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Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...

Zoopla has issued the first major private rental sector market forecast for 2024. Rental growth this year is on track to end...

A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...

Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...

Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...

A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...

A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...

A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...

A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...

A leading agent is the latest industry figure to speak out against rent controls, which continue to be advocated by Labour...

Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...

A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...

A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...

An influential think tank is calling on government to radically reform the private rental sector because a generation of young people...

A leading lettings sector trade body has repeated its call on government to offer a range of incentives to landlords and...

The Resolution Foundation, a think tank, claims that home ownership is far lower than is widely believed to be the case...

Much publicity has been given to the Resolution Foundation’s report into falling home ownership - but the flip side is that...

An industry body has blasted an analysis of housing trends in England that claims the private rented sector is ‘not fit...

The combination of falling home ownership and rising costs in the private rented sector mean that today’s younger generation will have...

The housing ladder is disappearing for most young working households on modest incomes who are obliged to rent for the indefinite...