Renting

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

Covid effectively ended rough sleeping with the Everyone In scheme. So where did it all go wrong?
Homelessness

Covid effectively ended rough sleeping with the Everyone In scheme. So where did it all go wrong?

This innovative scheme uses spare rooms to house homeless refugees after Home Office backlog blitz
Refugee homelessness

This innovative scheme uses spare rooms to house homeless refugees after Home Office backlog blitz

Big Issue founder launches bid to ban no-fault evictions as soon as Renters’ Rights Bill is made law
RENTING

Big Issue founder launches bid to ban no-fault evictions as soon as Renters’ Rights Bill is made law

DWP to ‘re-examine’ controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts
Universal credit

DWP to ‘re-examine’ controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts

Would 1.5m landlords selling up and leaving the rental market really be a bad thing?
RENTING

Would 1.5m landlords selling up and leaving the rental market really be a bad thing?

Surge in renters losing their homes due to no-fault evictions ahead of ban: ‘This is frightening’
Renting

Surge in renters losing their homes due to no-fault evictions ahead of ban: ‘This is frightening’

Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes
Housing benefit

Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes

Manchester is hailed as a model for regeneration – but gentrification is leaving people behind
Sophie Flinders

Manchester is hailed as a model for regeneration – but gentrification is leaving people behind

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills
Energy bills

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills

Is UK’s housing system racist? Calls for inquiry as study reveals ethnic minorities pay more for less
Racism

Is UK’s housing system racist? Calls for inquiry as study reveals ethnic minorities pay more for less

So-called ‘landlord exodus’ divides opinion amid Renters’ Rights Bill debate in the Lords
RENTING

So-called ‘landlord exodus’ divides opinion amid Renters’ Rights Bill debate in the Lords

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers
RENTING

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here’s why
Social housing

Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here’s why

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

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

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

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Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis
Housing crisis

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis

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

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