Renting
What is the Renters’ Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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?
Help with rental arrears![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Help with rental arrears
If you’ve fallen behind on your payments as a private tenant, it’s important to take steps to find help with rental arrears
How much can a landlord increase rent?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How much can a landlord increase rent?
Housing costs went up for more than 60% of private renters in the past year. Here’s what you need to know if your landlord wants to give you a rent increase
What is a guarantor for rent?
What is a guarantor for rent?
How to rent from a private landlord
How to rent from a private landlord
Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour’s first King’s Speech![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour’s first King’s Speech
Food banks can take hope from election result – if Labour takes action before another tough winter![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Food banks can take hope from election result – if Labour takes action before another tough winter
‘I sofa surfed for four months’: How ‘out of control’ renting crisis is hurting key workers![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘I sofa surfed for four months’: How ‘out of control’ renting crisis is hurting key workers
UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns
‘I haven’t voted since Blair’: How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘I haven’t voted since Blair’: How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain
The homelessness crisis cannot continue: Are the major parties’ promises enough to tackle it?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The homelessness crisis cannot continue: Are the major parties’ promises enough to tackle it?
Labour unveils plan to fix rental crisis and immediately axe no-fault evictions![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Labour unveils plan to fix rental crisis and immediately axe no-fault evictions
‘All my stuff is ruined now’: Renter speaks out after home flooded with faeces and sewage![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘All my stuff is ruined now’: Renter speaks out after home flooded with faeces and sewage
‘Next government must fix our broken rental system’: Political leaders told to stand up for renters![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘Next government must fix our broken rental system’: Political leaders told to stand up for renters
Number of pensioners in poverty will double by 2040 unless next government acts![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Number of pensioners in poverty will double by 2040 unless next government acts
Is there really a ‘clear plan’ to tackle UK’s housing crisis? Five things we learned from Tory manifesto![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Is there really a ‘clear plan’ to tackle UK’s housing crisis? Five things we learned from Tory manifesto
‘I’m sad, angry and confused’: These renters are being made homeless to house people already homeless![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘I’m sad, angry and confused’: These renters are being made homeless to house people already homeless
Is the homeownership dream over for young people? Here’s how old the average first-time buyer really is![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Is the homeownership dream over for young people? Here’s how old the average first-time buyer really is
General Election 2024: What next for rental reforms? All parties must vow to support renters![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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General Election 2024: What next for rental reforms? All parties must vow to support renters
10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping
Building more social housing could save NHS and DWP billions – and add even more to UK’s economy![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Building more social housing could save NHS and DWP billions – and add even more to UK’s economy
Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
‘More bad news for renters’: Rental crisis continues with steep rent rises despite inflation falling![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘More bad news for renters’: Rental crisis continues with steep rent rises despite inflation falling
Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
There’s a chronic shortage of social housing. Here’s how the government can begin to fix it![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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