Tag: Shelter

Landlords accused of rushing evictions ahead of Renters’ Rights Act

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th April 2026, 2 weeks ago | 15

Charities claim an eviction surge is under way as landlords rush to evict tenants before the Renters’ Rights Act takes...

Is Shelter still a housing charity?

Author: Mark Alexander

31st March 2026, 3 weeks ago | 4

What exactly is Shelter? Most donors believe they know the answer. The name itself suggests a simple mission: providing shelter...

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....

Examining Shelter’s statistical framing

Author: Mark Alexander

24th March 2026, 1 month ago | 3

Statistics can change how an entire sector is perceived. A single number repeated often enough can shape public policy, influence...

Shelter’s Trustpilot rating is low. Their own accounts raise harder questions

Author: Mark Alexander

20th March 2026, 1 month ago | 0

Public trust rarely rests on one source. This week, attention has turned to Shelter’s Trustpilot profile, where the charity is...

Follow the money: what Shelter’s own accounts reveal

Author: Mark Alexander

17th March 2026, 1 month ago | 8

Millions of people donate to Shelter believing they are helping to put a roof over someone’s head, but what happens...

The Shelter debate that divided landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

10th March 2026, 1 month ago | 0

Part 1 of a series revisiting the questions raised by the late David Knox FCA, AKA ‘Appalled Landlord’. “ If...

Property118 founder slams Shelter for causing landlord exodus

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd March 2026, 2 months ago | 11

Property118 is publishing this analysis because the private rented sector is shrinking in plain sight, and the people who pay...

Government funds Shelter to promote Renters’ Rights Act to tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th January 2026, 3 months ago | 7

The government claims it will raise awareness of the Renters’ Rights Act among tenants by increasing funding to Shelter. Housing...

Shelter demands 90,000 social homes as teachers warn of impact on children in temporary accommodation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd December 2025, 4 months ago | 1

Shelter is calling on the government to deliver 90,000 social homes a year for ten years, as new research reveals...

Government confirms no new tenant protections before Renters’ Rights Act

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2025, 5 months ago | 4

The government has confirmed no further protections for tenants will come in before 1 May 2026. In answer to a...

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...

Shelter releases Christmas campaign showing families trapped in temporary accommodation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2025, 6 months ago | 13

Shelter has released its Christmas advert for this year to showcase the temporary accommodation crisis. The one-minute film, created by...

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...

Former Shelter CEO to become Peer in House of Lords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th October 2025, 6 months ago | 13

Former Shelter chief executive Polly Neate has been nominated as a crossbench Peer in the House of Lords. Ms Neate...

Shelter blames rising rents for temporary accommodation crisis as NRLA warns of landlord exodus

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th October 2025, 6 months ago | 21

Landlords selling up is the biggest single reason for tenants losing their homes and needing council support, as Shelter blames...

Shelter Cymru demands politicians give stronger renters’ rights

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th September 2025, 7 months ago | 3

Shelter Cymru urges Welsh politicians to end the “imbalance of power between landlords and tenants” and calls for restrictions on...

Shelter claims private providers are profiting from temporary accommodation crisis as costs soar

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd September 2025, 7 months ago | 6

Shelter has accused private providers of “cashing in” on the temporary accommodation crisis, as councils spend billions of pounds to...

Shelter warns families living in fear of eviction as new campaign video released

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th September 2025, 8 months ago | 24

Shelter and HSBC have teamed up for a video campaign to show the realities of the housing crisis, as the...

Shelter blames landlords for rent hikes as tenants struggle with housing costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th May 2025, 11 months ago | 10

Shelter is calling for limits on rent increases during tenancies, as they blame landlords for “colossal rent hikes” after the...