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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 Generation Rent
Renters’ Rights Bill
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. All renters deserve a warm, safe and secure home. However more than 1 million private rented homes are unsafe, uncomfortably cold,
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
Renters currently pay an average £1,118 for a deposit, on top of other moving costs and overlapping rent. Most of the time we have to find the new deposit before
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LATEST NEWS
What will the 2025 Spending review mean for renters?
This afternoon, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves outlined the Government’s spending plans in the 2025 spending review. Below, we’ve summarised some
Private renters save almost £900 million in England six years after ban on unfair fees (press release)
Private renters in England have collectively saved an estimated £889,000,000 in letting agent fees since their use was made illegal
Student renters to lose out on new protections
It’s unlikely that the image of a shabby, cold and crowded student flat would be a shock to anyone. People
How the upcoming landlord database should work for renters
The Renters’ Rights Bill, currently passing through Parliament, will finally introduce a new database which all landlords in England will
Ministers should activate army of tenants to enforce new rules
London’s renters face a postcode lottery when dealing with criminal operators, with just five councils responsible for 87% of fines
A New Deal for Private Renters in Northern Ireland?
Privately rented homes in Northern Ireland (NI) have long been a source of insecurity and financial strain for tenants with
Getting more renters registered to vote
Private renters are one of the least enfranchised groups in British society, with low levels of voter registration arising from
Number of children trapped in temporary accommodation continues to soar (Press Release)
Today, 30.04.2025, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government published the latest Statutory Homelessness Statistics for October to December 2024.
Guarantor demands are cutting renters off from homes
Picture this. You’re looking for somewhere to rent. You scour the internet every day, make inquiries, go to viewings. It
Five takeaways for renting in 2025
Between October and November 2024, we surveyed 957 people who were private renters. This includes people with tenancies from before
One in four renters struggles to retrieve full deposit after tenancy
£5.4bn of private renters’ cash is held in Britain’s tenancy deposit protection (TDP) schemes, but new Generation Rent research suggests
Temporary rent increase restrictions lead to eightfold jump in renters challenging rent hikes (Press Release)
New analysis has found that temporary restrictions on rent increases in the Scottish private rented sector led to a more