Renter power

Putting tenants in charge

Sign our petition to make renting more affordable

What's the problem

Rents are too expensive - most of us are paying more than 30% of our income in rent.

For those of us that rely on housing benefit to cover our rent, it's much worse. Housing benefit rates have been frozen since 2016, meaning that rents are eating into the rest of our income.

Not only does the cost of rent reduce your disposable income, it weakens your position as a consumer - when you're searching for a new home you're under pressure to accept the first suitable home you can afford because someone else will take it if you don't.

Moving home is also expensive - renters have to find £1084 on average for the deposit alone. In many cases they will have that kind of money already - but locked away as the deposit on the house they're moving out of.