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Section 21 eviction

Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless
Renters Jules Zakolska and her partner are facing a no-fault eviction in Lambeth
Renting

Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless

Tenants in Lambeth have accused the Labour-run Lambeth Council of making them homeless through section 21 evictions just months before the government is set to scrap them
Big Issue founder launches bid to ban no-fault evictions as soon as Renters' Rights Bill is made law
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird
RENTING

Big Issue founder launches bid to ban no-fault evictions as soon as Renters' Rights Bill is made law

Surge in renters losing their homes due to no-fault evictions ahead of ban: 'This is frightening'
Simon from Chatham has faced a section 21 eviction
Renting

Surge in renters losing their homes due to no-fault evictions ahead of ban: 'This is frightening'

So-called 'landlord exodus' divides opinion amid Renters' Rights Bill debate in the Lords
RENTING

So-called 'landlord exodus' divides opinion amid Renters' Rights Bill debate in the Lords

Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions
Renting

Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions

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Labour's Renters' Rights Bill is a step forward – but there's a glaring gap on the affordability crisis
Cardboard boxes piled up at a London Renters Union protest
Nye Jones

Labour's Renters' Rights Bill is a step forward – but there's a glaring gap on the affordability crisis

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

Government rejects MPs' bid to cap record-high rents as Renters' Rights Bill passes through Commons
Labour housing minister Matthew Pennycook
RENTING

Government rejects MPs' bid to cap record-high rents as Renters' Rights Bill passes through Commons

The Renters' Rights Bill is a moment for celebration – but we can’t afford to stop here
placards reading 'Power to the Renters' and 'Homes 4 All'
Ben Twomey

The Renters' Rights Bill is a moment for celebration – but we can’t afford to stop here

Number of kids in temporary housing reaches record high: 'Labour must get to grips with this crisis'
A couple in temporary accommodation with a dog
Homelessness

Number of kids in temporary housing reaches record high: 'Labour must get to grips with this crisis'

Labour's rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that's still too much
placards reading 'Power to the Renters' and 'Homes 4 All'
Renting

Labour's rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that's still too much

Labour government will 'leave no stone unturned to end national disgrace of record homelessness'
Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali

Labour government will 'leave no stone unturned to end national disgrace of record homelessness'

Renters should be compensated if they're forced out of their home, campaigners say
Renters' rights

Renters should be compensated if they're forced out of their home, campaigners say

Renters' Rights Bill: Labour has 'once-in-a-generation opportunity' to fix the renting crisis
Labour housing secretary Angela Rayner and housing minister Matther Pennycook
Renting

Renters' Rights Bill: Labour has 'once-in-a-generation opportunity' to fix the renting crisis

Labour must act quickly on 'monumental challenge' of tackling homelessness crisis
a person experiencing homelessness on the streets
Paula Barker

Labour must act quickly on 'monumental challenge' of tackling homelessness crisis

I'm a housing adviser for a homelessness charity. People contact us in tears almost daily
Housing advisor Alex Szorad works for youth homelessness charity Depaul UK
Alex Szorad

I'm a housing adviser for a homelessness charity. People contact us in tears almost daily

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds
A woman who is experiencing homelessness holding her daughter
Homelessness

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds

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

'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

Labour just won the election with a historic landslide. So what happens now?
General election 2024

Labour just won the election with a historic landslide. So what happens now?

Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years
silhouette of person looking out of the window
Homelessness

Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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
RENTING

Labour unveils plan to fix rental crisis and immediately axe no-fault evictions

'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

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

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