The Renters’ Rights Bill could lead to an increase in the number of tenants being asked to provide a guarantor and to further discrimination, charities and campaign groups have warned
Rents should emulate energy prices, with a cap used to help people pay a fairer price for bills, says Generation Rent.
Former Labour MP Dame Karen Buck has been hired as Generation Rent’s new chair of the board.
Generation Rent has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to tax landlords harder in her first Budget by making them pay NI contributions.
Landlords can bear the brunt of longer notice periods due to charging high rents, according to Generation Rent.
Private rented homes will have to meet minimum energy efficiency standards by 2030 if Labour get the keys to Number 10 next month.
Labour has revealed an uncosted plan to help 80,000 young renters get onto the property ladder, assuming his party gains power atthe General Election.
Generation Rent has called for private rented homes to be brought into public or tenant ownership in its list of demands for the next government.
Generation Rent has labelled Rishi Sunak’s EPC upgrade U-turn as “cruel, disproportionate and reckless”, forcing many renters to suffer poor health in cold homes for years to come.
