The failure of governments to build enough social homes in the past 20 years is “shocking” and “uneconomical”, says the author of a landmark Blair-era…
View More UK failure to build social homes ‘shocking’, says author of 2004 reportTag: Renting property
Sunak and Gove accused of caving in to lobbying in favour of landlords
Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove have been accused of caving in to Tory MPs lobbying in favour of landlords’ interests after it emerged that significant…
View More Sunak and Gove accused of caving in to lobbying in favour of landlordsPart of billionaire family’s empire named on London’s rogue landlord list
A family-owned property empire whose holdings include the former Fenwick department store building on London’s Bond Street has seen one of its subsidiaries named on…
View More Part of billionaire family’s empire named on London’s rogue landlord listAverage monthly UK rent up 9% – the highest annual increase recorded
The average monthly rent paid by tenants in the UK rose by 9% in the year to February, official figures show – the highest annual…
View More Average monthly UK rent up 9% – the highest annual increase recordedHow to survive UK mortgage turmoil as rates go up and deals are pulled
The average mortgage rate that UK homeowners are paying is set to rise steadily over the next three years, and peak at 4.2% in 2027,…
View More How to survive UK mortgage turmoil as rates go up and deals are pulled‘It’s all fallen flat’: households earning more than £60,000 on how they are struggling financially
An annual gross income of £74,000 puts Scott, 28, a software engineer from Leicestershire, in the top 10% of earners nationally. But, he says, it…
View More ‘It’s all fallen flat’: households earning more than £60,000 on how they are struggling financiallyIllegal evictions in UK hit record high, but less than 1% of landlords convicted
Landlords are illegally evicting tenants in greater numbers and with almost no fear of repercussions, as figures show that less than 1% of those evictions…
View More Illegal evictions in UK hit record high, but less than 1% of landlords convictedRent rebels: the tenants who fought for their rights and won
The UK is turning into a country of renters – with one in five now paying a landlord monthly. Not every rental property is up…
View More Rent rebels: the tenants who fought for their rights and won‘They’ve attacked families with cordless drills’: the man taking on rogue landlords
Ben Reeve-Lewis has been a scourge of rogue landlords for more than three decades. The co-founder of Safer Renting, a housing law advocacy service made…
View More ‘They’ve attacked families with cordless drills’: the man taking on rogue landlordsLoophole adds to ‘shameful’ rental conditions in England, says housing chief
A loophole allowing landlords to rent out squalid homes is contributing to “shameful” conditions of the type seen nearly a century ago, the head of…
View More Loophole adds to ‘shameful’ rental conditions in England, says housing chief