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A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” StepChange charity is referring to...

A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

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

New research from insurance provider Paymentshield has found that over one in five UK tenants have experienced a negative property event...

Campaigning charity Shelter says new government figures reveal an increasing number of renters are facing eviction.  And it warns that more renters are...

Shelter claims the health of one in five renters in England is harmed by poor housing, and says grants covering Covid-related...

A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...

Almost half of renters in England have been victims of illegal behaviour from landlords or lettings agents, Shelter claims. The stark allegations...

The campaigning charity Shelter claims 14 per cent of adults in England - that’s six million people - are more worried...

The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...

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

A pet care company claims that millions of private renters are being denied the benefits of pet ownership because of landlords...

Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their...

More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...

Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...

The Nationwide Building Society says it is assembling what it calls ‘an industry alliance’ to support the increasingly-beleaguered private rental sector.   The...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims around one in 10 landlords quit the lettings sector each year.   Using new research by YouGov it says...

Private renters aren’t pressing agents and landlords to carry out repairs to their home over fears they’ll be evicted, claims Citizens...

In a blog which appears - perhaps surprisingly - to be supportive of Theresa May’s General Election manifesto, campaigning charity Shelter...

A survey conducted for a property sales platform shows a very substantial majority of the public against any agents' fees being...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks is advising letting agents and landlords to be wary of any tenant seeking to ‘game’...

Just over a quarter of all tenants across private and public housing would not say if they had caused significant damage...

Citizens Advice has spoken out about soon-to-be-banned letting agent fees charged to tenants. The organisation's 'A State of Disrepair' report says that...

Citizens Advice says some 39 per cent of people living with their children in rented homes have a tenancy of six months...

Tenants are becoming increasingly eco-conscious according to a new survey.   Some 80 per cent of those questioned agree that landlords or their...

In its latest bid to push Chancellor Phillip Hammond to back down on buy to let tax changes, the Residential Landlords...

The long-term aspiration of most Britons to own their home has not been deterred by the Brexit vote, according to the...

Next week letting agents across the country will be taking part in the fifth annual SAFEagent Awareness Week. The event aims to...

One of the biggest surveys of tenants in the private rental sector shows that a narrow majority favour a six month...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has taken Shelter to task for what it describes as “emotionally charged” media statements about alleged harassment...