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Paying rent is biggest concern for private tenants as half face hike

Posted on Latest news by Dan Wilson Craw · December 19, 2022 11:13 AM · 1 reaction

Half of private renters have faced a rent increase in the last year, Generation Rent research finds today, as we call for the government to impose an emergency rent freeze to fight the cost of living crisis.

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Black History Month: The fight to end housing inequality

Posted on Latest news by Tilly Smith · October 24, 2022 9:19 AM · 1 reaction

Housing has always been an important aspect of the fight for racial equality. In celebration of Black History Month 2022, at Generation Rent we are commemorating the work of black campaigners and their fight towards housing equality. However, it is also important to acknowledge how far we still have to go.

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Your holiday, our home?

Posted on Latest news by Dan Wilson Craw · May 27, 2022 3:35 PM · 1 reaction

Wales and South West England saw both the largest increase in holiday home ownership and the largest rise in rents over the course of the pandemic, according to our latest research.

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Coalition demands action in Queens Speech

Posted on Latest news by Dan Wilson Craw · May 05, 2022 6:29 PM · 1 reaction

Generation Rent and members of the Renters Reform Coalition handed a letter into 10 Downing Street today to urge Boris Johnson to end unfair evictions for good in 2022 and announce a Renters’ Reform Bill in next Tuesday’s Queens Speech.

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Illegal rentals costing tenants £321m extra in energy bills

Posted on Latest news by Dan Wilson Craw · May 03, 2022 5:15 PM · 1 reaction

A quarter of a million landlords are letting families live in homes that are so expensive to heat they are illegal to let out. We estimate tenants in properties across England to be spending £321 million more this year on energy bills than they would if their homes met basic standards.

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Licensing landlords drives up standards in England

Posted on Latest news by Dan Wilson Craw · October 24, 2021 10:14 AM · 1 reaction

Councils that require landlords to be licensed take more than twice as much enforcement action as those that don’t.

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The cost of unwanted moves

Posted on Latest news by Dan Wilson Craw · August 28, 2021 8:14 AM · 1 reaction

Moving home is expensive - it's even worse when you have no choice in the matter. Unwanted moves are costing private renters in England £229m per year. 

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The holiday let boom is causing a crisis for local renters

Posted on Latest news by Tilly Smith · August 23, 2021 6:03 PM · 1 reaction

A sharp rise in properties being let out as holiday homes, has meant that renters around the UK are being priced out of their own local communities, our latest research has found. And renters in Scotland, Wales and the South West of England are the worst hit.

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You may have more protections than you think

Posted on Latest news by Dan Wilson Craw · June 04, 2021 1:37 PM · 1 reaction

The ban on most evictions was lifted this week and the notice period on Section 21 evictions has been reduced from 6 months to 4 months. But if your landlord has failed to provide you with certain documents you could be protected from eviction - up to three quarters of renters, according to our latest research.  

Our new research has also revealed the lack of knowledge about rights among private renters, which the first Renters' Rights Awareness Week, taking place on 14-20 June, aims to change.

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700,000 renters hit with unfair eviction notices during pandemic

Posted on Latest news by Dan Wilson Craw · April 15, 2021 6:00 AM

One in 12 private renters has been given notice to move out without a reason since March 2020, a new poll by Survation reveals today.

The survey, commissioned by us, indicates that as many as 694,000 private tenants have been served with a Section 21 notice during the pandemic, which allows landlords to evict tenants without needing a reason.

The survey also found that one in three private renters fears that they will lose their home in the year ahead – which represents nearly 3 million adults in England.

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