th January 2024, 2 years ago | 2

Generation Rent slams Natwest chairman for his comments about the property market. Sir Howard Davies told the Radio 4 Today...

Will the abolition of Section 21 solve the housing crisis?

Author: Landlord Crusader

5th January 2024, 2 years ago | 13

One of the big issues for the ‘housing crisis’ is that so many groups, commentators and tenants welcome the abolition...

Here’s to 2024 – a failing Renters (Reform) Bill or landlords voting with their feet?

Author: Landlord Crusader

29th December 2023, 2 years ago | 22

Will landlords bail out in 2024 as the Renters (Reform) Bill gets closer or will we stick it out for...

Dan Wilson Craw, the deputy chief executive of Generation Rent

Renters face affordability crisis despite LHA boost

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2023, 2 years ago | 3

Low-income renters in England will struggle to afford their homes even after the government’s recent benefit boost, a campaign group...

Sadiq Khan wants EPC measures for the PRS reinstated

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2023, 2 years ago | 24

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is calling for the legal power to impose a rent freeze in the capital...

Scotland’s rent cap disaster – a warning to landlords and tenant groups everywhere

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st December 2023, 2 years ago | 30

News this week that the rent cap in Scotland has led to higher rents will be a story ignored by...

Sadiq Khan in London with city skyline in the background.

Sadiq Khan pushes for tougher penalties for landlords over mouldy homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2023, 2 years ago | 49

The London Mayor is calling for tougher sanctions for private landlords who let out mouldy homes in the capital. Sadiq...

“Harder for politicians to ignore renters” claims Generation Rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd November 2023, 2 years ago | 3

Renters wield more political power due to the surge in private renting, according to an activist group. According to a...

New report sheds light on racial discrimination in PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th November 2023, 2 years ago | 18

People from ethnic backgrounds are more likely to be ignored when looking for accommodation in the private rented sector, new...

Renting linked to accelerated ageing claims researchers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2023, 3 years ago | 14

Living in a private rented property is related to faster biological ageing, according to new research. Findings by the Journal...

Campaigners call for rent controls, open-ended tenancies and ‘fair’ four-month notice periods

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th October 2023, 3 years ago | 22

A coalition of renting pressure groups has unveiled a manifesto that calls for sweeping changes in the private rented sector...

Generation Rent says the PM was ‘reckless’ to bin EPC regulations for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th October 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Nearly 50% of private renters are reluctant to apply for grants that would make their homes more energy-efficient and reduce...

Another delay for Renters’ Reform Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2023, 3 years ago | 15

The Renters’ Reform Bill has been delayed yet again! The government confirmed that the second reading of the legislation will...

Generation Rent appeals to mortgage lenders not to evict tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th August 2023, 3 years ago | 30

In a bid to safeguard tenants facing potential homelessness when a landlord falls into BTL mortgage arrears, one tenants’ rights...

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Tenant groups help rewrite Met Police eviction procedures

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th August 2023, 3 years ago | 4

Tenant activist groups have helped the Metropolitan Police rewrite its guidance and training for officers dealing with housing evictions. The...

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