Renting

What is the Renters' Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
Protesters from the London Renters Union protest high rents in May 2024
RENTING

What is the Renters' Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions

The Renters Reform Bill is dead, long live the Renters’ Rights Bill. Can Labour’s plan to fix the broken private rented sector succeed where the Tories failed?
Help with rental arrears
A pair of hands holding open an empty wallet. Thousands of Brits are in need of help with rental arrears
Renting

Help with rental arrears

How much can a landlord increase rent?
Six small red wooden houses in a row on a wooden surface. How much can a landlord increase rent?
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How much can a landlord increase rent?

What is a guarantor for rent?
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What is a guarantor for rent?

How to rent from a private landlord
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How to rent from a private landlord

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour's first King's Speech
The King addresses the House of Lords at the State Opening of Parliament
King's Speech

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour's first King's Speech

Food banks can take hope from election result – if Labour takes action before another tough winter
food bank
Charlotte White

Food banks can take hope from election result – if Labour takes action before another tough winter

'I sofa surfed for four months': How 'out of control' renting crisis is hurting key workers
Unison key workers at a protest
Ben Twomey and Tilly Smith

'I sofa surfed for four months': How 'out of control' renting crisis is hurting key workers

UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns
A sign reading 'For Rent'
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UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns

'I haven't voted since Blair': How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain
General election 2024

'I haven't voted since Blair': How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain

The homelessness crisis cannot continue: Are the major parties' promises enough to tackle it?
homelessness
Rick Henderson

The homelessness crisis cannot continue: Are the major parties' promises enough to tackle it?

Labour unveils plan to fix rental crisis and immediately axe no-fault evictions
Labour will ban no-fault evictions, confirms Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer
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Labour unveils plan to fix rental crisis and immediately axe no-fault evictions

'All my stuff is ruined now': Renter speaks out after home flooded with faeces and sewage
Privste renter Decoda Smith
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'All my stuff is ruined now': Renter speaks out after home flooded with faeces and sewage

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer's plan to end the UK's housing crisis
Labour leader Keir Starmer launches manifesto including promises to fix the housing crisis
General election 2024

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer's plan to end the UK's housing crisis

'Next government must fix our broken rental system': Political leaders told to stand up for renters
renters are demanding the next government protects them from poverty
RENTING

'Next government must fix our broken rental system': Political leaders told to stand up for renters

Number of pensioners in poverty will double by 2040 unless next government acts
pensioner poverty ageing population
Joanna Elson

Number of pensioners in poverty will double by 2040 unless next government acts

Is there really a 'clear plan' to tackle UK's housing crisis? Five things we learned from Tory manifesto
Rishi Sunak ahead of the Conservative Manifesto launch
General election 2024

Is there really a 'clear plan' to tackle UK's housing crisis? Five things we learned from Tory manifesto

'I'm sad, angry and confused': These renters are being made homeless to house people already homeless
Renters Jules Zakolska and her partner are facing a no-fault eviction in Lambeth
Renting

'I'm sad, angry and confused': These renters are being made homeless to house people already homeless

Is the homeownership dream over for young people? Here's how old the average first-time buyer really is
how old is the average first-time buyer
Homeownership

Is the homeownership dream over for young people? Here's how old the average first-time buyer really is

General Election 2024: What next for rental reforms? All parties must vow to support renters
Renters Reform Bill failed to tackling private renting crisis
Tom Darling

General Election 2024: What next for rental reforms? All parties must vow to support renters

10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have not solved rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping

Building more social housing could save NHS and DWP billions – and add even more to UK's economy
a builder working on social housing
General election 2024

Building more social housing could save NHS and DWP billions – and add even more to UK's economy

TSB Bank forced to change buy-to-let mortgage policy after renters' furious sit-in protest
Renters from Acorn union occupied TSB branches to force a climbdown on buy-to-let mortgages
Renting

TSB Bank forced to change buy-to-let mortgage policy after renters' furious sit-in protest

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
rents uk
Renting

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

'More bad news for renters': Rental crisis continues with steep rent rises despite inflation falling
inflation is falling but rents are still rising at a faster rate than wages
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'More bad news for renters': Rental crisis continues with steep rent rises despite inflation falling