Government and landlords reach deal to progress the Renters (Reform) Bill: our reaction
Today, government correspondence has appeared in the press which details a number of concessions made to landlord groups and pro-landlord MPs in order to progress the Renters (Reform) Bill. The […]
Renting around the World: Comparing Europe to England
In the first Renting around the World piece, we look at how some European countries compare to England on security of tenure. Security of tenure is one of the biggest […]
Scottish government sets out long term rent control plans
Today the Scottish government has published the Housing (Scotland) Bill, which contains proposals for a new system of rent controls in Scotland. The proposals go further than the Rent Pressure […]
Ten years of campaigning for renters
On 26th March 2014, Generation Rent launched. We had a team of 5, some big ideas and polling which showed that a third of us faced the dilemma of heating […]
Campaign update – Parliamentary Committee backs Generation Rent calls on Local Housing Allowance
Generation Rent saw a campaign success today as a new report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee has called for the UK Government to introduce a new […]
Rents up 9% across UK
Yesterday the Office for National Statistics released their analysis of rents in the UK, and the results are shocking but not surprising to renters. It shows that rents have increased […]
Why low supply of homes puts renters at risk
Figures have been shared with Generation Rent by the classifieds platform Gumtree showing that over the last 12 months, adverts for properties to rent received an average of 18 replies. There […]
Welsh Parliament hears that key workers are locked-out of renting in the country
Renting in Wales is unaffordable for a range of key workers, with the median rent in Cardiff worth 48% of a teaching assistant’s salary, new research from Generation Rent told […]
Backbench MPs attempting to water-down rental reforms leaving victims of abuse vulnerable to eviction
MPs have recently submitted a fresh round of amendments to the Renters (Reform) Bill, currently passing through Parliament. The Bill promises to end Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions as well […]
New tax break threatens rise in homelessness
The Budget yesterday saw a campaign win for Generation Rent as the Chancellor finally acted on our calls to remove tax breaks from holiday lets. But we got all of […]