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Campaigning charity Shelter has responded angrily to new figures showing that councils are spending ever-more on temporary accommodation for homeless households...

A council has revealed that it sells off its housing stock that is too expensive to repair - but it deliberately...

Campaigning charity Shelter says the loss of a private tenancy remains “the leading trigger of homelessness accounting for more than one...

The activists who were so influential in steering the shape of the Renters Reform Bill under the old Conservative government are...

With the General Election campaign increasingly focusing on tax - on property and other assets and income - new figures from...

A letter from a coalition of pro-tenant groups has been sent to the leaders of the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Reform...

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

Campaigning charity Shelter claims social rents are 64% more affordable than private rents, with social tenants in England having to pay...

England’s dwindling social housing stock is poised to plummet by an additional 189,000 properties through the controversial Right to Buy scheme...

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

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show how hard interest rate rises are hitting landlords. Compared to the same quarter in...

Sadiq Khan, newly elected for a third term as London Mayor, is already under pressure from the Labour Left to be...

Charity Shelter is advertising for the post of ‘Assistant Director: Activism and Advocacy’ - with the postholder charged with supporting “...

The Generation Rent activist group has once again repeated its demand for a series of reforms surrounding the scrapping of Section...

Jonathan Rolande is a property industry and housing market commentator, and is founder of the National Association of Property Buyers.  It’s almost...

Renters allegedly pay £669 in un-recoverable costs for each ‘unwanted’ move as a result of eviction, claims campaigning charity Shelter. It says...

The government has committed to returning the amended Renters Reform Bill to the House of Commons in mid-April. MPs return from their...

The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters reform Bill, despite high profile PR campaigns about it from...

Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a group of organisations including Shelter and Generation Rent - has again written to Housing Secretary...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which has frequently been critical of landlords and their alleged treatment of poorer tenants - is advertising...

Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...

A newspaper claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants British families to be given higher priority for social housing. Implicitly this may...

HSBC bank is working with Shelter on housing campaigns. A statement from the charity says: “With support from partners including HSBC UK,...

Landlords increasingly struggle with tenants who pay rent late or default, a mortgage lender is claiming.  Research from Molo suggests landlords are...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter is blaming “skyrocketing rents” for a crisis of homelessness. As part of an appeal for...

Campaigning charity Shelter is nearing a controversial signature threshold in its petition about the Renters Reform Bill. It now has over 123,000 of...

Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...

The two most aggressively pro-tenant activist bodies have accused landlords without mortgages of “cashing in.” According to a poll of more than...

Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising...

Shelter and other campaigning organisations have spoken out in dismay at the latest ‘housing minister revolving door’. Yesterday Rachel Maclean was sacked...

New Ministry of Justice data shows that between July and September 8,399 landlords in England started Section 21 no fault eviction...

A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...

Claims on social media by a leader of the Renters Reform Coalition - who is also a contributor to a Labour-supporting website...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from the Financial Times...

A group of 30 charities and non-profit organisations, led by campaigners at Shelter, have urged the government to get a move...

Shelter says “skyrocketing rents” and the government’s freeze on housing allowance lie behind the increased spend on temporary accommodation for homeless...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given Conservative conference delegates an update on the Renters Reform Bill. Contrary to speculation, mostly from anti-landlord...

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

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

To help or not to help: that is the question the government is facing with regard to under-pressure private rented sector...

The Co-Op Bank, which is leading a campaign alongside charity Shelter, claims a Section 21 notice is presented to an older...

Generation Rent says Shelter has it right when it complains about evictions in the private rental sector. Earlier this week Shelter claimed...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that half the working private renters in England have too little saved to pay rent for more...

Buy-to-let landlords with property assets held in a company could be taking advantage of the current dip in house prices to...

New government figures show 79,840 households faced homelessness in England between January and March 2023 – the highest number on record.  Now...

Campaigning charity Shelter has won the backing of the Co-Op Bank for a new anti-eviction drive. The bank has funded Shelter research...

Independent landlords are “vital” to ensuring a fair and functioning private rented sector, the Housing Secretary says. Writing in the members’ magazine...

A charity claims that landlords across England and Wales are seeking to evict tenants using Section 21 powers at a higher...

