Renting

If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20
A grocery shop
food

If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20

Private rents have far outstripped grocery prices since 1988. If they'd kept pace, your weekly shop would look a lot different
Rents in the UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
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Renting

Rents in the UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

Awaab's Law is expanding beyond damp and mould in social housing. Here's what you need to know
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Housing

Awaab's Law is expanding beyond damp and mould in social housing. Here's what you need to know

Oobah Butler tackles the housing crisis: 'We’ve become used to the fact that we are screwed'
TV

Oobah Butler tackles the housing crisis: 'We’ve become used to the fact that we are screwed'

Just two out of every 100 rental homes are affordable on housing benefit: ‘An impossible situation’
Housing

Just two out of every 100 rental homes are affordable on housing benefit: ‘An impossible situation’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Landlords are still pocketing money from deposits using unfair tactics. We want to put a stop to it
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Dan Wilson Craw

Landlords are still pocketing money from deposits using unfair tactics. We want to put a stop to it

Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by 'rule-breaking' letting agents
An electrician holding cut wires
Housing

Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by 'rule-breaking' letting agents

‘My landlord doubled my rent after watching TikTok’: How to challenge unfair rent increases
London renter Pete Ely pictured outside
Renting

‘My landlord doubled my rent after watching TikTok’: How to challenge unfair rent increases

How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world
A protest against the £3 billion Thames Water bailout at the Royal Courts of Justice in February 2025
Opinion

How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world

How estate agent firms are cashing in on housing homeless families in London
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Housing

How estate agent firms are cashing in on housing homeless families in London

Cost of Rent Day: Renters reach the day when they finally earn enough to pay a year’s worth of rent
Renters at a protest
Renting

Cost of Rent Day: Renters reach the day when they finally earn enough to pay a year’s worth of rent

Renters like Natasha will no longer be scared of complaining about damp in case they're evicted
Generation Rent chief executive Ben Twomey
Section 21

Renters like Natasha will no longer be scared of complaining about damp in case they're evicted

The Renters' Rights Act must finally give tenants the service they pay landlords a premium for
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Rachael Williamson

The Renters' Rights Act must finally give tenants the service they pay landlords a premium for

Thousands of renting households threatened with homelessness through no-fault eviction ahead of ban
renters protest in London with protesters holding placards
Renting

Thousands of renting households threatened with homelessness through no-fault eviction ahead of ban

Renters’ Rights Act: ‘For too long, families have lived with the constant fear of eviction’
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Renting

Renters’ Rights Act: ‘For too long, families have lived with the constant fear of eviction’

The Renters’ Rights Act won’t make homes affordable – politicians must show renters they'll act
Renters protest at the National Housing Demonstration in London
Clara Collingwood

The Renters’ Rights Act won’t make homes affordable – politicians must show renters they'll act

Renting with pets: Know your rights
a woman sitting on a bed using a laptop, with a golden retriever lying beside her
renting

Renting with pets: Know your rights

The Renters' Rights Act is finally here. Here's what is changing for tenants and landlords
London Renters Union activists holding a placard which reads: 'High rents kill our communities', while protesting against sky-high rents in 2024
Renting

The Renters' Rights Act is finally here. Here's what is changing for tenants and landlords

Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering introducing a rent freeze. Will it help renters?
Thousands of people attended the National Housing Demonstration in London on 18 April 2026 to demand rent controls and more council housing
Renting

Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering introducing a rent freeze. Will it help renters?

How the housing crisis led to me becoming a houseplant influencer
Claire Lowrie with her house plants.
Gardening

How the housing crisis led to me becoming a houseplant influencer

Why renters are protesting against the housing crisis: 'People are neglected for profit'
Renter Jo Winter
Renting

Why renters are protesting against the housing crisis: 'People are neglected for profit'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Local housing allowance stays frozen this year. Renters need housing benefit to keep up with rents
a stressed old man with his hand out in despair
Morgan Vine

Local housing allowance stays frozen this year. Renters need housing benefit to keep up with rents

Love Island winner Toni Laites: 'My entire prize fund went on rent. I was living off my savings'
Toni Laites is Love Island's first American contestant.
Interview

Love Island winner Toni Laites: 'My entire prize fund went on rent. I was living off my savings'

How a loophole in the housing market is locking out childminders
a child and a woman playing with building blocks
Brett Wigdortz

How a loophole in the housing market is locking out childminders

Letters: Sob stories from landlords about thermal upgrade costs leave me cold
Letters

Letters: Sob stories from landlords about thermal upgrade costs leave me cold