Tag: Citizens Advice
LATEST: London council launches own private renters’ union with Generation Rent
Lewisham Council is working with tenants to launch a dedicated private renters’ union, understood to be the second of its kind in...
SW landlords first to get rent arrears cash from Government’s £65m...
Private landlords and tenants in Cornwall are being offered up to £5,000 to help address problem rent arrears.
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Renters picket parliament to back abolishing Section 21 evictions
Private renters held a day of action outside Parliament to demand that the government delivers on its promise to end unfair evictions.
Landlords join 100 groups calling on Boris to U-turn on £20-a-week...
The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has joined forces with Generation Rent and Shelter to urge the government not to go ahead...
Citizens Advice reports 40% rise in demand for help from private...
Citizens Advice helped one client every minute with problems relating to rented properties during the first two months of this year.
Spring budget: Pressure grows on Chancellor to ease rent arrears
Landlords and agents have joined forces with debt and homeless charities to urge the Chancellor to prevent a wave of homelessness.
Do more to help tenants and landlords, cross-sector coalition tells Ministers
The UK’s leading organisations representing landlords, lenders, letting agents and tenants have written to The Times to demand government action to support...
BREAKING: Landlords, agents and charities unite to demand £230m from Ministers...
Private sector tenants who are ‘falling through the gaps’ of the current benefits system and building up rent arrears must be given...
BREAKING: Tenants to be given 60 days before rent arrears and...
A new ‘breathing space’ scheme to give people in debt time to get proper professional advice and reduce the stress caused by...
Say no to viewings during the crisis if uneasy about safety,...
Organisation urges renters to refuse requests for viewings from a landlord or agent even if access terms are part of their...