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

The Tories promised to scrap no-fault evictions almost six years ago but more than 100 MPs voted against Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill and shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake refused to say he supported the incoming ban

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

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

The Renters’ Rights Bill heads to the House of Lords promising to improve the lives for private renters across England but the government still faces question on how it will protect tenants from record-high rents, writes Generation Rent’s Nye Jones

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

The Renters Reform Bill is dead, long live the Renters’ Rights Bill. Can Labour’s plan to fix the broken private rented sector succeed where the Tories failed?

Government rejects MPs’ bid to cap record-high rents as Renters’ Rights Bill passes through Commons
RENTING

Government rejects MPs’ bid to cap record-high rents as Renters’ Rights Bill passes through Commons

Labour’s rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn
Renters' Rights Bill

Labour’s rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn

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Rents have ballooned out of control – we must stop renters facing hikes higher than wage rises
Paula Barker MP

Rents have ballooned out of control – we must stop renters facing hikes higher than wage rises

Woman with heart condition, 72, hit with revenge eviction after asking landlord for simple repairs
No-fault evictions

Woman with heart condition, 72, hit with revenge eviction after asking landlord for simple repairs

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

Meet the ‘activist lawyer’ who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould
Awaab's law

Meet the ‘activist lawyer’ who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould

The Renters’ Rights Bill is a moment for celebration – but we can’t afford to stop here
Ben Twomey

The Renters’ Rights Bill is a moment for celebration – but we can’t afford to stop here

Renters are paying £3,240 more a year since the pandemic – and it’s pushing them to their limits
RENTING

Renters are paying £3,240 more a year since the pandemic – and it’s pushing them to their limits

Number of kids in temporary housing reaches record high: ‘Labour must get to grips with this crisis’
Homelessness

Number of kids in temporary housing reaches record high: ‘Labour must get to grips with this crisis’

Labour’s rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that’s still too much
Renting

Labour’s rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that’s still too much

Labour government will ‘leave no stone unturned to end national disgrace of record homelessness’
Rushanara Ali

Labour government will ‘leave no stone unturned to end national disgrace of record homelessness’

Will Labour’s employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials’ insecurity?
Alice Martin

Will Labour’s employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials’ insecurity?

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’

How Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill is aiming to save renters from ‘fear of eviction’
RENTING

How Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill is aiming to save renters from ‘fear of eviction’

Renters kicked out by no-fault evictions pay thousands to find a new home: ‘It’s totally unjust’
RENTING

Renters kicked out by no-fault evictions pay thousands to find a new home: ‘It’s totally unjust’

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

Tenants of TV star Stephen Mulhern left ‘living with damp and mould for two years’
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Tenants of TV star Stephen Mulhern left ‘living with damp and mould for two years’

Disabled renters hoped Labour would bring change. Are they actually any different to the Tories?
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled renters hoped Labour would bring change. Are they actually any different to the Tories?

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Renters’ Rights Bill: Labour has ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to fix the renting crisis
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill: Labour has ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to fix the renting crisis

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord
RENTING

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord

Who is Rushanara Ali? Meet the new Labour minister tasked with tackling the homelessness crisis
Homelessness

Who is Rushanara Ali? Meet the new Labour minister tasked with tackling the homelessness crisis

Labour must act quickly on ‘monumental challenge’ of tackling homelessness crisis
Paula Barker

Labour must act quickly on ‘monumental challenge’ of tackling homelessness crisis