Generation Rent
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Regulation & Law
Generation Rent urges wavering Government to press ahead with rent freeze
Generation Rent’s Ben Twomey has told the Government that a rent freeze is needed to give renters space to breathe.
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Rental market
Generation Rent demands ‘more penalties for landlords’
Tenant activist group launches ‘Raising standards, not rents’ campaign, with CEO Ben Twomey calling for tougher EPC enforcement and bigger penalties for landlords.
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Marketing
Letting advert sparks voting rights row
Generation Rent exec attacks agent over property listing which stated prospective tenants would not be able to register to vote if they rented it.
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Regulation & Law
Generation Rent slams Reform’s “disgraceful” pledge to repeal RRA
Scrapping Renters’ Rights Act would roll back essential protections and be “a gift to unscrupulous landlords”, warns Generation Rent’s Ben Twomey.
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Regulation & Law
Generation Rent hails “historic” year and vows to push even harder in 2026
Campaigning group celebrates legislative wins but warns rent controls and deposit reforms are next on its agenda.
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Rental market
Guarantor-backed tenancies surge ahead of Renters’ Rights Act
Generation Rent found that more than 40% of new contracts required a guarantor this year, and there was also an increase in demands for multiple months' rent upfront.
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Regulation & Law
Good idea to tax ‘rich landlords’ harder say activists
Renters’ Reform Coalition backs Budget’s property taxes despite warnings that it will tighten supply and force up rents.
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Regulation & Law
Generation Rent makes latest controversial attack on landlords
This time group says cash incentives given to private landlords to rent out homes to vulnerable people is a 'rigging of the system'.
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Regulation & Law
Ministers told to scrap deposit scheme system by influential group
Generation Rent says multiple official providers and unclear rules on deductions and a slow dispute system are unfair to tenants.
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Regulation & Law
Petition signed by 57,000 calling for rent controls delivered to PM
The petition, organised by Generation Rent and fronted by a single mum who landlord imposed a 20% rent increase, is now in the hands of No.10.
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