JOIN GENERATION RENT Help us fight for renters rights. Together we are powerful.  Our members have helped us secure a better deal for renters and hold criminal landlords to account. […]

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has called for a three year “emergency brake”on private rent increases.  In his speech to the Green Party conference today, Polanski called on the government […]

Generation Rent has welcomed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s speech to Labour Conference announcing that councils will be given the power to take control of empty homes and homes in disrepair […]

One of our longest-running campaigns is a step closer to becoming a reality: a national register of landlords in England. After years of being asked for payslips, bank statements and […]

Holly Williamson ran John Healey’s office before he became chancellor. Now, she is leading Generation Rent. Amy Rushton reports.

Angela Rayner seems to view the Act as job done and both she and the PM have ruled out rent caps. But threats of a mass eviction in south London highlight the problems that remain.

Andy Burnham is facing demands to introduce rent controls amid data showing tenants spend an average of 36.3% of their income on rent - have your say in our poll

The Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR) measures private rent inflation for new and existing tenancies. The UK House Price Index (HPI) measures house price inflation.

The Guardian reported that more than 100 rented homes on the inherited royal estates of King Charles and Prince William fail to meet the current legal minimum energy standards for landlords. It shows ...

Housing minister ‘has questions to answer’ after payment for two-hour conference speech, rent control campaigners say

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Send a real, printed postcode which combines a call to action and your personal experience, is a really effective way to get through to the new Housing Secretary who has the power to tackle unaffordab...

The Renters Rights Act does a lot of things to make renting better, from providing better protections from eviction to making it easier to tackle negligent landlords. But it does […]

Mr Burnham has appointed senior Cabinet ministers to deliver ‘the most significant change moment in our politics for 40 years’

The private rented sector (PRS) houses the highest proportions of ethnic minorities relative to any other tenure, yet certain groups are still subject to persistent racial discrimination locking them ...

Know Your Rights How can we help? I Live In England I Live in Northern Ireland, Wales or Scotland I Live In England Lots of things can go wrong in […]

Too many renters are losing out to fake damage claims and dodgy deposit schemes. Let's force landlords to hand our money back quickly and fairly. Add your name to the petition today:

London's scammers find a new tactic • "I felt sick... They’re doing everything except for actually having a flat." • What happens when the scammers get inside the systems?

TAKE ACTION Share Your Story Vent Your Rent If have had enough of your rental situation, you’re not alone. Millions of people are worrying about how to pay the rent, […]

Too many renters are losing out to fake damage claims and dodgy deposit schemes. Let's force landlords to hand our money back quickly and fairly. Add your name to the petition today:

Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

We call on the Government to commission a full, independent review of Council Tax and Stamp Duty to deliver the fundamental, evidence-based reform the UK’s housing market urgently needs.

JOIN GENERATION RENT Help us fight for renters rights. Together we are powerful.  Our members have helped us secure a better deal for renters and hold criminal landlords to account. […]

Too many renters are losing out to fake damage claims and dodgy deposit schemes. Let's force landlords to hand our money back quickly and fairly. Add your name to the petition today: