Rent controls

Renters’ Rights Bill set to become law – more than 2,300 days since Tories promised evictions reform
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill set to become law – more than 2,300 days since Tories promised evictions reform

Renters’ wait is almost over. The Renters’ Rights Bill has completed its final House of Commons debate and will soon become law when it gets royal assent

Rent controls coming to Scotland as Holyrood passes ‘ground-breaking’ housing bill
Housing

Rent controls coming to Scotland as Holyrood passes ‘ground-breaking’ housing bill

The new Housing (Scotland) Bill promises to boost homelessness prevention, bring in Awaab’s Law to fix horror homes and introduce measures to cap rents – but not for everyone

Labour must stop landlords hiking rents if Keir Starmer is to help working people
Nye Jones

Labour must stop landlords hiking rents if Keir Starmer is to help working people

Keir Starmer has pointed to the Renters’ Rights Bill and building 1.5 million homes to stop rents rising. But Generation Rent’s Nye Jones says a rent cap is needed to help tenants facing record-high costs

One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord: ‘We’re getting a raw deal’
Renting

One in four renters struggle to get full deposit back from landlord: ‘We’re getting a raw deal’

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

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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

Renters’ Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told
RENTING

Renters’ Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told

‘We are sick and tired’: Hundreds of renters demand ‘rent controls now’ in Christmas protest
RENTING

‘We are sick and tired’: Hundreds of renters demand ‘rent controls now’ in Christmas protest

Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill will ‘put decency in the heart of the private rented sector’
RENTING

Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill will ‘put decency in the heart of the private rented sector’

Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?
Rent controls

Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: ‘We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants’
Politics

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: ‘We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants’

Humza Yousaf has resigned – but rent controls ‘can’t be allowed to go with him’, campaigners say
Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf has resigned – but rent controls ‘can’t be allowed to go with him’, campaigners say

Sadiq Khan promises 6,000 rent control homes for London key workers: ‘I’ll be a renters’ champion’
Housing

Sadiq Khan promises 6,000 rent control homes for London key workers: ‘I’ll be a renters’ champion’

‘The leadership we need’: Humza Yousaf confirms plans for rent controls in Scotland
Rent controls

‘The leadership we need’: Humza Yousaf confirms plans for rent controls in Scotland

Sadiq Khan wants a rent freeze to give renters ‘badly needed respite’
Renting

Sadiq Khan wants a rent freeze to give renters ‘badly needed respite’

Landlords pocket £1.6bn in housing benefit for providing renters with horror homes
Renting

Landlords pocket £1.6bn in housing benefit for providing renters with horror homes

Government will pay landlords 5 times more than it will spend on affordable housing in next 4 years
Housing crisis

Government will pay landlords 5 times more than it will spend on affordable housing in next 4 years

Bristol Council to ask government for powers to bring in rent controls as costs spiral
Renting

Bristol Council to ask government for powers to bring in rent controls as costs spiral

Three quarters of Brits back rent controls to solve England’s housing crisis
Renting

Three quarters of Brits back rent controls to solve England’s housing crisis