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A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

The Metropolitan Police has been advised by tenant activists and the London Mayor on developing rule changes for evictions. The changes include a presumption against...

Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. Chief executive Polly Neate...

A former lettings agent who now helps tenants take legal action against landlords says 25 per cent of the complaints he...

Activist groups which previously focussed much of their fire on landlords are now attacking letting agents, accusing them of encouraging higher...

Activists say they are planning protests outside lettings agency offices this weekend. Activists in the London Renters Union and Greater Manchester Tenants...

A so-called Renters Union is organising a day of action after claiming letting agents are behind recent rent rises. London Renters Union...

Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...

Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...

An activist at the centre of a controversy involving a London letting agent has used a left-wing website to explain how...

The mainstream media today is reporting that a group of anti-landlord/anti-agent activists called an agent a “w*****” at a protest. This apparently prompted...

An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...

Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons is warning that the record-breaking rental growth of the past year has seen tenants pay a rocketing...

The pandemic has brought with it a whole new way of working, with many businesses now offering a hybrid model, and...

Activists from a range of pressure groups have reacted angrily to what they call a half-baked eviction ban announced by the...

London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...

An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...

Some 60% of London office workers who rent in the capital say the pandemic has made them reconsider their living situation,...

New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...

The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is joining forces with housing organisations to argue against private...

The anti-letting agent group ACORN is to stage protests in 10 to 15 UK cities this weekend according to an activists’...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

Activists in a body called the London Renters Union has returned to the theme of calling for tenants to not pay...

A mailing list operated by the left wing activists’ group Momentum has been used to win support for a rent strike...

Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...

A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...

A former estate agent who has set up an online platform giving information on property values for London renters and buyers...

New tenant data has revealed that the average age of renters living in shared properties in London has risen five years...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...

Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...

New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities...

A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...

Two senior London politicians are backing a campaign to scrap the powers of agents and landlords to evict tenants under Section...

A new app called UrbanCo is launched today in London as part of a buying agent-style service aimed at busy would-be renters.    A...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced the first details of his plan to introduce a 'London Living Rent'. This new...

In an unusual boost for the benefits of the private rental sector, new data suggests tenants routinely rent in more expensive...