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AI is increasingly being used on listings for homes to rent. Is it acceptable or misleading?
Housing

AI is increasingly being used on listings for homes to rent. Is it acceptable or misleading?

Are renters being duped by AI-generated photos of properties, or do the images help to show the potential of a place?

Rents are set to rise 5% by the end of 2026. Here’s what it could mean for homelessness
Renting

Rents are set to rise 5% by the end of 2026. Here’s what it could mean for homelessness

Zoopla has warned fewer homes available on the market is driving up private rent costs. Rising rents could have big implications for homelessness and Andy Burnham’s plans for local housing allowance

Not every pensioner lives in a mortgage-free home. Rising rents mean more are facing homelessness
Morgan Vine

Not every pensioner lives in a mortgage-free home. Rising rents mean more are facing homelessness

The most recent official statistics show the number of older households facing homelessness is at the highest point since records began. The private rented sector is to blame, writes Morgan Vine, director of policy and influencing at Independent Age

Renters still face living in draughty homes – even if their landlord is the King
Nye Jones

Renters still face living in draughty homes – even if their landlord is the King

Labour ‘turning the tide’ on homelessness but Burnham ‘must go further’ to help homeless kids
Housing

Labour ‘turning the tide’ on homelessness but Burnham ‘must go further’ to help homeless kids

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If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20
food

If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20

Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by ‘rule-breaking’ letting agents
Housing

Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by ‘rule-breaking’ letting agents

‘My landlord doubled my rent after watching TikTok’: How to challenge unfair rent increases
Renting

‘My landlord doubled my rent after watching TikTok’: How to challenge unfair rent increases

How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives
Steven MacKenzie

How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives

Keir Starmer exclusive: ‘There’s always that challenge of getting good news out there’
Politics

Keir Starmer exclusive: ‘There’s always that challenge of getting good news out there’

Renters will keep falling into debt until there’s proper action to tackle affordability of homes
Vikki Brownridge

Renters will keep falling into debt until there’s proper action to tackle affordability of homes

Cost of Rent Day: Renters reach the day when they finally earn enough to pay a year’s worth of rent
Renting

Cost of Rent Day: Renters reach the day when they finally earn enough to pay a year’s worth of rent

‘I’m infuriated that young people don’t get a say at elections. The minimum voting age is unfair’
Letters

‘I’m infuriated that young people don’t get a say at elections. The minimum voting age is unfair’

Homelessness remains at crisis point so we’re funding local solutions to fix it
Duncan Shrubsole

Homelessness remains at crisis point so we’re funding local solutions to fix it

Renters like Natasha will no longer be scared of complaining about damp in case they’re evicted
Section 21

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering introducing a rent freeze. Will it help renters?
Renting

Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering introducing a rent freeze. Will it help renters?

Why renters are protesting against the housing crisis: ‘People are neglected for profit’
Renting

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

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Actor Jessica Regan moved 16 times in 20 years. Now her renting nightmare is a stage show
Theatre

Actor Jessica Regan moved 16 times in 20 years. Now her renting nightmare is a stage show

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

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

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here’s how they can do it
Ben Cooper

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here’s how they can do it

‘It’s outrageous’: Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard
Renting

‘It’s outrageous’: Renters face decade-long wait for new decent homes standard