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 landlordsTag: Renting property
Loophole 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‘It takes a mental toll’: students in England priced out of university towns
Elena Dirik is studying politics and sociology in Bristol, the UK’s most expensive city in which to study after London, and has so far stayed…
View More ‘It takes a mental toll’: students in England priced out of university townsUniversity students in England ‘have 50p a week to live on after rent’
University students in England are left with the equivalent of 50p a week to live on from their loans after paying for accommodation, the cost…
View More University students in England ‘have 50p a week to live on after rent’Ministers ‘betray’ renters in England with delay to no-fault evictions ban
Ministers have been accused of betraying renters after Downing Street confirmed that a promised ban on no-fault evictions will be delayed until potentially lengthy reforms…
View More Ministers ‘betray’ renters in England with delay to no-fault evictions banSupply shortages and mortgage rate rises push UK rents to highest point ever
Private home rents in Great Britain have increased to their highest point on record after shortages in supply and mortgage rate rises combined to push…
View More Supply shortages and mortgage rate rises push UK rents to highest point everThird of working tenants in England ‘lack savings to pay rent if they lose job’
A third of working tenants in England do not have enough savings to pay rent if they lose their job, putting them at risk of…
View More Third of working tenants in England ‘lack savings to pay rent if they lose job’Private rents outside London have risen by a third in four years, data shows
Private rents in Great Britain have soared to fresh all-time highs and the average amount being asked for outside London is now a third higher…
View More Private rents outside London have risen by a third in four years, data showsCost of living crisis forces more Britons to use savings, with renters worst hit
Britain’s cost of living crisis is forcing more people to dip into savings to make ends meet, according to official figures showing renters are at…
View More Cost of living crisis forces more Britons to use savings, with renters worst hitFirst-time homebuyers now need nearly 10 years to save a deposit, research finds
The average time it takes to save for a home deposit in England has climbed to almost 10 years underlining the growing unaffordability for first-time…
View More First-time homebuyers now need nearly 10 years to save a deposit, research finds