Shelter is telling the government it “must deliver” on the revolution it pledges under the Renters Reform Bill. Chief executive Polly Neate...

2023 could be a landmark year for the private rented sector if Michael Gove succeeds in his pursuit of reforming the...

A new law is being considered to crack down on predatory landlords exploiting vulnerable people for sex in return for free...

A Conservative-leaning think tank and campaigning charity Shelter have released a book of essays on renting and housing. A statement from Bright...

Over two million more people are likely to be higher rate taxpayers by 2028 – thanks to the freezing of the...

Shelter claims that private renters who complained to their landlord, letting agent or local council in the last three years were...

Shelter says it welcomes a ruling by The Property Ombudsman that agents and landlords exercising a blanket ban on tenants with...

Flat-pack furniture giant IKEA has teamed up with campaigning charity Shelter to highlight the issue of homelessness. The Scandinavian firm, citing Shelter’s...

The chief executive of Shelter claims that Section 21 evictions are a leading cause of homelessness. Polly Neate was making her remarks...

A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...

Shelter’s controversial management appears to have given in to pay demands in order to end a high-profile strike by the campaigning...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that “at least” 271,000 are homeless in England alone. The figure - compiled from a Freedom of Information...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill did not even warrant a mention in a key speech yesterday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

A strike by members of Unite, employed by the charity Shelter, has been suspended pending a ballot on a new pay...

Tenant activists have turned on the bosses of Shelter - just as the charity wants to maximise income from its annual Christmas...

Over 600 workers at the campaigning charity Shelter have started a fortnight of strike action in what the trades union Unite calls...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that last month 482,000 private renters were behind on their rent. It also claims that 504,000 people have...

Shelter claims government figures show 5,940 households were “threatened with homelessness” in England as a result of Section 21 evictions between April...

The freezing of Housing Benefit at 2020 levels, announced in the small print accompanying the Autumn Statement yesterday, risks leading to...

Campaigning charity Shelter is warning this winter could be one of the toughest yet - and it claims high rents are...

Generation Rent, the activist group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has given a warm welcome to the return of Michael Gove...

Campaigning charity Shelter is partnering with HSBC’s First Direct bank to provide what it calls its first “renter support initiative” called...

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

The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...

Private renting voters could be critical in deciding the outcome of the next General Election, according to Shelter. The campaigning charity -...

As I write this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has gone back on his mini budget plan to abolish the 45p...

The charity Shelter is organising a fringe meeting at next week’s Conservative party conference, with a prominent campaigner for a mandatory...

The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...

Shelter claims that almost 1.1m private renters in England – one in seven – had their rent increased in the last...

Landlords have hit back at claims made by Shelter overnight, suggesting that one in seven private tenants in the UK have...

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

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Agents are warning that...

In an ideal world, home ownership would be the accepted way for everyone to live, with people enjoying the security, warmth,...

New government figures show 3,405 households in the private rented sector were evicted by bailiffs in England between April and June this year...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit out at what it calls “baseless suggestions” that landlords will not pass on energy...

Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organisation Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill...

Bristol’s Labour council has made a name for itself with policies shifting power from landlords to tenants. Earlier this year the Mayor,...

Shelter has again linked private rental evictions to the rising levels of homelessness. The campaigning charity says government figures released show 74,230...

A Freedom of Information request by a newspaper has unveiled the almost complete lack of activity by local councils when it...

The campaigning charity Shelter - once a critic of government policies over letting agents and landlords - has given a ringing...

Shelter - for so long an outspoken critic of private rental landlords and letting agencies - has now turned its fire...

Overnight speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle has yet again led to uncertainty over the Renters’ Reform Bill, pledging a radical shake-up...

There has been an angry response by some politicians in Wales to the decision by the Labour administration to delay implementation...

A group delivering tenant relations training claims thousands of illegal evictions are made possible because many local councils have no trained...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

The property industry has this week remonstrated at the video that housing charity Shelter has published and in which they portray...

Activists have expressed their delight that the government has “listed to the voice of renters” in its provisions for widespread reform...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...

The National Residential Landlords Association has hit back at allegations made by Shelter, accusing the charity of sensationalising the way landlords...