Section 21 eviction

Renters like Natasha will no longer be scared of complaining about damp in case they're evicted
Generation Rent chief executive Ben Twomey
Section 21

Renters like Natasha will no longer be scared of complaining about damp in case they're evicted

Today marks a new era for private renters across England, writes Ben Twomey, chief executive of Generation Rent.
The Renters' Rights Act must finally give tenants the service they pay landlords a premium for
a hand putting a key into another hand
Rachael Williamson

The Renters' Rights Act must finally give tenants the service they pay landlords a premium for

Thousands of renting households threatened with homelessness through no-fault eviction ahead of ban
renters protest in London with protesters holding placards
Renting

Thousands of renting households threatened with homelessness through no-fault eviction ahead of ban

Renters’ Rights Act: ‘For too long, families have lived with the constant fear of eviction’
Renting

Renters’ Rights Act: ‘For too long, families have lived with the constant fear of eviction’

The Renters’ Rights Act won’t make homes affordable – politicians must show renters they'll act
Clara Collingwood

The Renters’ Rights Act won’t make homes affordable – politicians must show renters they'll act

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Renters' Rights Act is finally here. Here's what is changing for tenants and landlords
London Renters Union activists holding a placard which reads: 'High rents kill our communities', while protesting against sky-high rents in 2024
Renting

The Renters' Rights Act is finally here. Here's what is changing for tenants and landlords

Why renters are protesting against the housing crisis: 'People are neglected for profit'
Renter Jo Winter
Renting

Why renters are protesting against the housing crisis: 'People are neglected for profit'

Reform plans to rip up Renters’ Rights Act after tenants wait years for no-fault evictions ban
Reform UK Richard Tice
RENTING

Reform plans to rip up Renters’ Rights Act after tenants wait years for no-fault evictions ban

What a row over a tent village in London's West End says about the homelessness crisis
A man and a woman with their two dogs in a tent
Homelessness

What a row over a tent village in London's West End says about the homelessness crisis

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: 'I thought I was going to be there forever'
Andre Hopkins at his new home
homelessness

Remarkable turnaround for man who lived in woods for a year: 'I thought I was going to be there forever'

Newcastle Big Issue vendor facing no-fault eviction weeks after new law banning section 21 notices gets royal assent
Big Issue vendor Preda Illie
Press Release

Newcastle Big Issue vendor facing no-fault eviction weeks after new law banning section 21 notices gets royal assent

Renters' Rights Act: Labour's landmark rental reforms receive royal assent and finally become law
affordable housing
Renters' Rights Act

Renters' Rights Act: Labour's landmark rental reforms receive royal assent and finally become law

Inside the 10-year battle to change the law and help renters feel secure in their homes
Renters Reform Bill campaigners call for the end of no-fault evictions
Dan Wilson Craw

Inside the 10-year battle to change the law and help renters feel secure in their homes

Renters' Rights Bill must become law 'as soon as possible', housing minister says
Labour housing minister Matthew Pennycook in a Renters' Rights Bill parliamentary debate
Renting

Renters' Rights Bill must become law 'as soon as possible', housing minister says

Number of no-fault evictions rises in Labour's first year in office: 'This is unconscionable'
Campaigners want Renters Reform Bill to be debated in parliament as more renters face eviction
Renting

Number of no-fault evictions rises in Labour's first year in office: 'This is unconscionable'

Average rent now £400 per month higher than five years ago, Rightmove says: 'Another new record'
A UK housing estate and surrounding fields
Renting

Average rent now £400 per month higher than five years ago, Rightmove says: 'Another new record'

Renters' Rights Bill clears House of Lords bringing to end peers' 'tenant and landlord battle'
Renting

Renters' Rights Bill clears House of Lords bringing to end peers' 'tenant and landlord battle'

The Renters' Rights Bill promises more security – but it won't tackle high rents crippling renters
Renters protest high rents in London
Paul Shanks

The Renters' Rights Bill promises more security – but it won't tackle high rents crippling renters

Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless
Renters Jules Zakolska and her partner are facing a no-fault eviction in Lambeth
Renting

Renters fail in bid to stop council from making them homeless to house people already homeless

Big Issue founder launches bid to ban no-fault evictions as soon as Renters' Rights Bill is made law
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird
RENTING

Big Issue founder launches bid to ban no-fault evictions as soon as Renters' Rights Bill is made law

Surge in renters losing their homes due to no-fault evictions ahead of ban: 'This is frightening'
Simon from Chatham has faced a section 21 eviction
Renting

Surge in renters losing their homes due to no-fault evictions ahead of ban: 'This is frightening'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
So-called 'landlord exodus' divides opinion amid Renters' Rights Bill debate in the Lords
Peer Lord Best in the House of Lords
RENTING

So-called 'landlord exodus' divides opinion amid Renters' Rights Bill debate in the Lords

Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions
Conservative shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake at the Renters' Rights Bill third reading
Renting

Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions

Labour's Renters' Rights Bill is a step forward – but there's a glaring gap on the affordability crisis
Cardboard boxes piled up at a London Renters Union protest
Nye Jones

Labour's Renters' Rights Bill is a step forward – but there's a glaring gap on the affordability crisis

What is the Renters' Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
Protesters from the London Renters Union protest high rents in May 2024
RENTING

What is the Renters' Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions