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Speed up landlord repairs
Everyone deserves a safe home but private renters are more likely to live in poor-quality housing, with one in ten private rented homes considered dangerous. Private renters often struggle to get
Make deposits more affordable
When moving into a new home, renters currently pay an average £1,150 for a deposit, on top of other moving costs and a maximum of one month’s rent in advance.
Slam the brakes on soaring rents
Private rents are like a runaway train with no driver, leaving too many renters as passengers with no control over our lives. The cost of renting has soared well above
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LATEST NEWS
Zack Polanski calls for three-year cap on rent increases
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has called for a three year “emergency brake”on private rent increases. In his speech to
Burnham sets out his housing plans
We knew from the very start of Andy Burnham’s government that he was going to go big on housing: on
Burnham pledges fresh crackdown on rogue landlords
Generation Rent has welcomed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s speech to Labour Conference announcing that councils will be given the power
Press release: 17,000 call for quicker return of renters’ deposits
Government misses expected date for tender launch Renters in England have demanded a fairer deposit system that returns money more
England’s landlord register takes shape
One of our longest-running campaigns is a step closer to becoming a reality: a national register of landlords in England.
PRESS RELEASE: One step closer to a landlord register in England
Responding to this morning’s announcement by the government of plans to roll out the new national landlord register and designate
Generation Rent announces new Chief Executive (PRESS RELEASE)
Generation Rent has announced its new Chief Executive. The campaign group, which campaigns on behalf of private renters across the
Renters urged to send a postcard to Angela Rayner
Generation Rent has launched a new campaign, urging renters to send a real, printed postcard to the new Housing Secretary
Generation Rent unveils the ‘Cost of Renting Receipt’ (PRESS RELEASE)
Generation Rent has today unveiled the ‘Cost of Renting Receipt’*, laying bare the huge increase in the cost of private
What to expect from your rent under the Renters Rights Act
The Renters Rights Act does a lot of things to make renting better, from providing better protections from eviction to
Black households twice as likely to face Section 21 homelessness
The private rented sector (PRS) houses the highest proportions of ethnic minorities relative to any other tenure, yet certain groups are still
Housing Committee says government needs to go further for renters, Generation Rent responds (PRESS RELEASE)
A new report from the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee has urged the government to go further to