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The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 groups, fronted by Generation Rent - has announced that it is...

Labour’s manifesto commitment to empower renters to challenge unreasonable rent increases has been slammed because it “would leave millions trapped in...

The ink was hardly dry on Labour’s plan for a mortgage guarantee scheme for first time buyers before some left wing...

In theory the Renters Reform Bill could become law if government and opposition agree to prioritise it in the few remaining...

Despite a plethora of press releases and statements from pro-tenant groups, it appears only one-in-20 renters knows details of the Renters...

A leader of the Renters Reform Coalition activist lobby has made a specific targeted attack on the motives and honesty of...

The Renters Reform Bill will not go for its Third Reading in the House of Commons for at least another fortnight. The...

The controversial activist group Acorn has made a formal public apology to the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association. On...

The controversial Renters Reform Coalition - a band of campaigners including the Acorn and Generation Rent ginger groups - claims public...

A leader of the pro-tenant activist group Acorn has told MPs that “one man bands” are more likely to exploit tenants...

A local authority’s teach-in for private tenants this weekend is to be addressed by a group which is known for its...

A collection of pressure groups, fronted by Generation Rent, wants all private rental homes going on sale to be offered first...

The hardline activist group Acorn - part of the Renters Reform Coalition involving Generation Rent - now claims that some 600,000...

The Renters Reform Coalition - an umbrella body which includes direct action groups Acorn and the Renters Rights London - has ...

After genteel protests from the Generation Rent ginger group and more pro-active protests from the Acorn group of rental activists, tomorrow...

A Labour MP has expressed concern at the speed of progress on the Renters Reform Bill - pushing Leader of the...

A coalition of tenant activists has called a Day of Action to protest at delays in the government’s rental reform agenda. The...

BBC Three is to show a TV programme about tenants facing eviction after being served with Section 21s. It’s an independent production...

Two groups of activists who campaign for rent controls and reform of the private lettings sector have turned on each other. Acorn...

Activists got reassurance from Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in the past, and have a supportive politician in the form of...

One of the many activist groups in the so-called Renters’ Reform Coalition has pledged to “train people across the country to...

A rent freeze in Scotland - which has been condemned by many experts in the private rental sector and by housing...

Both Shelter and Generation Rent have paused their campaigning on social media for the duration of national mourning for The Queen. A...

Media reports from Cambridge say that rent protesters in the city are to demand the council employs staff dedicated to chasing...

Activists in the Acorn group is hoping to attract Labour councillors who run Leeds to a meeting next week, which will...

A warning has been issued that anyone wanting a mortgage in future may put their credit rating at risk if they...

The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to...

A points-based system of rent controls is being advocated by activists associated with a controversial pro-tenant group. Living Rent, which is calling...

Rental activists have made clear that they are not going to stop when their objective to scrap Section 21 eviction powers...

A pressure group of campaigners highly critical of landlords and letting agents is organising protests at cities this weekend. Acorn - which...

Local media in Sheffield are reporting that the activist group Acorn must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

One of the driving forces behind a summit being held to consider rent controls in a major city says she is...

Activists in the Acorn pro-tenant movement have sharply criticised the Green Party which runs Brighton council for allegedly failing to prosecute...

A landlord in Norwich has paid almost £1,000 in compensation following the discovery of black mould and damp in a property...

The tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent is planning a week of events to promote renters’ rights later this month. The campaign says...

A landlord has begun legal proceedings against a pressure group after being the victim of a four-month campaign of harassment. Lawyers acting...

A coalition of 20 pro-tenant organisations - including at least one actively campaigning against some government measures - wants a meeting...

The activists group Acorn, which has staged several anti-landlord demonstrations including some outside homes, is opposing a new Bill going through...

Activists from the Acorn campaign are pressing a council to get tough on landlords. Acorn has waged anti-landlord and anti-letting agent campaigns...

A group of anti-landlord activists has used an incident involving an estate agency publicity leaflet as a reason to accuse all...

The Acorn group of rental activists has created a detailed crib sheet of responses to a council consultation on landlord licensing. Acorn,...

Anti-eviction campaigners have confronted two landlords over an alleged planned eviction.  Members of the Living Rent tenants union are pictured by the...

It’s being reported that a so-called ‘rental union’ group of activists has staged a protest outside a landlord’s own home. Acorn - a...

Housing charities want the government to extend the ban on landlords evicting renters beyond 20 September. Renters across England and Wales received...

Protestors fear that there will be a potential spike in homelessness in the near future despite the government’s U-turn on lifting...

Some of the UK’s largest tenants unions have joined forces to heap pressure on the government to suspend all rent immediately,...

Renters’ unions are calling on the government to suspend rents for the duration of the coronavirus crisis after new research found...

The government is under mounting pressure to consider doing more to protect tenants from the threat of eviction during the coronavirus pandemic,...

The government is under growing pressure to consider doing more to protect tenants from the threat of eviction during the coronavirus...

Carter Jonas, Marsh & Parsons and James Pendleton have become the latest letting agents to sign up to the Zero Deposit guarantee,...

Chestertons has become the latest letting agency to sign up to the Zero Deposit guarantee, a tenant’s deposit replacement product that...

Campaigners opposed to mortgage lenders allowing landlords to rent property to people claiming benefits tried to voice their discontent over the...

Croydon Council has become the first local authority to support calls to scrap the so-called ‘no fault’ evictions in order to...

We all know that buy-to-let landlords have a bad reputation, which is largely undeserved, but a growing anti-landlord movement would have...

A new ‘Rent with Confidence’ scheme, which features a list of approved landlords and letting agents, has been created by local...

Santander continues to face the wrath of private tenants after it emerged last month that there is a clause in its...

A petition has been set up to overturn what has been described as a ‘shameful’ decision to abolish a selective licensing...