Housing crisis UK Archives

Chart showing UK temporary accommodation costs rising from £1bn in 2016 to £2.8bn by 2025 with 110,000 households affected

Temporary accommodation costs have tripled since 2016 in line with Property118 predictions

14th April 2026, 5 months ago | 2

The housing cost that almost nobody expected. In 2018, Property118 contributor, the now late David Knox FCA, writing under the...

Decent Homes by 2035? There won’t be any small landlords left by then

Author: Landlord Crusader

30th January 2026, 7 months ago | 7

Just another day and another government hammer blow to private landlords. Confirmation that all private (and social) landlords must bring...

Modern bedroom with wooden bed frame and soft blue bedding representing spare room rental potential

Lodger supply slows as calls grow to raise Rent a Room tax threshold

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th January 2026, 8 months ago | 3

Rental stock from households taking in lodgers is barely rising despite intense pressure across the housing market, research reveals. Growth...

Image of a hand holding a megaphone and a sign saying Homes for us to illustrate a story about a tenants housing union

New tenants’ housing union set to challenge landlords and government

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st December 2025, 8 months ago | 18

Campaigners are preparing to launch a national housing union next year, saying it will give social and private renters, and...

Westminster with Big Ben and crossed-out rental sign symbolizing ban on landlord MPs

Motion calls for MPs to be banned as landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th September 2025, 1 year ago | 13

A left-wing MP has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for MPs to be barred from being landlords while...

Big council turns to HMO landlords to help house their homeless

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd July 2025, 1 year ago | 16

Liverpool City Council is to overhaul its approach to tackling homelessness by collaborating with private landlords to secure hundreds of...

Chancellor delivering a speech on Britain’s economic future

Labour is gearing up for a tax raid on landlords – claim

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th May 2025, 1 year ago | 20

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing mounting calls from Labour MPs to impose new taxes on landlords, aiming to address a...

A person sitting at a desk with head in hands, a wooden house, an arrow pointing upwards above the house, and an arrears stamp

Landlords see rent arrears rocket

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th May 2025, 1 year ago | 1

The average amount tenants owe landlords in unpaid rent has rocketed to £2,237 in the first quarter of 2025, a...

Labour doesn’t like landlords but really needs us for growing numbers of asylum seekers

Author: Landlord Crusader

2nd May 2025, 1 year ago | 42

It’s bizarre, isn’t it? Landlords, already battered by a barrage of legislative changes and economic pressures, are now being asked...

Providers or parasites? The vilification of landlords continues

Author: Landlord Crusader

21st March 2025, 1 year ago | 5

Two stories on Property118 on the same day manage to spell out the real issue facing PRS landlords in the...

Close-up of a Rent Guarantee contract with pen and calculator.

Welsh council initiative to attract private landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th March 2025, 2 years ago | 5

A Welsh council has launched a programme to lease properties from PRS landlords so they can offer affordable homes to...

House caught in a financial noose symbolising landlords’ tax and regulatory pressures in the UK rental market

Is the Government Destroying the UK’s Rental Market?

Author: Mark Alexander

4th November 2024, 2 years ago | 5

Landlords across the UK are facing mounting challenges, from skyrocketing taxes to endless regulations, making it harder and harder to...

London rents down despite 14-year spike

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th July 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Average rents across London have skyrocketed over the last 14 years, according to a new report. Flat-share website SpareRoom reveals...

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UK rents continue rising as London leads the surge – ONS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2023, 3 years ago | 2

Private rent prices paid by tenants in the UK have continued growing and have risen by 5.5% in the year...

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

Government should step in now to help renters – Generation Rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2023, 3 years ago | 8

A tenant activist group says the government needs to step in and help renters and put in place long-term solutions...

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