Generation Rent
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Regulation & Law
Landlords must not ‘trouser’ higher rents following EPC upgrades
Rent activist group warns that publicly funded improvements to private rental properties could end up pushing up rents and 'enriching' landlords.
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Regulation & Law
Campaign group calls up ‘tenant army’ to police landlords
Generation Rent demands tougher enforcement of new RRB rules, claiming cash-strapped councils can't cope.
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Regulation & Law
‘Expect more tenants to fight back after renting reforms go live’
Survey reveals tenants believe they will be able to challenge landlords more easily after RRB is made law.
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Regulation & Law
Rent caps are ‘common sense’ claims tenant pressure group
Generation Rent says rent controls in England are essential to protect tenants – and rogue landlords should face penalties or banning orders.
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Regulation & Law
‘RRB hasn’t gone far enough’ – Generation Rent
The pressure group has welcomed the passing of RRB through the House of Commons on Tuesday but says it is still ‘disappointed’.
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Regulation & Law
Activists urge renters to back more radical PRS reforms
Generation Rent wants people to lobby their local MP and urge them to back amendments to Renters Rights' Bill that would go further than current proposals.
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Regulation & Law
Influential lobby group dismisses landlords’ concerns over Renters’ Rights Bill
Generation Rent tells the BBC that landlords make so much money they can afford to absorb any extra costs from Renters' Rights Bill.
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Latest property news
RoPA’s back! Lords launches probe into estate agent regulation
Members will examine whether there should be a new regulator of property agents and hear about the key challenges dealing with letting agents.
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Housing Market
BLOG: Open Banking WILL help ‘generation rent’ onto housing ladder
Jon Hart of Moneyhub Enterprise, says Open Banking can help renters get on the housing ladder by allowing them to share data with lenders to give real-time details of their spending.
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Latest property news
Generation Rent accuses letting agents of ‘racial profiling’
Research was conducted during mystery shopper interactions via renting platform Spareroom.co.uk
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