Rent

This project offers homeless people a home for life: ‘We want to end homelessness one person at a time’
Homelessness

This project offers homeless people a home for life: ‘We want to end homelessness one person at a time’

‘Being here has given me the strength to stay clean. It gives you hope for the future,’ says Storm, a resident at a new Housing First project in East London

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty
Debt

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty

‘You go into denial. It’s so much that your brain just switches. I just kept putting the pieces of paper into a box and hoping it’d go away’

Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: ‘On a knife edge’
Rent

Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: ‘On a knife edge’

‘When nearly half of people are so financially fragile that they are living in fear of a £100 bill, something has gone very wrong’

Are landlords really selling up? Number of new homes available for rent, revealed by Rightmove
RENTING

Are landlords really selling up? Number of new homes available for rent, revealed by Rightmove

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle
Renting

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle

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Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about
Social Justice

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about

More than 24 million Brits don’t earn enough for a ‘decent standard of living’, report finds
Cost of living

More than 24 million Brits don’t earn enough for a ‘decent standard of living’, report finds

Paying off your landlord’s mortgage can’t be right in this day and age. There must be a cleverer way
John Bird

Paying off your landlord’s mortgage can’t be right in this day and age. There must be a cleverer way

Brits pay way more for housing, transport and alcohol than our European neighbours – here’s why
Cost of living

Brits pay way more for housing, transport and alcohol than our European neighbours – here’s why

How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump’s US election victory
Donald Trump

How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump’s US election victory

Letters: The tradies I know are out-earning uni graduates three times over
Letters

Letters: The tradies I know are out-earning uni graduates three times over

Lodger rights: Everything you need to know
renting

Lodger rights: Everything you need to know

Renters should be compensated if they’re forced out of their home, campaigners say
Renters' rights

Renters should be compensated if they’re forced out of their home, campaigners say

Is subletting illegal?
Renting

Is subletting illegal?

How to set up bills when renting
renting

How to set up bills when renting

Is my deposit protected by a deposit protection scheme?
renting

Is my deposit protected by a deposit protection scheme?

How long does a landlord have to return a deposit?
renting

How long does a landlord have to return a deposit?

Help with rental arrears
Renting

Help with rental arrears

What is a guarantor for rent?
renting

What is a guarantor for rent?

How much can a landlord increase rent?
renting

How much can a landlord increase rent?

How to get help with rent
Renting

How to get help with rent

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Low pay as a trainee bus driver left me desperate. I skipped meals and ended up £46k in debt
Cost of living

Low pay as a trainee bus driver left me desperate. I skipped meals and ended up £46k in debt

Disabled renters need protection – and the Tories’ watered-down renter reforms don’t deliver it
Nadia Whittome

Disabled renters need protection – and the Tories’ watered-down renter reforms don’t deliver it

Dropping leasehold pledge could cost Labour millions of votes, campaigners warn: ‘Expect consequences’
Housing

Dropping leasehold pledge could cost Labour millions of votes, campaigners warn: ‘Expect consequences’

UK inflation falls to lowest level in more than two years. But what does it mean for your wallet?
Inflation

UK inflation falls to lowest level in more than two years. But what does it mean for your wallet?