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End housing inequality
No renter should have to face discrimination or inequality If you are a migrant, refugee or minority ethnic renter, have community engagement experience or just want to help Generatoin Rent
Home sweet home
What makes your house feel like home? For those lucky enough to own their home it might be the freshly washed sheets, the family photos, or their favourite spot on
Freeze Rents Now
Bills are soaring and the cost of renting and energy is hurting renters across the country We need the Government to introduce temporary measures to help renters get through this
A Decent Homes Standard for the PRS
Every renter should expect certain standards from their home. A warm, safe and secure home is what all renters deserve. However more than 1 million private rented homes are unsafe,
Homes Not Hotels
Petition: Give councils the power to control the number of holiday lets In Britain’s holiday hotspots, landlords are taking homes and turning them into hotels. Since the emergence of Airbnb
Make deposits more affordable
Right now it costs an average of £808 to put down a deposit on a new home to rent. This is a huge amount of money, especially when you probably
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LATEST NEWS
Predatory adverts to be clamped down on in new law after Generation Rent campaign
Content warning: sexual offences After a successful campaign by Generation Rent, the Online Safety Bill will target predators
Reform To The Private Rented Sector Podcast
In this episode of the podcast, hosted by Rosie Dutch, Ben Twomey Chief Executive of Generation Rent and Joshua Davies,
Care workers, teaching assistants and other key workers are locked out of renting in Devon
New research from Generation Rent has revealed that local rents are too high for many key workers living in the
Campaigners sound alarm on Renters (Reform) Bill “disappearance”
Generation Rent today warned the government that time is running out to keep its manifesto promise to protect private renters
Open letter to mortgage lenders – Together we can end unfair evictions
Ben Twomey, Chief Executive of Generation Rent, today sent an open letter to mortgage providers asking them not to evict
Fuel poor private renters miss out on home insulation grants
Five times as many owner-occupiers have received energy efficiency grants than private renters, despite households in fuel poverty being almost
Majority of private renters faced rent increase in past year
Three in five private renters (60%) were asked to pay a higher rent in the past year, our latest survey
Holiday Lets Legislation: A Centre Perspective
Torrin Wilkins, Director of the Centre Think Tank, offers his perspective on currently proposed holiday lets legislation In recent years
Migrant groups face obstacles in accessing safe and secure housing
Research conducted by Generation Rent has revealed shocking discrimination towards migrant communities while navigating the private rental market. The findings,
How worried should renters be about interest rates?
Despite this month’s fall in the rate of inflation, it is likely that higher interest rates will be with us
Renters evicted every 15 minutes this summer as government delays outlawing unfair evictions
It was revealed today that a possible new law to end unfair evictions will not be debated by parliament before
Saving for a mortgage deposit now takes a decade
The time it takes to save for a mortgage deposit in England has hit 10 years, having significantly increased over