Renting
Rent will rise faster than wages for years, think tank warns: 'Nowhere to hide from housing crisis'
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Rent will rise faster than wages for years, think tank warns: 'Nowhere to hide from housing crisis'
Sadiq Khan promises 6,000 rent control homes for London key workers: 'I'll be a renters' champion'
![Mayor of London Sadiq Khan](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MEDIAHeadshot-MOLSadiqKhan_0002-1.jpg?w=768)
Sadiq Khan promises 6,000 rent control homes for London key workers: 'I'll be a renters' champion'
Artist with autism uses drawing to make sense of the trauma of losing his home
![Christopher Hoggins Roof-less eviction art book](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aabungalow-1-1.jpg?w=768)
Artist with autism uses drawing to make sense of the trauma of losing his home
Single mum with arthritis faces homelessness after 'absolutely disgusting' no-fault eviction
![Debbie Graham from Carlisle is facing a no-fault eviction](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pro-5lsrc4Dd.jpeg?w=768)
Single mum with arthritis faces homelessness after 'absolutely disgusting' no-fault eviction
Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?
![Jeremy Hunt announced local housing allowance rise](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53606581712_1b9bd7a232_k.jpg?w=768)
Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?
Leaked letter to Tory MPs reveals renting reforms will be 'watered down' to 'appease landlords'
![Renters Reform Bill failed to tackling private renting crisis](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/011A0958-3.jpg?w=768)
Leaked letter to Tory MPs reveals renting reforms will be 'watered down' to 'appease landlords'
Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill
![Renters and the Renters Reform Bill](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-rdne-stock-project-8293778.jpg?w=768)
Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill
Too many elderly renters in England are scared and living in poverty. Here's how we can help them
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Too many elderly renters in England are scared and living in poverty. Here's how we can help them
I'm 67 and working as a cabby. Rent and cost of living means I'll never be able to afford to retire
![Pensioner Rob can't retire because he's renting](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-02-23-at-15.00.55.jpg?w=768)
I'm 67 and working as a cabby. Rent and cost of living means I'll never be able to afford to retire
Spring Budget: Rent campaigners accuse Jeremy Hunt of 'landlord giveaway' capital gains tax cut
![Jeremy Hunt slashed capital gains tax at the Spring Budget sparking fears landlords will sell up](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/different-resonance-vPDYAEfxrhk-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Spring Budget: Rent campaigners accuse Jeremy Hunt of 'landlord giveaway' capital gains tax cut
Spring Budget: Jeremy Hunt abandons divisive 99% mortgage scheme
![Chancellor Jeremy Hunt working on plans, portentially including 99% mortgages, ahead of the Spring Budget](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/53569746855_1a877344a7_k.jpg?w=768)
Spring Budget: Jeremy Hunt abandons divisive 99% mortgage scheme
Jeremy Hunt to unveil 99% mortgages in Spring Budget. But what does it mean for housing crisis?
![Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is reportedly considering a 99% mortgage scheme](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53516863314_da9a877fc7_6k.jpg?w=768)
Jeremy Hunt to unveil 99% mortgages in Spring Budget. But what does it mean for housing crisis?
Landlord Tory MPs are trying to 'gut' protections for private renters, analysis shows
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Landlord Tory MPs are trying to 'gut' protections for private renters, analysis shows
Housing legal aid ‘on brink of collapse’, experts warn
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Housing legal aid ‘on brink of collapse’, experts warn
Renters in Scotland face 'tidal wave of evictions' as rent cap and eviction ban comes to an end
![Scottish renters want Patrick Harvie and other ministers to take action to protect them from end of the rent cap](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53361844264_9592bce60c_k.jpg?w=768)
Renters in Scotland face 'tidal wave of evictions' as rent cap and eviction ban comes to an end
No-fault evictions will be banned by next election, Michael Gove promises: 'We will have outlawed it'
![Michael Gove promises no-fault evictions will be banned by general election](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/53512822830_728d984c53_o.jpg?w=768)
No-fault evictions will be banned by next election, Michael Gove promises: 'We will have outlawed it'
Surge in number of no-fault evictions, figures show: 'How are renters expected to live like this?'
![renters groups campaign for Renters Reform Bill to scrap no-fault evictions](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/011A0972-1.jpg?w=768)
Surge in number of no-fault evictions, figures show: 'How are renters expected to live like this?'
Landlords need to accept responsibility not only for the housing crisis – but for our misery
![Against Landlords is a book by Nick Bano](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pexels-alena-darmel-7642000-1-scaled.jpg?w=648)
Landlords need to accept responsibility not only for the housing crisis – but for our misery
Some renters are put off asking their landlords for repairs out of fear of rent increases
![renters are living with damp and mould and other issues](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/6379728773_64b9dfa6b8_k.jpg?w=768)
Some renters are put off asking their landlords for repairs out of fear of rent increases
Protect tenants from living in mould, damp and 'third-world poverty conditions', government told
![Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Awaab-Ishak-hero.jpg?w=768)